GM Moves To Dismiss Saab Lawsuit
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That’s right, ladies and gents — the Saab Saga isn’t over for GM just yet. If you recall, Spyker brought forth a $3 billion lawsuit against General Motors in the U.S. District Court in Michigan in August. The suit claimed that The General intentionally forced Spyker-owned Saab into bankruptcy by stopping the planned 20 percent purchase of Saab by Chinese investor Youngman.
The suit asserted that GM impeded the Youngman deal by threatening to revoke the technology license to build Saab vehicles, including the 9-5 and 9-4X. However, a agreement was already in place to exclude GM’s intellectual property from the deal with Youngman.
GM was given time to reply to the suit, and did so last Friday — stating that it would seek a motion to dismiss the case. According to Reuters, General Motors said that allowing the purchase to go through would run count to the interests of its own shareholders, regardless of whether intellectual property transfers hands. In addition, General Motors seems to be well within its rights, according to the Original Vehicle Supply Agreement (VSA) as well as the Automotive Technology License Agreement (ATLA), to terminate any deal in which ownership of Saab would change — which would have been the case with the Youngman deal.
In response, Spyker has announced that it will oppose the motion to dismiss. If GM’s motion to dismiss goes through, then Spyker will likely oppose the motion on November the 9th.
The GM Authority Take
And we thought all of this was over two years ago…
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GM can go to hell. They need to go bankrupt for good. They stole taxpayer money, don’t pay taxes, ruined Saab. It is unpatriotic for any American to buy a GM product.
Sam, puh puh puh puhlease. Stole tax payer money? Really? How? When? If you’re talking about the bailout, let’s talk about facts. Like these, where nothing was “stolen”:
http://gmauthority.com/blog/2012/04/gm-bailout-numbers/
As for taxes:
1. Many large corporations pay little in taxes; that’s not the company’s prerogative, that’s the law allowing them to do this. Don’t yell at GM, complain to the legislators who make the loopholes.
2. Those corporations usually make up for it by paying their employees additional wages, benefits, etc.
You know what I think is unpatriotic? Spreading propaganda — like you are doing here. I’m all for an educated and constructive discussion centered around facts… not unsubstantiated BS.
they paid everything back, and im pretty sure they pay there taxes.
Don’t know that GM stole anything, but I sure as hell love drivin’ my CTS-V wagon like I stole IT! I’m thankful they stayed alive if ONLY for that car, but I love watching them come back with more fun stuff for us.