ndia's biggest auto maker by revenue said, without elaborating. He will, however, remain in the company as a non-executive board member. Forster joined Tata Motors in January 2010. Apart from the company's local operations, he also headed its overseas units including the U.K.-based luxury car brands Jaguar and Land Rover; Hispano Carrocera SA, the Spanish bus maker it completed acquiring in October 2009; and its South Korean commercial vehicle venture, Tandia's biggest auto maker by revenue said, without elaborating. He will, however, remain in the company as a non-executive board member. Forster joined Tata Motors in January 2010. Apart from the company's local operations, he also headed its overseas units including the U.K.-based luxury car brands Jaguar and Land Rover; Hispano Carrocera SA, the Spanish bus maker it completed acquiring in October 2009; and its South Korean commercial vehicle venture, Ta suspension. Saab's production line has been halted for months as bills to suppliers remain unpaid. Meanwhile workers are still waiting to get their pay for August and unions have the right to seek bankruptcy if they want to activate a state scheme to pay the salaries instead. In Sweden scepticism is now high about the chances of survival for Saab, a small niche maker of premium cars in a highly competitive market. "End the misery now," was the headline on Friday in daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter, which went on to say that bankruptcy was unavoidable. "Someone not blinded by all the beautiful phrases about a premium brand with iconic status and a world-class car factory cannot avoid seeing that Saab as a business stands naked," said business daily Dagens Industri. But Muller said the appeal would answer the first court's questions about the process by which Chinese car companies Pangda Automobile Trade Co Ltd and Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile are seeking approval from China's authorities to invest 245 million euros ($343 million) in Saab. Saab will also supply to the appeal court more detail on when that money can be expected and whether it is sufficient to get the company up and running again.   UNIONS MEET The first court had said it was not sufficiently clear if or when the Chinese money would be forthcoming. In a statement, Saab also said it was still talking to several parties about additional short-term funding. But unions representing Saab's workers were meeting on Friday to discuss a bankruptcy application. "Clearly, if the unions would push forward ... Saab would be in a very precarious position indeed," Muller said. Paul Akerlund, mayor of the town of Trollhattan, where Saab is based, said the unions were likely to be patient. "My understanding is that if there is the leas