Somewhat at a loss for words over SAAB’s demise.

By mike

At the hands of useless GM managers, no less. They took a perfectly good and loved brand, successful in it’s own right and innovator of things like, oh, turbocharging and numerous safety enhancements that have personally kept at least one of my family members from being injured in an accident… and they let it whither and die on the vine. My first car ever was a 1979 SAAB 99, much like the one I found outside of Loveland a couple of years ago, pictured below.

via the NYT:

Unable to find a buyer for Saab after a year-long search, General Motors said Friday that it would begin shutting down operations at the Swedish carmaker.

Sad, sad day.

EDIT: Jalopnik has an interesting write-up on which of SAAB’s models didn’t quite help the brand.

EDIT EDIT: And Jalopnik follows up with the Five Greatest SAABs Ever. Well done.