Spyker has found sponsors for Saab in China

Spyker company plans to resume production of the Swedish car Saab. To this end, she returned to the shareholders of a Russian businessman and banker Vladimir Antonov, which invests in the company 30 million euros in exchange for a 29.9% stake in Spyker. The deal is almost complete, were formalities.

Today, Western media reported that the company is Gemini Investment Fund Ltd has provided Spyker 30 million euros in the form of a convertible loan. But this money is not enough to Spyker was able to start production Saab. Another source of funding for the Dutch found in China: a proposal from the Netherlands said a little-known company Hawtai Motor Group.

Collaboration with Spyker anonymous Chinese investor Hawtai Motor Group, has not yet been confirmed officially. However, the details of this transaction Saab Automobile speak at one of its next press conference. The amount that the Chinese will give the Dutch company, also not yet confirmed. As noted by Vice President Richard Hawtai Zhang, cooperation with the iconic brand Saab Hawtai provide access to innovative technologies and international networking. According to him, without the participation of strong companies to achieve these goals the Chinese company would need a decade.

Corporation Hawtai - it is a private manufacturer of SUVs and buses, which is based in eastern China. In 2002 the company began producing SUVs Terracan and Santa Fe under its own brand by buying technology license from Hyundai. In Hawtai have their own factories for production of 350 thousand vehicles, 300,000 diesel engines and 450,000 automatic transmission in a year.