Konke kuqale ngesikhangiso esisatshalaliswe ePortugal, lapho abakwaMercedes-Benz bethi yibo abasunguli, phakathi kwezinye izinhlelo zokuphepha, ibhande elinamaphuzu amathathu.
IVolvo Car Portugal ayizange iyithande. Ekupheleni kosuku izolo, ikhiphe isitatimende esisemthethweni, iqinisekisa ukuthi "lolu lwazi aluhambisani neqiniso". Kunalokho, isistimu yadalwa "unjiniyela waseSweden uNils Bohlin" futhi yafakwa okokuqala ngqa kuVolvo PV544.
Esitatimendeni sayo, iVolvo Car Portugal iphinde ikhumbule ukuthi, "into esunguliwe, okulinganiselwa ukuthi isisindise izimpilo zabantu abangaphezu kwesigidi esisodwa, yayinamalungelo obunikazi obala", okusho ukuthi "yayikhona/itholakala ngokugcwele kubo bonke abashayeli abangahlomula kwezinye Ubuchwepheshe bezokuphepha bakwaVolvo, noma ngabe bebeshayela luphi uhlobo.”
I-Mercedes-Benz iwuhoxisile umkhankaso
I-Mercedes-Benz Portugal yasabela ngokuthi lokhu kwakuyizincazelo ezingalungile, ngoba, "empeleni, kwakungeyona into eqanjiwe yomkhiqizo", njengoba "yashintshwa kamuva nje ukuze ihambisane nezimoto zeMercedes-Benz, njengemishini evamile" .
Ngakho, "ngenxa yalesi sizathu, i-Mercedes-Benz yanquma ukuhoxisa ngokushesha umkhankaso oqhubekayo", wazisa, esitatimendeni ku-Razão Automóvel, umthombo osemthethweni we-star brand.