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Privatization and Delisting: <a href="https://smartkarma.com/entities/car-inc">Car Inc</a>. was privatized by private equity firm MBK Partners and delisted from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on July 8, 2021, following a period of significant financial distress and corporate governance concerns. This report analyzes the company's performance and position leading up to this event.</li>
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Market Leadership Under Pressure: Historically one of China's largest car rental companies, <a href="https://smartkarma.com/entities/car-inc">Car Inc</a>.'s market position was eroded by intense competition, the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and its association with the Luckin Coffee accounting scandal through its founder, Charles Lu Zhengyao.</li>
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Challenging Financial Trajectory: The company exhibited a significant deterioration in financial performance, with declining revenue, negative margins, and substantial net losses in the period leading up to its privatization. This was a stark reversal from its previously profitable operations.</li>
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Privatization and Delisting: Car Inc. was privatized by private equity firm MBK Partners and delisted from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on July 8, 2021, following a period of significant financial distress and corporate governance concerns. This report analyzes the company's performance and position leading up to this event.
  
Market Leadership Under Pressure: Historically one of China's largest car rental companies, Car Inc.'s market position was eroded by intense competition, the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and its association with the Luckin Coffee accounting scandal through its founder, Charles Lu Zhengyao.
  
Challenging Financial Trajectory: The company exhibited a significant deterioration in financial performance, with declining revenue, negative margins, and substantial net losses in the period leading up to its privatization. This was a stark reversal from its previously profitable operations.
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Car Inc

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