<p>A source told Reuters last week luxury carmaker Koenigsegg and Norwegian investors had reached a preliminary agreement to buy Saab Automobile, which was put up for sale by its now bankrupt US parent earlier this year.<br /><br />A Saab spokeswoman said an announcement should come soon.<br /><br />“I think that during this week, chances are good. It could be anytime now,” spokeswoman Gunilla Gustavs said.<br /><br />Saab, which first sought protection from creditors in February and was granted an extension until August 20 to get time to restructure and line up a new owner, said more than 80 percent of its creditors had agreed to write down the value of their Saab debt.<br /><br />The Swedish carmaker has said it needs $1 billion in financing to see it through the crisis and has asked creditors to write off 75 percent of the company’s 10.6 billion crown ($1.4 billion) debt, most of which is owed to GM.</p>
<p>A source told Reuters last week luxury carmaker Koenigsegg and Norwegian investors had reached a preliminary agreement to buy Saab Automobile, which was put up for sale by its now bankrupt US parent earlier this year.<br /><br />A Saab spokeswoman said an announcement should come soon.<br /><br />“I think that during this week, chances are good. It could be anytime now,” spokeswoman Gunilla Gustavs said.<br /><br />Saab, which first sought protection from creditors in February and was granted an extension until August 20 to get time to restructure and line up a new owner, said more than 80 percent of its creditors had agreed to write down the value of their Saab debt.<br /><br />The Swedish carmaker has said it needs $1 billion in financing to see it through the crisis and has asked creditors to write off 75 percent of the company’s 10.6 billion crown ($1.4 billion) debt, most of which is owed to GM.</p>