Less than a month after General Motors extended its contract to sell its Hummer brand to China's Tengzhong automaker, The General has announced that it will not complete the deal. According to a statement released to the media Wednesday afternoon, GM will permanently wind down the off-road division as a result.

GM shut down its Pontiac and Saturn brands last year, and sold off Saab a few weeks ago.

"One year ago, General Motors announced that we were going to divest HUMMER, as part of focusing our efforts on Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac going forward. We have since considered a number of possibilities for HUMMER along the way, and we are disappointed that the deal with Tengzhong could not be completed," said John Smith GM vice president of corporate planning and alliances.

"GM will now work closely with HUMMER employees, dealers and suppliers to wind down the business in an orderly and responsible manner."

GM says it will continue to provide Hummer parts and service to customers around the globe. All Hummer warranties will continue to be honored.

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最新消息稱,通用汽車在底特律總部宣布四川騰中重工未能按期完成對(duì)悍馬的收購(gòu),此項(xiàng)1.5億收購(gòu)交易宣告失敗,通用汽車將逐步關(guān)閉對(duì)悍馬的運(yùn)營(yíng),停產(chǎn)悍馬這一品牌。

通用汽車表示,因?yàn)樗拇v中無(wú)法在擬議的交易時(shí)間里,獲得中國(guó)監(jiān)管部門許可,因此這項(xiàng)交易無(wú)法完成。四川騰中重工經(jīng)與通用磋商,今日宣布停止推進(jìn)交易的相關(guān)行動(dòng),并終止簽署的最終協(xié)議。

不過(guò),通用汽車將繼續(xù)履行對(duì)現(xiàn)有悍馬的保證,將繼續(xù)為全球的悍馬車主提供原有的售后服務(wù)。

“我們很失望,與中國(guó)四川騰中的交易不能完成,”通用汽車公司規(guī)劃與聯(lián)盟副總裁約翰-史密斯說(shuō),“通用汽車現(xiàn)在將與悍馬員工、經(jīng)銷商和供應(yīng)商密切合作,以負(fù)責(zé)任的態(tài)度逐步有秩序地減少悍馬的經(jīng)營(yíng)?!?/p>

通用汽車表示,今后將致力于其剩余的四個(gè)品牌的業(yè)務(wù)經(jīng)營(yíng),包括:雪佛蘭、 捷美、卡迪拉克和別克。

騰中重工稱,公司尊重這一結(jié)果,公司對(duì)這一收購(gòu)傾注了巨大的心力,對(duì)無(wú)法完成這次交易感到非常遺憾。在原來(lái)的設(shè)想中,騰中希望提供一個(gè)具吸引力的價(jià)格收購(gòu)悍馬品牌,并透過(guò)騰中及其它投資者的投資注入為悍馬的現(xiàn)有管理團(tuán)隊(duì)提供資源來(lái)推出環(huán)保型的運(yùn)動(dòng)車,從而滿足現(xiàn)有主要市場(chǎng)的需要,并吸引包括中國(guó)在內(nèi)的新興市場(chǎng)。

此前有熟悉騰中重工的人士表示,騰中可能利用海外投資的方式收購(gòu)悍馬,這種方式可使這個(gè)收購(gòu)交易不受中國(guó)監(jiān)管部門的監(jiān)管。

一直備受關(guān)注的四川騰中重工收購(gòu)?fù)ㄓ煤否R案或許就這樣落下帷幕。關(guān)注此收購(gòu)交易的人可能都知道,此前因等待有關(guān)部門審批,四川騰中重工和通用汽車已經(jīng)將出售悍馬品牌收購(gòu)交易的截止日期延長(zhǎng)了一個(gè)月,之后傳出交易遭監(jiān)管部門否決的消息。這項(xiàng)收購(gòu)交易必須得到商務(wù)部的批準(zhǔn),但讓人奇怪的是,中國(guó)商務(wù)部部長(zhǎng)助理王超周三表示,商務(wù)部目前為止未收到騰中收購(gòu)悍馬的申請(qǐng),否認(rèn)“中國(guó)政府監(jiān)管部門否決騰中重工收購(gòu)?fù)ㄓ煤否R交易”一說(shuō)。如此一樁惹人關(guān)注的并購(gòu)案,卻是云山霧罩。

這起被冠以“既是機(jī)遇更是挑戰(zhàn)”的驚天交易,就這樣虛妄一場(chǎng)?

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