Hiki iā Saab ke piʻi hou i Phoenix

ʻO kāna hui makua ʻo Spyker, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Netherlands, ua hoʻolaha i kēia lā i kahi hui pū me China's Youngman Automobile e hana i nā kaʻa ʻo Saab a me kahi SUV ma Kina.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Spyker e hoʻokumu ʻo ia i ʻelua ʻoihana hui me Zhejiang Youngman Lotus (Youngman) hui kaʻa e hana i nā kaʻa. E loaʻa iā Youngman kahi 29.9% stake ma Spyker. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Saab Australia ʻōlelo ʻo Gill Martin, "ʻaʻohe mea kūʻokoʻa" i hele mai mai nā keʻena ʻo Saab's Swedish. 

"ʻAʻohe a mākou mea e ʻōlelo ai a loaʻa iā mākou kahi ʻōlelo mai Saab," wahi āna. E hoʻomanaʻo ka poʻe heluhelu i ka Saab hāʻule ʻole ʻo Youngman ʻo ia kekahi o nā hui Kina mua i hele mai ai ʻo Spyker no ke kālā i ka wā i hoʻāʻo ai e hoʻōla iā Saab ma hope o kona haʻalele ʻana iā General Motors.

Akā, ua pale ʻo GM i ka hana ʻana o Kina, me ka hopohopo e hoʻohana ʻia kāna ʻenehana e Youngman. Ua alakaʻi kēia i ka hāʻule ʻana o ke kuʻikahi me Youngman, a ma Dekemaba 2011 ua haʻi ʻia ʻo Saab i ka panakalupa. Ke hoʻolālā nei ʻo Spyker a me Youngman e hoʻomohala i nā kaʻa e pili ana i ka platform Saab Phoenix, kahi manaʻo i hōʻike ʻia ma ka 2011 Geneva Motor Show a laikini ʻia e Youngman.

ʻAʻole pili kēia kahua me kekahi ʻenehana GM. Manaʻo ka ʻaelike hou e loaʻa iā Youngman ka 80% o ka hui nona ka paepae Phoenix, me Spyker nona ke koena. E hoʻomohala ana ka lua i kahi SUV e pili ana i ka manaʻo D8 Peking-to-Paris makahiki ʻeono i hōʻike ʻia ma ka 2006 Geneva Motor Show. Loaʻa ka D8 i ka hopena o 2014 no $250,000.

I loko o kahi ʻōlelo i nehinei, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Spyker e hoʻolilo ʻo Youngman i 25 miliona euros ($30 miliona) i ka papahana, e hāʻawi iā ia i 75 pakeneka, ʻoiai ʻo Spyker e hāʻawi i ka ʻenehana a mālama i kahi 25 pakeneka. Ma waho aʻe o nā ʻoihana hui ʻelua, e uku ʻo Youngman i $ 8 miliona no kahi 29.9% stake ma Spyker a hāʻawi i ka mea hana kaʻa Dutch me kahi hōʻaiʻē he $4 miliona.

A no ka hoʻohaumia ʻana i ka wai i ka wā e hana ana kēia, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo Spyker i kahi hoʻopiʻi $3 biliona kūʻē iā GM no ka make ʻana o Saab. A ʻaʻole mākou i pau. ʻAʻole i noho mālie ʻo Youngman, i ka mahina i hala ua loaʻa iā ia ka ʻae o ke aupuni kūloko (Kina) e kūʻai i ka mea hana kaʻa kaʻa Kelemania ʻo Viseon Bus.

E kūʻai ʻo Youngman i 74.9% stake ma Viseon no $1.2 miliona. ʻO Viseon, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Pilsting ma Kelemānia, ua hoʻopuka i kahi poho $2.8 miliona ma $38 miliona i ka loaʻa kālā i ka makahiki i hala. E hoʻolilo ʻo Youngman i $3.6 miliona i ka mea hana kaʻa kaʻa Kelemania a hāʻawi i nā mea kuleana a me ka hui me kahi hōʻaiʻē $7.3 miliona. ʻO ka ʻoihana nui a Youngman ka hana ʻana i nā kaʻa kaʻa. Hana pū ia i nā kaʻa liʻiliʻi.