The last remnants of the Trollhättan factory will soon pass into new hands as Saab’s production kit is liquidated
Any remaining hope for a resurrection of Saab, or at least the Trollhättan factory where its cars were made, has now disappeared with the news that the production machinery is to be liquidated.
The disposal is being handled by German auction house Surplex, which is offering the presses and other machinery for direct sale. As you can imagine, these are costly pieces of industrial equipment which include production lines, hydraulic presses and CNC machining facilities, all said to be in good condition and ready to repurpose.
Some of the kit still remains paired with the reference panels it was used to stamp out, including the rear quarters of the Saab 9-3 latterly produced under the NEVS brand after the Chinese enterprise acquired the former Saab facility in 2011.
There has been speculation that the plant would be taken on by another car maker as a production facility, but with a surplus of manufacturing capacity in Europe this looks increasingly unlikely – and even more so now all the heavy equipment is going.
Meanwhile, if you fancy your chances as the world’s only supplier of remanufactured late-model Saab body parts, you can find the equipment at surplex.com
