Filed under: Car Buying , Etc. , Marketing/Advertising , Crossover , Saab , Luxury 2012 Saab 9-4X – Click above for high-res image gallery Saab is giving the 500 people the chance to pre-order a Saab 9-4X with an Apple iPad thrown in once they take delivery of Trollh?ttan’s latest.

Filed under: Etc. , Infiniti , Off-Road Infiniti-Volant Limited Edition Ski Pack – Click above for high-res image gallery Infiniti ‘s been really upping its game in the all-wheel drive segments, and you know what that means: more of the deluxe Datsuns in the parking lot at the local ski slopes. But while the Japanese luxury cars can get you there, what oh what will you ever use to get back down

Filed under: LA Auto Show , Crossover , Saab , Luxury LA 2010: 2012 Saab 9-4X – Click above for high-res image gallery Saab is looking to move forward after its long relationship with General Motors . Saab CEO Victor Muller quoted Winston Churchill today at the LA Auto Show saying “If you’re going through hell…

Filed under: GM , Earnings/Financials General Motors posted its last financial report before the company’s initial public offering of stock next week. In it, the company reported that in the third quarter of 2010, it earned a net income of $1.96 billion on a total of $34.06 billion in revenue. That puts the automaker’s 2010 figures at $4.16 billion of net income on $98.17 billion in revenue, though GM does say that it expects earnings to fall in the fourth quarter thanks to costs associated with developing new vehicles and launching products like the Chevrolet Volt and Cruze .

Filed under: Buick , Cadillac , Chevrolet , GM , GMC Two years ago General Motors had 6,049 dealers spread across the United States. Post-bankruptcy, that number is down to 4,500 retail outlets. The dealer cutback was supposed to help GM’s bottom line while simultaneously bolstering sales and profits at the remaining dealerships, but has it worked?

Filed under: Saab 2011 Saab 9-5 – Click above for high-res image gallery Koenigsegg nearly owned Saab outright , but at the eleventh hour, the Swedish specialty carmaker backed out of the deal . Losing out on Saab may have been the best thing for Koenigsegg to do financially, but we’re thinking there’s at least some small measure of regret for Christian von Koenigsegg and crew that the deal didn’t happen.

Filed under: By the Numbers Grand Cherokee lifts Jeep, Toyota falls hard After a couple days of delay, sales numbers for the month of October are finally in, and most automotive brands earned a treat instead of a trick. The majority of brands for sale in the U.S. achieved an increase in sales versus the same month last year, and of those, the majority posted a double-digit gain in sales

Filed under: Hybrid , Technology , Saab , Diesel A reporter from Sweden’s Automobil was returning a Saab 9-5 to the factory in Trollh?ttan when he stopped at a gas station to fill the tank. And what did he spy with his little eye

Filed under: Etc. , Spyker Spyker Timepieces – Click above for high-res image gallery Supercars?

Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Jaguar , Saab , Spyker Earlier this year, Adrian Hallmark was appointed to the position of executive director of Saab’s global sales efforts. After just seven months on the job, reports are that he has resigned to take a position with Jaguar as the Global Brand Director, effective December 1. Hallmark had taken his position at Saab just two months after the company was purchased by Spyker Cars , from General Motors