Indasitiri yemotokari inogara ichifamba. Kana gore rino takatobatwa ne “shock” yekuona Opel ichitengwa neboka rePSA, mushure memakore anoda kusvika makumi mapfumbamwe ichirairidzwa neGM, mafambisirwo ari muindasitiri iyi anovimbisa kuti haapere pano.
Iko zvino zvave kuChinese Geely, iyo kambani imwechete iyo muna 2010 yakawana Volvo, kuti iite misoro. Kambani yeChinese yakawana 49.9% yeProton, ukuwo DRB-Hicom, iyo yakabata mhando yeMalaysian yakazara, ichichengeta yasara makumi mashanu muzana.
Kufarira kwaGeely muProton kuri nyore kunzwisisa kupihwa kuvepo kwakasimba kweiyo brand mumisika yeSoutheast Asia. Uyezve, Geely akataura kuti chibvumirano chichabvumira kuwirirana kwakawanda mukutsvaga, kusimudzira, kugadzira uye kuvapo kwemusika. Sezvingatarisirwa, Proton ikozvino ichave nekuwana Geely mapuratifomu uye powertrains, kusanganisira iyo itsva CMA chikuva chiri kugadzirwa pamwe neVolvo.
Sei isu tichiratidza Proton kana zita richitaura nezvekutengwa kweLotus?
Yakanga iri Proton iyo, mu1996, yakatenga Lotus kubva kuRomano Artioli, panguva iyoyo zvakare muridzi weBugatti, izvi zvisati zvaendeswa kuVolkswagen.
Geely, muchibvumirano ichi neDRB-Hicom, haana kungochengeta chikamu muProton chete, asi akazova mugoveri mukuru muLotus, aine chikamu che51%. Chiratidzo cheMalaysian chave kutsvaga vatengi kune yasara 49%.
Chiratidzo cheBritish chinoratidzika seine nheyo dzakasimba, kunyanya kubva pakuuya kwemutungamiri wezvino Jean-Marc Gales muna 2014. Migumisiro inoratidzwa mukutora purofiti kwekutanga munhoroondo yayo pakupera kwegore rapera. NeGeely ichipinda muchiitiko, tariro inomuka yekuti ichaita neLotus izvo zvayakawana neVolvo.
Lotus yakanga yatove munguva yekuchinja. Pamari yakagadzikana zvakanyanya, tiri kupupurira kushanduka-shanduka kwezvigadzirwa zvayo - Elise, Exige naEvora - uye yanga ichitoshanda pa100% mutsivi mutsva wemurwi Elise, ichatangwa muna 2020. Tisingakanganwe chibvumirano neChinese zvakare. Goldstar Heavy Industrial, iyo inozoguma neSUV yemusika weChinese pakutanga kwemakore gumi anotevera.
Kuti kupinda kwaGeely kuchakanganisa sei zvirongwa zviri kuitika chimwe chinhu chatinofanira kuziva mumwedzi mishoma inotevera.