SWEDEN: Newspaper names FAW as backer for Saab deal
Author: just-auto.com editorial team | 9 September 2009
Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported that First Auto Works is the Chinese carmaker set to help finance luxury sportscar maker Koenigsegg's planned purchase of Saab Automobile from General Motors.
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