According to some sources of Swedish information, NEVS is negotiating an alliance with the car companies of Mahindra and Dongfeng to achieve reflotar the current situation of Saab. The Swedish mark, property of NEVS, maintains from the month of May stopped the production of the model 9-3 in his plant of Tröllhattan by supposed problems of liquidity. Mahindra, manufacturer of Indian automobiles, is interested in the purchase of majority participations in NEVS for relanzar the mark of Saab all over the world. With this purchase, the company looks for to improve his presence in markets like the one of United States or China using to Saab, mark recognised to world-wide level, as his best bastion to be able to penetrate in these substantial markets.

The sources go further, affirming that the strategy to be followed by Mahindra would be resembled the marked by Geely with Volvo, positioning to Saab to an upper level in the market and compete like this with the manufacturers of luxury already settled, as Mercedes-Benz, Audi, or BMW. By his part, the interests of the Chinese manufacturer Dongfeng with this alliance are not confirmed, but the rumours indicate that his interests centre in the platform Phoenix that NEVS is developing for the future models of Saab. Thus, Dongfeng would want to help to the Swedish manufacturer in the launching of the platform to the market so that, in return, can do with his rights of utilisation in China.

NEVS, third and maximum interested, only has confirmed that it finds in conversations with two manufacturers of Asian automobiles, but does not reveal any detail. If at the end the Swedish national company byline an agreement with Mahindra and Dongfeng, the alliance will announce officially to finals of month.

The article Saab studies a possible alliance with the Asian manufacturers Mahindra and Dongfeng has been originally published in Actuality Engine.