Victor Muller spreekt op Saab bijeenkomst #WeAreSaab
Victor Muller speaks at Saab event #WeAreSaab
Translation of Victors speech:
Thank you. I came all the way by plane to the Netherlands in order to be able to thank all of you personally.
Nic, Stephan, Roger and his team have done something we have never seen before.
Although I am not anymore Saab's CEO -- you all know that we did not manage to keep the company alive, unfortunately -- I would like to thank all of you personally.
Without people like you, Saab would have no reason for existence.
Without people like you, we would have never bought Saab back in 2010.
At that time there were convoys all over the world.
Today and yesterday, some 110 events in 42 countries were organised.
Which car brand would ever be able to touch that? That is something unique.
Saab is everything but over. I do not want to create any expectations based on nothing. There are some very interested parties who would like to take over Saab going concern. They do not want to buy some parts of Saab, but the whole enterprise. This is very encouraging.
I can not predict whether this will succeed. This is something I cannot exert an influence on. I am just helping -- to the best of my abilities -- the administrators make a deal.
I think the parties currently involved (Note: in an interview on Dutch television he mentioned Turkish and Indian parties) have pockets that are deep enough to be able to do the deal in the end. This weekend's events are instrumental for that. They will help these parties to understand that Saab is alive and kicking and that Saab has a future. It is sad, very sad, that we could not keep Saab alive under the ownership of Spyker and Swedish Automobile, but that is not necessary the end of Saab. Please be fully assured that I will try to get Saab safely into port -- to my last gasp.
On behalf of the entire Trollhättan team I would like to wish you all a great day. I would like to thank you that you stepped into your Saab on an ice cold Sunday, although it has a magnificent heater of course... -- if you have been working in Sweden for a while, you will appreciate that heater. I would like to thank you for coming here, and for showing that Saab is alive and kicking and that Saab deserves a future. Thank you very much.
Thanx to Redaero for the translation! =)
15 januari 2012
Can someone create english subtitles for it, please?
timeshiftersvk 1 month ago