Dutch sports car maker Spyker Cars NV remains interested in buying Swedish auto brand Saab from General Motors GM.UL and is not aware of any deadlines imposed on the process, a spokesman for Spyker said.
Spyker first said on December 2 it was interested in Saab, which GM is scrambling to sell after a deal with Swedish luxury car builder Koenigsegg collapsed. GM has said it would keep Saab on the block through year's end and close it if it appears it can not be sold.
But Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet reported on Thursday that Joran Hagglund, the state secretary at Sweden's Enterprise Ministry, has told GM it needs to decide this week whether to sell the loss-making business.
"They're not aware of any deadline," the Spyker spokesman said on Thursday, adding that the company's interest was unchanged.
Spyker, which has roots dating to 1875, made 43 of its luxury cars last year, selling for 200,000 euros and up. Its primary backers include Russian banking tycoon Vladimir Antonov and his Convers Group, with a 29.9 percent stake.
