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Old 07-12-2008, 08:55 PM   #149 (permalink)
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Re: GM Reports June Sales; 70K Over Toyota; Truck Sales Down 17%; Mkt Share +2 Points

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Originally Posted by jbernie View Post
The last numbers I saw for Saab said that they needed approx 135,000 sales worldwide to be profitable, that didn't say how much profit, just profitable. I believe the last full years figures had them around 115-120,000 sales. This was pre 9-4x reveal.
Well, the European first half sales figures are out, and they aren't good for Saab:

39,418 units, down 13.0%.

Add that to the American first half sales of only 12,068 (down 29.0%), and you get 51,486 units. Double that, and you get 103k-ish. So, Saab would have to sell 32k vehicles in the rest of the world to break even. Not going to happen; I doubt they sell more than 5-10k yearly in the rest of the world outside the US and Europe.
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