Jeff Knight, editor of CAP Monitor, added: “Existing forecast values already take the long-standing troubles of Saab into account.

“There is not a great deal of stock left in the UK, so there is no reason to expect a tsunami of new registrations flooding the market as happened in the case of MG Rover.”

Saab GB trimmed its workforce to just 16 employees just before Christmas after its sales team was made redundant when its parent company filed for bankruptcy. Fleet boss Paul Adler was among the casualties.

Saab GB will now operate as Saab Automobile Parts UK and work with a small network of authorised repairers.
The service network will look after the 190,000 Saabs that are on the road in the UK.

Saab GB’s managing director Charles Toosey will now head up Saab Automobile Parts UK. However, there is confusion surrounding the manufacturer’s warranty. According to a Saab dealer, customers are now without warranty cover as the money to pay for warranty work comes from Saab AB which is also in administration.

Motor Codes, a division of the SMMT, said that because legal proceedings are on-going and it remains unclear as to whether Saab will honour existing vehicle warranties, it was unable to offer specific advice to Saab customers.

Once the administrators make clear the situation with warranties, the Motor Codes Advice Line will be able to relay this to Saab customers.

The official administrator in the UK, Grant Thornton, is in talks with Saab’s Swedish parent company to establish if warranties for UK cars will continued to be honoured.

Lex Autolease has approximately 700 Saabs on its fleet, but it is confident customers will experience “very few” issues.

Andy Hartley, director of Third Party Supply at Lex Autolease, said: “Saab shares much of its technology with other marques in the GM portfolio, so there is a sizeable inventory of parts available to meet the immediate and future needs of fleet customers.

“As far as servicing, maintenance and repair is concerned, this will be carried out, in the main, by the Vauxhall franchise network or approved independent dealers, such as Halfords. In fact, much of this work has been dealt with in this fashion for some time, so there will be little change to the status quo for customers and their drivers.”

But, CLM managing director Tony Hulatt said fleets with Saabs on their policy lists should pay close attention to de-fleeting and disposing of the vehicles as they become due for replacement.

Meanwhile, several bidders are reported to be interested in buying the bankrupt Swedish carmaker, but there have been no formal bids yet.

However, Turkisk equity firm Brightwell Holdings says it plans on placing a bid, while China’s Zhejiang Youngman is also still showing interest.

Any transaction will require approval from Saab’s former owner General Motors, as well as the Swedish Government and the European Investment Bank.