Geely Does the MINI Me
13 Apr 2011, 14:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / 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 · By: Andrei Tutu / 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 · By: Daniel Patrascu / 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 · By: Daniel Patrascu / 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 · By: Bogdan Popa / 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 · By: Bogdan Popa / 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 · By: Daniel Patrascu / 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 ...
Low-Cost Chinese Model Doesn't Sound Good to Volvo
18 Jan 2011, 10:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / For Volvo, getting a Chinese owner raised new opportunities, especially in China, the booming market that made companies across Europe inject millions in local operations. Besides plans to manufactu...
Chinese-Built Volvos Could Be Heading Stateside
13 Jan 2011, 14:16 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / According to a recent just-auto article, Volvo and owner Zhejiang Geely Holding Group are considering bringing made-in-China Volvos to the American market. The Swedish carmaker’s new CEO, Stef...
Carmakers Ready to Face China's End of Tax Incentives
29 Dec 2010, 11:09 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / China remained on the top of the auto markets, even in the last couple of years when giants such as General Motors and Chrysler had to step under bankruptcy protection, and eventually became the num...
New Volvo S60 Rolled Out in China
21 Dec 2010, 09:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Swedish carmaker Volvo is really keen on launching its new S60 in every market around the world, so the car recently debuted in China, the home land of its new owner Geely. Sales will begin in 2011,...
Volvo Gets EUR198M Loan from ING
13 Dec 2010, 18:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Swedish manufacturer Volvo announced today it has signed a loan agreement with the Belgium unit of ING, a deal which will see the bank give the carmaker an EUR198 million ($262 million) loan. Th...
Volvo Shuffles Management, Readies China Strategy
10 Dec 2010, 08:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / What was a few months back a reason for joy for both the Chinese from Geely and the Swedish from Volvo slowly began turning into something entirely different. Rumors about possible internal Geely-Vo...
Geely and Volvo Still Negotiating Chinese Plants
7 Dec 2010, 14:31 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / In spite of their recent arguments, Geely and Volvo are negotiating an increased production of Volvo vehicles in China. Geely is keen on building three new plants in its home country and increase Vo...
Geely Aims at 2 Million Sales by 2015
3 Dec 2010, 13:19 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Geely Automobile Holdings, the Chinese automaker that has acquired Volvo in August this year, is aiming to increase its yearly sales to an ambitious 2 million units by 2015, as well as to double its...
Volvo to Ditch Premium Tag
29 Nov 2010, 23:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The meanest of automotive industry critics said back when Geely took over Volvo that the Swedish brand is dead. The quality issues associated with Chinese products, even if they are based on fact or...
Geely Disagrees With Volvo's Vision
17 Nov 2010, 11:58 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Only three months have passed since Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. President Li Shufu took ownership of the Swedish car brand Volvo and disagreements arose already. Li said he does not agree with ...
Volvo Reports Profit for Q3
29 Oct 2010, 18:57 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Things seem to be moving in the right direction for the Chinese-owned Swedish manufacturer Volvo, who posted today its financial results for the third quarter of the year. Being at the same time the...
Geely CK1, ZERO Stars from Latin NCAP
21 Oct 2010, 13:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Earlier this week, we all learned of the establishment of Latin NCAP, an organization which, just as its European, American or Australian counterparts, will be in charge with assessing and rating th...
Geely Could Buy Opel's Antwerp Plant
11 Oct 2010, 09:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After snatching Volvo and facing criticism coming from all over the world, the Chinese chief executives within Geely went out shopping once again. The most attractive product has its roots in Europe...