GM To Start New Saab 9-3 Production In Germany 2012

Posted on 17. Jun, 2008 by Ryan in 2000-2009, Russelheim, Germany

Update: This information has now been nullified with the recent official press release from Saab Automobile Sweden which indicates that the next generation Saab 9-3 will be built in Trollhattan, Sweden.

According to Automobilewoche.de in Germany, General Motors Europe are now officially planning on producing the next generation of their Saab 9-3 model at the Opel factory Russellheim, Germany from 2012 on. Just Auto also supports this news with a recent addition of over 500 new jobs for the General Motors Europe plan in Russellheim:

I hope this means that there will still be a Saab being produced in Sweden, given that the Saab 9-3 is effectively of the lineage that started all the way back in 1947 with the SAAB 92001.

In the meantime here is the news material below:

FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) — General Motors Corp ‘s European unit will produce the new generation of its Saab 9-3 model at its German plant in Ruesselsheim from 2012 on, biweekly Automobilwoche said in an advanced report to be published Monday, citing GM Europe’s top labor representative Klaus Franz. Additionally, 500 new jobs will be created at the Ruesselsheim plant this year, according to the report.

Newspaper Web site: www.automobilwoche.de

Summary: GM Europe will add around 500 jobs at its Ruesselsheim plant having decided to make the plant more flexible and build models on the new global midsize architecture as well as the global compact platform.

Just Auto

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