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BUSINESS, Page 69Business NotesBUYOUTSSaab Lands a Rich American
There's nothing like teaming up with a $100 billion company
to improve one's prospects. Or so Swedish automaker Saab-Scania
AB hopes. Saab last week agreed to sell General Motors a 50%
interest in its car-making operations, which had 1988 sales of
$2.6 billion, for some $600 million, plus a promise that GM will
invest another $100 million. Saab, which also makes trucks and
aircraft, will spin the auto holdings into a subsidiary to carry
out the deal.
GM was a latecomer to the Saab wooing game, which began
when Ford started courting the company earlier this year. After
the collapse of those negotiations, auto-industry analysts
expected Italy's Fiat to be the winning suitor. For Saab-Scania,
which lost $123 million on its car-making operations in the
first half of 1989, the advantage of the deal was access to GM's
deep pockets. GM will gain badly needed production capacity at
Saab's five plants in Europe, plus a stronger position in the
U.S. and European luxury-car markets.