More Bad News For Fisker: Geely Pulls Out of Bidding
19 Mar 2013, 10:35 UTC / With Henrik Fisker signing his resignation just last week, Fisker Automotive has a serious case of jeopardy on its hands after Geely decided to back out of the bidding process. Struggling since D...
Geely Gets Permission to Use Volvo Technologies
11 Dec 2012, 16:46 UTC / Volvo is now owned by Chinese automaker Geely, yet the oriental investors have so far not bee allowed to use any Volvo technologies in their cars. Well, that’s all about to change, with the si...
Geely Also Interested in Buying Aston Martin
6 Dec 2012, 16:41 UTC / It seems that the story of the sale of Aston Martin is far from over, and after previously announcing that the Indian company, Mahindra & Mahindra, was close to finalizing the deal, it seems the...
Geely to Make Electric London Cabs?
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC / Now there's an idea for you Londoners out there. While this would surely improve the air quality in the British capital, the Brits would have one hell of an electricity bill on their hands at t...
Geely Recalling 55,000 Vehicles in China
8 Oct 2012, 13:35 UTC / Chinese automaker Geely has just announced the recall of 55,018 MK and MK2 vehicles manufactured between early January 2009 and late November 2010. The recall starts tomorrow, and it is set to last ...
Geely Shows Self-Developed Six-Speed Automatic Transmission
19 Jun 2012, 13:20 UTC / The lack of independently-develped automatic transmissions has been a major problem for all Chinese manufacturers. Now, Geely, instead of using parts from other manufacturers, have developed their o...
Volvo to Hand Over XC90 Production to Geely
17 May 2012, 16:33 UTC / According to recent Chinese media reports, Volvo has handed the XC90 platform over to their Chinese owners, Geely. This is an odd move, as the platform is extremely old, underpinning such cars as th...
Geely Englon SC7 and SX6: Bentley SUV Cloned
25 Apr 2012, 09:51 UTC / They say that imitation is the mother of all flattery, but we don’t think Bentley is feeling it right now. On the same show floor that houses their brand new EXP 9 F concept they worked so har...
Geely Emgrand EC7 Coming to Britain in 2012
5 Dec 2011, 15:00 UTC / Shortly after the Geely EC7 sedan received a four-star rating from Euro NCAP, the Chinese carmaker has come forth with an announcement saying the car will be introduced to the UK market at the end o...
Volvo Considering US Production
19 Sep 2011, 14:16 UTC / Volvo is considering building cars in the US in order to get over the issues caused by the fluctuation of the American dollar, with the company also planning to expand its presence on the American m...
Geely McCar EV Comes With Incorporated Scooter
27 Apr 2011, 12:27 UTC / China is known to be the home to the world’s worst traffic jams, so it was only natural that small, clean, and affordable modes of transport would come from there. Acting to help ease city con...
Volvo Rumored to Want Saab, Automaker Denies
23 Apr 2011, 08:19 UTC / Last week, amidst the ongoing financial and production problems Swedish manufacturer Saab is experiencing, local publication De Telegraaf launched a rumor that the other big automaker of the country...
Volvo Concept Universe Shown in Shanghai
19 Apr 2011, 07:47 UTC / The Shanghai Auto Show is of particular importance for Swedish manufacturer Volvo, whose new owner, Geely, is planning to make the brand a common sight on China's roads. Taking advantage of the...
Geely Does the MINI Me
13 Apr 2011, 14:31 UTC / We've have gotten used to seeing, for the past few years or so, all types of Chinese cars that come remarkably close to vehicles that are manufactured elsewhere. And by remarkably close, we don...
Olof Persson Is the New Volvo CEO
17 Mar 2011, 11:44 UTC / Starting from September 1st, Volvo Group will have a new CEO, with Olof Persson taking the helm. The new President and CEO will replace Leif Johansson, who will retire. “Naturally, it is bo...
Volvo to Build Plant in China
25 Feb 2011, 08:12 UTC / Having been taken over by Chinese company Geely last year, Volvo has been hard at work trying to create a strategy which would insure it the success on the largest auto market in the world. The plan...
Volvo Appoints New R&D and Marketing Heads
23 Feb 2011, 14:22 UTC / Even with a considerable amount of time already passed since Swedish manufacturer Volvo was sold by Ford to Geely, the changes in personnel at the company's top level are far from over. The lat...
Geely Aims to Enter World's Top 500 Companies
11 Feb 2011, 15:42 UTC / After completing the Volvo takeover, the guys over at Geely have become much more optimistic, with their goals clearly pointing to milestones the Chinese would have never been able to achieve before...
First Chinese Model Launched Down Under
11 Feb 2011, 10:06 UTC / The fact that Chinese automakers are hoping to conquer the whole world with their incredibly affordable models is not a new thing anymore, so you shouldn't be too surprised to find out that the...
Volvo Moves in New Chinese HQ
26 Jan 2011, 12:50 UTC / Having been passed over so smoothly by Ford to the Chinese from Geely last year, Swedish manufacturer Volvo is slowly coming to terms with the new management and, despite a few problems experienced ...