Saab negotiations mean waiting game for local dealership

Now that negotiations between Spyker Cars and General Motors for the sale of embattled car line Saab are back on with an offer that expires at 4 p.m., Gerry Lane Enterprises is playing the waiting game. The dealership sells between two and three Saabs a month because it is a higher-priced, niche car. Vice president Eric Lane says if Saab is discontinued, like the currently suspended GM announcement made last week, the dealership would sell the remaining stock and offer service work. Gerry Lane has been heavily impacted by GM’s restructuring process: along with Saab, the dealership also sold Saturn. Lane brought in Mitsubishi to replace the popular Saturn. The dealership is also waiting to see the outcome of negotiations between GM and a Chinese company for its Hummer brand. “I’m sick of this wait and see attitude, but these negotiations don’t happen overnight,” Lane says. “We’re fortunate because we’re a solid organization. We’re just taking it a day at a time.”—Emma James