So dismal is its situation that General Motors is ready to cede control of GM Europe – mainly Opel and Vauxhall – in effect for nothing, provided a new parent pledges to invest €500m. The disclosure comes after Germany made clear it would not cough up direct state aid, in spite of huge pressure from GM, but would provide some of the €3.3bn loan guarantees GM demanded from Germany and other European states. All this might explain why half a dozen financial and strategic buyers are said to be in early-stage talks.
通用汽车(General Motors)的处境是如此凄惨，以至于它准备放弃对通用汽车欧洲(GM Europe)——主要是指欧宝(Opel)和沃克斯豪尔(Vauxhall)——的控股权而几乎不求回报，唯一的条件是新的母公司要承诺投资5亿欧元。在此消息公开前，德国政府声明，尽管通用汽车对它施加了巨大压力，但它不会向其提供直接政府援助。不过，德国政府将根据通用汽车向德国及其它欧洲国家提出的要求，向其提供33亿欧元贷款担保中的一部分。所有这一切都能解释，为何据称有数家金融与战略买家与其展开了初期谈判。