Ford agrees terms for Volvo sale to Geely
The buyer plans to take over the Swedish carmaker's international manufacturing and sales network but will also make vehicles in its home country to feed rapidly growing demand
2009. December 23. 19:12
Tow car needed to replace Volvo XC90 [Telegraph.co.uk] Aug. 20. Honest John finds a tow car suitable for moving a boat. Volvo targets luxury in China [FT.com] Aug. 18. Volvo Car Corp plans to push the Swedish brand's vehicles upmarket and make the country its biggest market within five years Geely drops14m funding for Manganese Bronze [FT.com] Aug. 13. Shares in the London black cab maker slip by nearly 20% after it confirmed that plans for a14m cash injection by leading Chinese carmaker Geely had fallen through China's Geely ditches deal to take control of taxi-maker Manganese Bronze [Telegraph.co.uk] Aug. 12. Geely, the Chinese car group, has pulled out of a£14m deal to acquire a controlling stake in Manganese Bronze, the maker of London's black cabs. Geely completes acquisition of Volvo [Telegraph.co.uk] Aug. 3. Chinese car maker completes purchase from Ford Motor Company. Geely completes purchase of Volvo for $1.5bn [FT.com] Aug. 2. Ford Motor says it has completed the sale of Volvo Cars to the Chinese carmaking group for $1.3bn in cash and a $200m note Volvo sues Pilkington over 'price-fixing' [Telegraph.co.uk] Jul. 27. Car maker Volvo is suing Pilkington, the British glass maker, over allegations of price fixing. Is Volvo V50 company car a good buy? [Telegraph.co.uk] Jul. 23. Honest John hears from a reader who has been impressed with his Volvo V50 company car. Volvo would welcome brake on China's growth [FT.com] Jul. 22. The world's second-largest truckmaker says it would have preferred 'a little less growth' in large developing countries in the second quarter amid concerns over overheating Volvo SE80 hits the spot [Telegraph.co.uk] Jul. 20. Honest John hears from a reader who is thinking of buying a Volvo SE80 DRIVe Volvo calls for emission openness [BBC NEWS] Jul. 15. The Swedish carmaker Volvo calls for greater openness about all harmful emissions from cars, not just CO2. New Volvo V60 estate revealed [Telegraph.co.uk] Jul. 8. 'Sporty' driving characteristics replace the traditional load-lugging abilities beloved of previous Volvo estates.
