Saab akhoza kukweranso ku Phoenix
Kampani yake ya makolo ya Spyker, yochokera ku Netherlands, lero yalengeza mgwirizano ndi Youngman Automobile waku China kuti apange magalimoto opangidwa ndi Saab ndi SUV ku China.
Spyker akuti ikhazikitsa mabizinesi awiri ogwirizana ndi kampani yamagalimoto ya Zhejiang Youngman Lotus (Youngman) kuti apange magalimoto. Youngman adzalandira gawo la 29.9% ku Spyker. Mneneri wa Saab ku Australia a Gill Martin akuti "palibe boma" lomwe lachokera ku maofesi a Saab ku Sweden.
"Tilibe chonena mpaka titalandira mawu kuchokera kwa Saab," akutero. Owerenga omwe ali ndi chidwi ndi Saab yolephera adzakumbukira Youngman ngati imodzi mwa makampani oyambirira a ku China omwe Spyker adayandikira kuti apeze ndalama pamene adayesa kutsitsimutsa Saab atasiya General Motors.
Koma GM yaletsa kulowererapo kulikonse kwa China, kuopa kuti ukadaulo wake ugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Youngman. Izi zidapangitsa kugwa kwa mgwirizano ndi Youngman, ndipo mu Disembala 2011 Saab adalengezedwa kuti alibe ndalama. Spyker ndi Youngman tsopano akukonzekera kupanga magalimoto kutengera nsanja ya Saab Phoenix, lingaliro lomwe likuwonetsedwa pa 2011 Geneva Motor Show ndikupatsidwa chilolezo ndi Youngman.
Pulatifomuyi siyikugwirizana ndi ukadaulo uliwonse wa GM. Mgwirizano watsopanowu ukufuna kuti Youngman akhale ndi 80% ya kampani yomwe ili ndi nsanja ya Phoenix, pomwe Spyker ali ndi zotsalazo. Awiriwa apanganso SUV kutengera lingaliro lazaka zisanu ndi chimodzi la D8 Peking-to-Paris lomwe likuwonetsedwa ku 2006 Geneva Motor Show. D8 ipezeka kumapeto kwa 2014 kwa $250,000.
M'mawu ake dzulo, Spyker adati Youngman adzayika ndalama zokwana madola 25 miliyoni ($ 30 miliyoni) mu polojekitiyi, ndikupatseni gawo la 75 peresenti, pamene Spyker adzapereka teknoloji ndikusunga 25 peresenti. Kuphatikiza pa mabizinesi awiriwa, Youngman adzalipira $ 8 miliyoni pagawo la 29.9% ku Spyker ndikupatsanso wopanga ma automaker waku Dutch ngongole ya ogawana nawo $4 miliyoni.
Ndipo kuti apititse matope m'madzi pamene izi zikuchitika, Spyker ali ndi mlandu wa $ 3 biliyoni wotsutsana ndi GM pa kutha kwa Saab. Ndipo sitinathebe. Youngman sanakhale phee, mwezi watha adalandira chivomerezo cha boma (la China) kuti agule kampani yopanga mabasi yaku Germany Viseon Bus.
Youngman agula gawo la 74.9% ku Viseon kwa $ 1.2 miliyoni. Viseon, yemwe amakhala ku Pilsting ku Germany, adayika ndalama zokwana $2.8 miliyoni pa ndalama zokwana $38 miliyoni chaka chatha. Youngman ayika ndalama zokwana madola 3.6 miliyoni kwa opanga mabasi aku Germany ndikupatsa eni ake ndi kampani ngongole ya $ 7.3 miliyoni. Bizinesi yayikulu ya Youngman ndi kupanga mabasi. Amapanganso magalimoto ang'onoang'ono.
