Spyker is currently in a transitional phase, selling its sports car business to Russian investor Vladimir Antonov while the Spyker group continues to focus on the Saab brand. As such there are now one too many roosters in the hen house, forcing the resignation of Spyker’s CFO.
Hans Go is currently CFO of Spyker Cars NV, but will step down on July 1 as Spyker’s sports car business transitions to its new ownership. Rob Schuyt, acting CFO of the Saab brand, will take over as the Spyker group’s CFO until a permanent replacement is announced later this year.
Go will remain on as an adviser until the end of the year “to support the management with various transitional projects within Spyker and Saab Automobile.”
Orders to fill
Saab’s main Trollhattan plant sat idle for nearly two months over a payment dispute with suppliers, but the Swedish factory is now running at full steam to keep up with mounting orders. Chinese partner Pang Da recently upped its vehicle request by 630 units – on top of its previous order of 1,300 cars – and Saab head Victor Muller says the company has outstanding orders for another 8,100 vehicles. The factory is currently cranking out 218 cars per day.
However, Saab isn’t quite out of the woods yet. The Chinese government must still approve Saab’s partnership with Pang Da and sales haven’t exactly been taking off as planned. In fact, sales in Saab’s home country slipped to just 290 units in May, representing a 59 percent tumble from the same month a year earlier.
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