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Why GM Killed Saab

Long-form21:35Autos & VehiclesPublished Oct 16, 2026, 2:34 AM · 6d ago
Your Mechanic Friend
Your Mechanic Friend
15.4K subscribers · median 4K views
Open on YouTube
Views
3,479
+1 views/hour
Views / hour now
1
measured 1h ago
Peak views / hour
3
22h ago
First 24 hours
—
not tracked from upload
Engagement
1.1%
likes + comments / views
Likes
34
1.0% of views
Comments
6
0.17% of views
Est. ad revenue
$25–$58
lifetime, $7.2–16.8 RPM

Checked every 3 h while the video is this age · last check 1h ago · next in 93 min. YouTube itself updates public counts with a short delay.

Avg views / day
554
since upload
vs channel median
0.9×
this video's views ÷ the channel's usual
Rank in channel
#11
of 21 tracked

Views over time

8 readings

Total views Views gained per hour

Description

On the seventh of November, 2011, General Motors issued a statement about a car company it didn't own anymore. Saab had been sold almost two years earlier to a Dutch sports car maker, and two Chinese firms had just agreed to buy it and restart its assembly line in Sweden. But GM said it would pull its technology licenses if that sale went ahead, because the deal wasn't in GM's best interests. Six weeks later, Saab filed for bankruptcy. So how does a carmaker get finished off by a company that had already let it go?

Details

Published
Oct 16, 2026, 2:34 AM
Length
21:35 (1,295 s)
Format
Long-form
Category
Autos & Vehicles
Audio language
EN
Quality
HD
Captions
No
Made for kids
No
Licensed content
Yes
Video ID
fFjXHdfVegY

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