ʻO ke kuikahi like ʻole: e hui pū ʻo Volvo lāua ʻo Aston Martin?
ʻO Geely, ka inoa Kina nona Volvo a me Lotus, ua hōʻike ʻia i ka hoihoi iā Aston Martin.
Ke ʻimi nei ka brand kaʻa haʻuki Pelekane i ka hoʻopukapuka ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana i kahi hāʻule o ke kūʻai aku ma 2019 a me nā kumukūʻai kūʻai hou aku i ʻike i ka hāʻule nui ʻana o kāna kumukūʻai mai kāna papa inoa 2018. e hoʻoikaika i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi stake ma Aston Martin. ʻAʻole maopopo i ka nui o ka makemake o Geely e hoʻokomo i ka brand, me kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi a me kahi hui ʻenehana i ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ke koho kūpono loa.
Ua hoʻolilo nui ʻo Geely i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, e kūʻai ana iā Volvo mai Ford i 2010, e hoʻolilo ana i ka 10 pakeneka ma Mercedes-Benz makua ʻoihana ʻo Daimler a lawe i ka mana o Lotus i 2017. He mea pono e hoʻomaopopo he pili ʻenehana ʻo Mercedes-AMG me Aston Martin no ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā ʻenekini a me nā ʻāpana powertrain ʻē aʻe, no laila ʻo ka hoʻopukapuka hou ʻana o Geely e hoʻoikaika wale i ka pilina ma waena o nā hōʻailona.
ʻAʻole ʻo Geely wale nō ka mea kuleana ma Aston Martin, akā ke kamaʻilio pū nei ʻo Lawrence Stroll, ka mea kālepa billionaire Kanada e loaʻa i kahi kuleana ma ka hui. Ua kūkulu ʻo Stroll, ka makuakāne o ka mea hoʻokele Formula 1 ʻo Lance, i kāna ʻoihana e hoʻopukapuka ana i nā hōʻailona ma lalo a hoʻihoʻi i ko lākou waiwai. Ua hana maikaʻi ʻo ia me nā lepili lole ʻo Tommy Hilfiger a me Michael Kors.
ʻAʻole malihini ʻo Stroll i nā kaʻa wikiwiki, ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻopukapuka kālā ʻana i kāna ʻoihana o kāna keiki, ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i kahi consortium e hoʻomalu i ka hui Racing Point F1. Loaʻa iā ia kahi hōʻiliʻili nui o Ferraris a me nā supercars ʻē aʻe a nona ka Mont Tremblant circuit ma Kanada.
Wahi a kahi hōʻike Financial Times, ʻaʻole maopopo inā makemake mau ʻo Geely e hoʻopukapuka kālā ma Aston Martin inā loaʻa ka consortium o Stroll i kāna kuleana, ʻo ia ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia he 19.9%. ʻO ka mea nona ka mea nona, ke koi nei ʻo Aston Martin i kāna hoʻolālā "Second Century" i 2020 me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāna DBX SUV mua a me kāna kumu hoʻohālike waena waena, ʻo ka Valkyrie hypercar.
