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Yes, you read it right. Saab has gone and made a new Fighter Jet to compete on the modern stage!
After cruising the [url=www.bbc.co.uk][u]BBC Website[/u][/url], I found an interesting article on Saab and the manufacture of their new fighter jet.

Saab is a brand commonly associated with a struggling carmaker, though this is not the same one. The fast-growing aerospace and defence group that shares the Saab name is not only quicker, but it is also much more successful and important, both for Sweden and for the company itself.
Sweden has realised that targeted investment in hi-tech sectors, such as the military aircraft industry, can be hugely beneficial for the nation as a whole. So investment in this sector alone has increased dramatically.

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Saab's gain is a commercial product that is marketable across the world, according to Lennart Sindahl, head of Saab Aeronautics, the largest of the group's five divisions.

The Saab JAS 39 Gripen has so far been bought not only by Sweden, but also by the Czech Republic, Hungary, South Africa and Thailand, as well as by the UK which is using it as its advanced fast jet platform for test pilots worldwide.

Saab is convinced it can extend its list of customer countries considerably over the next decade or so, as some 5,000 of the 13,000 fighter jets currently in operation are scheduled for retirement.

A critical period...
Saab is convinced its lightweight single-engine multirole fighter aircraft is both as capable as and much cheaper to buy and operate than larger, twin-engined jets such as the Eurofighter Typhoon, Dassault's Rafale and Boeing's Super Hornet - not to mention Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which has suffered from cost overruns running into billions of dollars.

The next few months will be critical as the potential Gripen customers make up their minds. Saab knows that it probably will not win all the contracts, but winning just some of them will bring in billions of dollars for the firm.

My Opinion:
Personally, i've never been a fan of Saab's so I don't know how legit their fighter jets would be.
I'd stick with the motto, "why fix something that isn't broken" if I were the man in charge of ordering in new fighter jets on behalf of my country. lol
Will countries that are fighting wars be willing to take a risk on a new aircraft from a car manufacturer, despite them having designed jets before?! I'm not so sure.

Leave your opinions on how you think this new, cheaper fighter jet will fare.

Where can i buy one ,do they accept vbux ?