Anyway, I think that they could do OK on a model like Mini, by making one car and putting some effort in it instead of putting their brand on different crappy GM platforms.
In the car industry someone must be culled, and SAAB is a prime candidate. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
What Saab would need to do is look on the long term and start developing its own customised platform again instead of making somewhat fancier Opel Vectras and Insignias with poor finishing.
Besides, Saab doesn't have the capacity that needs to be cut. They only make 100,000 cars a year, and that's a target they could stick to, getting profitability by better pricing for cars with a higher standard.
100.000 cars is not enough at the prices they take today. They need 150.000-200.000 and they won't get that. The alternative is raising prices, but there's no way anyone would choose a SAAB when they could get a Lexus, BMW or Mercedes for the same price. No way.
There is a huge global overcapacity and competition is razorsharp. The herd will be culled. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
