Saab

General Motors has issued a recall for the 2006-2011 model-year Saab 9-3 and 9-5 as part of the ongoing Takata airbag campaign. Affected vehicles are fitted with potentially faulty driver-side front airbags that are susceptible to degradation as a result of moisture intrusion. If the condition occurs and the vehicle is involved in a collision that triggers the airbag, the metal inflator housing could rupture under excessive internal pressure, sending metal fragments into the cabin.

It may have a multi billion-dollar supply deal and four all-new models in the wings, but National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) won’t be using the Saab name to market them. That’s according to industry journal Automotive News, which reports this week that Swedish aerospace company Saab AB is no longer entertaining any potential for the Saab brand to be used by NEVS, which bought the failed car maker’s assets in early 2012.

National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has licensed the Saab 9-3 to Turkey to use as the basis of its new national car project. Fikri Isik, Turkey's science, industry and technology minister, told TRT, Turkey's government-backed national television network: "We bought Saab 9-3’s intellectual property rights, but not its name. The brand will be a Turkish brand, it will not be Saab. We will develop the technology in Turkey."

The 2014 Saab 9-3 Aero sedan has been unveiled by the Swedish brand's new owner, National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), ahead of its international launch on December 10.

Three former Saab executives, including the company's past CEO, have been arrested by Swedish officials as part of an accounting fraud investigation. The Swedish Economic Crime Authority's chief prosecutor, Olof Sahlgren, confirmed three people were questioned on Monday in relation to "grave attempts to complicate tax controls".