The news of the Cherokee's serious flaws disrupted the negotiation process between the two sides, especially before the New York Auto Show. Not only did AMC run into trouble, but the confidence of the negotiating team on Lin's side also suffered a setback.

There are good things in the automotive media also specially reported on the Cherokee's extreme speed line change test, this test is actually very common, almost all manufacturers will test the 18-meter pile around the pile and emergency line change this project, in order to see the safety and reliability of the car at high speed to avoid emergencies, mainly to consider the degree of matching suspension and steering.

The outlet's tests didn't go well, with the Cherokee nearly rolling over four of its seven tests, and the other three times the car leaned sharply to get past the corner.

After this review was reported, many media and magazines also tested it one after another, and it was also confirmed that the Cherokee had serious design flaws, it was very easy to roll in rapid line changes, and even the media published photos of the overturned car, confirming the authenticity of the news, which shocked the American auto market at once, and ushered in the nickname of the king of rollover for the Cherokee.

The outbreak of the Cherokee incident has completely pushed AMC to the forefront, especially at this critical moment in the early stage of the New York Auto Show, various car manufacturers have silently chosen low-key actions to satisfy the audience's appetite for their new cars, and various automotive media and mass media have paid attention to the Cherokee incident.

At first, Lin felt that a proper crackdown on AMC would give him a better position in the negotiations, but the outbreak of the Cherokee's major flaws caused American consumers to lose confidence in the company, and even more so with the accusations of Cherokee owners. AMC suddenly fell into the biggest trouble, if these owners once the joint lawsuit, AMC is likely to fall into the vortex of a protracted lawsuit, it will be simply disastrous for this company, and the AMCEagle crossover 4WD off-road sedan, which is not selling well, will not be bought!

Lin Qiangsheng urgently contacted Leon and asked loudly on the phone: "Cherokee matter." Did you do it? ”

Leon laughed on the phone: "Lin, how am I doing, happy?" AMC's Cherokee has serious design flaws, and they are bound to be in trouble, so we can take this opportunity to drive down the purchase price! ”

Lin Qiangsheng scolded: "You are such a bastard, you should have notified me in advance of this matter, do you know that if the owners of the Cherokee jointly file a lawsuit, AMC will have to compensate a huge amount of money, which is a disaster for this company!" Then I won't have to think about buying it again. Because a collapsed AMC will affect a lot of people, and I was asking for trouble to acquire it at that time! ”

Leon was surprised, he had to say that Lin Qiangsheng was right, but he still said: "I thought you would like it, if you let me do it, I can help you cut the purchase price for another hundred million or two hundred million dollars!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng walked back and forth in the room, tapping his forehead, he now thought that it might be a mistake to hand over this matter to Leon. Maybe you can contact the other party directly, and you don't have to let Leon play any tricks. He just wants to earn more commissions, only responsible for his own wallet, and he may think about what will happen to AMC in the future, but he doesn't care about the money he can get, he always wants to maximize his own interests!

Lin Qiangsheng said: "You hurry up and communicate with Dadwadai, the matter has come to this." The sales of AMC's Cherokee and other models will definitely be greatly affected, and the subsequent car owners will also be anxious about the claims of subsequent owners!

I'm going to have to deal with this legacy mess when I take over the company, and that's a very big expense, and you tell them to lower the purchase price to $1.4 billion, and the money has to be settled in two installments. The first $500 million can be settled at the end of this year, and the final $900 million will be settled for them in 5 years, that is, at the end of 90, which is the best price I can offer, let them consider it, let them do the work with Renault themselves! ”

Leon nodded and said, "1.4 billion? I guess Renault will say yes! AMC's flagship model had a serious defect problem, and one of the company's best cards had a problem, and Renault had already broken the card and had to sell AMC as soon as possible!

Also, Lin, I want to ask, this is also my credit, right? You can save 100 million dollars with the scandal I exposed, do I still have a share? ”

According to the original agreement, 100 million US dollars in Lyon will pour in, that is, 10 million US dollars!

Lin Qiangsheng nodded bitterly and said, "Okay, just according to the original agreement!" But you have to find a way to calm this matter and get those media outlets to stop reporting on the Cherokee! ”

Leon smiled and nodded and said, "No problem, I can shut up some media, those big media won't always be pestered with such things, you don't have to worry!" ”

After talking to Lyon, he contacted Dadewald directly, and the French were also extremely shocked by the flaws exposed by the recent Cherokee, but they didn't expect the company's flagship model to have such a serious problem, there were no models in AMC, only the Cherokee and Eagle Eagle still had sales.

Dedwadai and the board of directors immediately consulted with the design department, and it turned out that the design department was not unaware of the existence of this flaw in the Cherokee, but naively thought that it had no effect, it was just a small problem, and deliberately ignored it!

Lin Qiangsheng said directly: "You should hold a press conference now, sincerely admit your mistakes to the Cherokee buyers, and take the initiative to bear the cost of maintenance and compensation, strive to save the market, save the company's image, and don't let AMC's image suffer more damage, which is not good for both of us!" ”

Dedwardet is already in a state of flux, and the representative of the parent company is coming to the United States, but Renault's American factory has made such a serious mistake that he cannot explain it to the headquarters.

The current Dedwadai can only hope that Lin Johnson will not give up the acquisition plan when AMC is in trouble, even if it is only a temporary shelving of the acquisition case, he can't bear it, which will directly affect the evaluation of him by the headquarters!

And after Lyon put forward Lin Johnson's conditions to Dedwald, the latter was not surprised, it would be strange if Lin Johnson didn't cut a big knife at this time, but it involved hundreds of millions of dollars in funds, which was a little different from the idea of Renault's headquarters, but it was not a small problem, the parent company is now extremely lacking in liquidity, and other auto giants have no intention of acquiring AMC, Renault will never give up this opportunity!

It is normal for Lin Qiangsheng to want to pay in installments, and the acquisition of large companies has dragged on for a long time.

On the occasion of the New York Auto Show, Renault also noticed the negative news about AMC, and was deeply afraid that it would drag down its own poor performance.

Renault immediately sent Thierry, the company's deputy general manager, to the United States to deal with the Cherokee crisis and the sale of American Automobile Company! (To be continued.) )