Deathbed reprieves do not get any more dramatic than the agreement reached by General Motors on January 26th to sell Saab, its Swedish subsidiary, to Spyker Cars, a boutique Dutch maker of sports cars. Last month, after two attempts to find a buyer for Saab had failed, gm ordered the winding-down of the firm's operations. Even the brand's many supporters, mobilised by the website Saabs United, had given up hope.
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