A ko da yaushe masana'antar motoci suna tafiya. Idan a wannan shekara mun riga mun kama "kaguwa" na ganin Opel yana siyan kungiyar PSA, bayan kusan shekaru 90 a karkashin kulawar GM, ƙungiyoyi a cikin masana'antar sun yi alkawarin ba za su ƙare a nan ba.
Yanzu ya rage ga kamfanin Geely na kasar Sin, wanda a shekarar 2010 ya mallaki Volvo, ya zama kanun labarai. Kamfanin kasar Sin ya samu kashi 49.9% na Proton, yayin da DRB-Hicom, wacce ke rike da alamar Malaysia gaba daya, ta rike sauran kashi 50.1%.
Sha'awar Geely ga Proton abu ne mai sauƙin fahimta idan aka yi la'akari da kasancewar alamar a kasuwannin kudu maso gabashin Asiya. Bugu da ƙari, Geely ya ce yarjejeniyar za ta ba da damar samun ƙarin haɗin gwiwa a cikin bincike, ci gaba, samarwa da kuma kasancewar kasuwa. Ana iya faɗi, Proton yanzu zai sami damar yin amfani da dandamali na Geely da wutar lantarki, gami da sabon dandalin CMA da ake haɓaka tare da Volvo.
Me yasa muke haskaka Proton lokacin da taken ya ambaci siyan Lotus?
Proton ne, a cikin 1996, ya sayi Lotus daga Romano Artioli, a lokacin kuma mai Bugatti, kafin a canza shi zuwa Volkswagen.
Geely, a cikin wannan yarjejeniya tare da DRB-Hicom, ba wai kawai ya riƙe hannun jari a cikin Proton ba, amma ya zama mafi yawan masu hannun jari a Lotus, tare da kaso 51%. Alamar Malesiya yanzu tana neman masu siyar da ragowar kashi 49%.
Alamar ta Birtaniyya tana da tushe mai karfi, musamman tun zuwan shugaban kasar na yanzu Jean-Marc Gales a shekarar 2014. Sakamakon ya bayyana a cikin ribar da aka samu a karon farko a tarihinta a karshen shekarar bara. Tare da Geely ya shiga wurin, bege ya taso cewa zai cimma tare da Lotus abin da ya samu tare da Volvo.
Lotus ya riga ya kasance cikin lokacin tsaka-tsaki. Ta fuskar tattalin arziki da kwanciyar hankali, muna shaida ci gaban samfuransa na yau da kullun - Elise, Exige da Evora - kuma tuni ta fara aiki kan sabon magajin 100% ga tsohon soja Elise, wanda za a ƙaddamar a cikin 2020. Ba tare da manta da yarjejeniyar da Sinawa Goldstar Heavy Industrial, wanda zai haifar da SUV ga kasuwar kasar Sin a farkon shekaru goma masu zuwa.
Yadda shigar Geely zai shafi shirye-shiryen da ake yi abu ne da ya kamata mu sani cikin ƴan watanni masu zuwa.