Like a cat with nine lives, LDV keeps bouncing back from its recurrent crises. Now under new ownership, the van maker is looking for a period of stability. The Washwood Heath site, once the home of Wolseley Cars, has for over 40 years been the site of Birmingham's van manufacture. From the ubiquitous Morris J4 and BMC J4 of the 1960s, the plant progressed to make Freight Rover Sherpas. In 1987 it became Leyland Daf Vans and in 1989 embarked on a now-defunct joint venture with Renault (known as Excel) to make 60,000 vans annually; Four years later, in receivership when Leyland Daf collapsed, LDV became a management buyout with 3i. In 2000 an attempt to link with VW failed. Then came Daewoo. Late last year, LDV simply "ran out of money" and went into administration. The assets were acquired by Sun Europe, an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, a US private equity capital company managing over USD3.5 billion. Its affiliates have acquired 110 companies with combined sales of USD27 billion.
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机译：就像有九条生命的猫一样，LDV不断从周期性危机中反弹。如今，这家面包车制造商正获得新的所有权，正在寻找一段稳定的时期。 Washwood Heath厂址曾经是Wolseley Cars的住所，过去40多年来一直是伯明翰的货车制造厂。从1960年代无所不在的Morris J4和BMC J4开始，该工厂开始生产Freight Rover Sherpas。 1987年，它更名为Leyland Daf Vans，并于1989年与雷诺（现已终止）合资成立了合资公司，每年生产6万辆面包车。四年后，在Leyland Daf倒台时，LDV成为3i的管理层买断。在2000年，尝试与大众汽车建立链接的尝试失败了。然后是大宇。去年下半年，LDV只是“用光了钱”而进入了行政部门。这些资产被Sun Europe收购，该公司是美国私人股权资本公司Sun Capital Partners的子公司，Sun Capital Partners管理着超过35亿美元的资产。其分支机构已收购110家公司，总销售额达270亿美元。
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