Inganda zimodoka zihora zigenda. Niba uyu mwaka tumaze gufata "akajagari" ko kubona Opel igurwa nitsinda rya PSA, nyuma yimyaka hafi 90 iyobowe na GM, ingendo mu nganda zisezeranya kutazarangirira aha.
Ubu bireba abashinwa Geely, isosiyete imwe mu mwaka wa 2010 yaguze Volvo, kugirango ibe umutwe. Isosiyete y'Abashinwa yaguze 49.9% ya Proton, naho DRB-Hicom, yari ifite ikirango cya Maleziya yose, ikomeza 50.1% isigaye.
Inyungu za Geely muri Proton ziroroshye kubyumva urebye ikirango gikomeye mumasoko yuburasirazuba bwa Aziya. Byongeye kandi, Geely yavuze ko aya masezerano azemerera guhuza byinshi mu bushakashatsi, iterambere, umusaruro ndetse no ku isoko. Mubiteganijwe, Proton noneho izabona uburyo bwa Geely platform na powertrains, harimo na platform nshya ya CMA ikorwa hamwe na Volvo.
Kuki dushira ahabona Proton mugihe umutwe uvuga kugura Lotusi?
Proton ni yo, mu 1996, yaguze Lotus na Romano Artioli, icyo gihe akaba yari nyiri Bugatti, mbere yuko yimurirwa muri Volkswagen.
Geely, muri aya masezerano na DRB-Hicom, ntabwo yagumanye imigabane muri Proton gusa, ahubwo yabaye imigabane myinshi muri Lotus, umugabane wa 51%. Ikirango cya Maleziya ubu kirimo gushaka abaguzi kuri 49% basigaye.
Ikirangantego cy'Ubwongereza gisa nkaho gifite urufatiro rukomeye, cyane cyane ko perezida wa none Jean-Marc Gales yahageze muri 2014. Ibisubizo bigaragarira mu gufata inyungu ku nshuro ya mbere mu mateka yarwo mu mpera z'umwaka ushize. Hamwe na Geely yinjira mubyabaye, ibyiringiro bivuka ko bizageraho hamwe na Lotus ibyo yagezeho hamwe na Volvo.
Lotus yari isanzwe mugihe cyinzibacyuho. Amafaranga arahagaze neza, turimo tubona ihindagurika ryibicuruzwa byayo - Elise, Exige na Evora - kandi byari bisanzwe bikora ku musimbura mushya 100% wumukambwe Elise, uzashyirwa ahagaragara muri 2020. Ntitwibagiwe amasezerano nabashinwa. Goldstar Heavy Industrial, izavamo SUV kumasoko y'Ubushinwa mu ntangiriro yimyaka icumi iri imbere.
Ukuntu kwinjira kwa Geely bizagira ingaruka kuri gahunda zirimo ni ikintu tugomba kumenya mumezi make ari imbere.