General Motors has announced that it will be ending employee pricing for its Saab 9-3, effective for the 2009 model year. GM decided to end the 7 percent employee pricing discount of the 9-3 due to the weak value of the U.
Elie Saab, who we still consider an indie designer considering his official mark on the fashion scene was in 2002 when Halle Berry wore one of his gown to the Oscars. This collection is amazing, not quite Galliano, but Saab def knows how to make a gown worthy of a beauty queen.
Starting with the 2009 model year, Saab will no longer allow GM employees to purchase the 9-3 at a discount, citing current exchange rates that make the 7% price cut economically unsound. Saab sold about 23,000 9-3s last year, and the company claims approximately 1,500 of those were employee sales — though we think the total may be significantly higher based on the popularity of the 9-3 in Metro Detroit.
Since he started showing in Paris, a certain amount of repetition has become the plat du jour chez Elie Saab. There are the sequins, the tulle and an indomitable desire to make red-carpet-worthy gowns.
Saab on Wednesday handed over a bid to Switzerland in response to a Request for Proposal (RFP) issued by the Swiss military in January.
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When GM first announced its 72-Hour Sale, offering 0% financing for 72 months, we kind of chuckled that it was actually a five-day long “72-hour” sale. Well, the name is even less apt now, because it’s been extended another seven.
Very good car
General Motors, citing the weak U.S. dollar, is ending its 7 percent employee discount on the Saab 9-3 sedan for the 2009 model year. "Our business is under quite a bit of pressure," says Saab spokesman Jan-Willem Vester.
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