Localization of SAAB cars in BAIC

After becoming a shareholder of Koenigsegg, a Sweden sports car manufacturer, which is the parent company of SAAB. The cooperation between SAAB and Beijing Automotive Group is going to a substantive level.

According to the insider of Beijing automotive group, who told the reporter of National Business Daily, The localization of SAAB is taking into consideration by BAIC (Beijing Automotive Group), but the final result is depending upon the negotiations between the 2 parties. And it was indicated by Jan-Åke Jonsson Managing Director of SAAB，who claimed that the distributors of SAAB in china will increased from 15 to 30, and in the future, the manufacturing department will located in china. But he emphasized that up till present moment, there is no definite answer.

At present, SAAB sells its cars in china through the marketing network of SGM (Shanghai General Motors) as imported ones. As for shanghai motors, the partner of SAAB in shanghai, Johnson said clearly, merely as a temporary agreement with SGM, the cooperation between shanghai motors and SAAB will be ceased gradually.

Obviously in the future, SAAB will depend on BAIC after ceasing the cooperation with SGM and SM. As for the new strategic move in Chinese market, Wang Dazong, general manager of BAIC, revealed to the media the ally between Renault and Nissan have set up a good example for BAIC, they will open up and develop Chinese market with SAAB together, and also assist SAAB to strengthen their distributing network in china, as for how to supply their products to the expanding scale of distributors, Wang did not gave the specific details. (Yalong)

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