Saab GB customers have been left without manufacturer warranty cover following the administration of its Swedish parent company.

Saab Automobile Parts UK has been formed from the ashes of the British business and a small network of 84 authorised repairers will look to offer cover which will cover “90% of what was the original manufacturer’s warranty”.

Saab GB’s managing director Charles Toosey will now head up a team of 16 at Saab Automobile Parts UK.

Dealers have been told that AA recovery is still in place for the three years/60,000 miles and 12 months/15,000 miles dealer guarantee policies that have been supplied on all used cars will still be honoured.

One Saab service repairer said there should be a reasonable, though declining opportunity for a Saab service operation for a least a further two to three years, and maybe more for the die-hard specialist.

The dealer told AM: “We should soon be in a position to offer a guarantee funded by the individual dealer that will offer 90% cover of what was the original manufacturer’s warranty for the remaining balance of the original three year/60,000 mile warranty.”

The service network is expecting confirmation on how dealers can cover customers before the end of the month.

The dealer said: “The warranty will of course be of assistance in the sale of the remaining Saab demonstrators and new cars we have around us, the sales of which to date are holding up well in value with a better level of demand and interest than we might all have originally thought.

“We should also be in a position to offer a dealer guarantee policy to all those customers who already own a Saab that has now lost its original warranty.

"It will be at a cost and it will therefore be up to the individual customer to assess if they feel it appropriate.”

Bids are expected to come in for Saab’s assets from Chinese company Youngman Automobile Group and Turkish private equity firm, Brightwell Holdings.

Youngman is looking to acquire Saab’s Phoenix architecture in order use it as a platform to build its own models.

It has promised up to £473.3 million of future investment for new models.