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Gui declined to put a value on a possible bid, but said Geely Holding was waiting for Ford to formally put Volvo up for sale.

And at the back, are a new set of taillights, new rear bumper and a larger font Volvo name spelled out on the trunk door.

He said the three plants also would help Volvo more easily serve different regions of China.

The deal ends more than a year of uncertainty for Sweden's car industry since Volvo and Saab were put up for sale by their US owners.

Tonight, scientist Katherine Solomon was feeling unsettled as she drove her white Volvo up to the building's main security gate.

Ford gave no price for Geely's bid, but two people familiar with it said the privately held group offered just under $2bn for Volvo.

Volvo will continue to be headquartered in Gothenburg and a strong-looking board will set the firm's strategy.

The front fascia also looks to have bolder character lines with the signature Volvo grille now looking more predominate.

Around that time, Ford announced it was ready to put the money-losing Volvo cars unit up for sale.

It was the first day in school. I was hurriedly entering the school gate when I bumped into you as you stepped out of a luxurious Volvo.

'Definitely that's one way to put Volvo into a sharper focus, ' he said.

New Volvo Chief Executive Stefan Jacoby said he sees the potential move as a way to help his company reduce foreign-exchange risk.

Mr. Jacoby said the Chongqing plant will keep producing those cars but declined to say when Volvo's contract there runs out.

The struggling Detroit-based carmaker said yesterday that it was not in talks with any other company about a sale of Volvo.

Even with all their work on big Volvo buses and large trucks under license, they don't seem to have mastered that part of it yet.

Volvo is trying to reduce currency-exchange risk around the world, especially the euro-U.

Volvo is building an assembly plant in Chengdu and developing a factory site in Daqing, though it has not announced plans for that facility.

Alan Mulally, Ford's chief executive, wants to sell Volvo as part of a drive to focus on the company's core mass- market business.

Volvo was on the auction block even before the financial crisis hit, and the sale allowed the company to get on with its business.

Volvo profits, at least in the short term, have been hedged against the impact of the falling dollar.

It inked a memorandum of understanding with Geely in Beijing in August, only a few days after the Geely-Volvo deal was completed.

Toyota, General Motors and Volvo may be flummoxed for the moment because supplies from Japan have been disrupted.

This is still true of Volvo, even though it is no longer doing as badly as it was in the depths of the economic downturn.

Company Chairman Li Shufu said he sees cooperation opportunities between Geely and Volvo Cars, particularly in technical areas.

' The executive said Geely would retain Volvo's current management as it gears up to revive the storied but troubled car maker.

Shanghai also is likely to be home to Volvo's new China headquarters as well as a research-and-development center, the person said.

The system that Volvo and most other producers have chosen is called Selective Catalytic Reduction or SCR.

Acquiring Volvo gives Geely an international profile and a degree of credibility it could never have achieved on its own.

By adding to its lineup of upscale cars, Volvo should be able to ride that wave, Mr. Zhang said.

Volvo's managers gave potential bidders presentations on the business last month in London.

Two days before Christmas, Geely announced it had settled commercial terms with Ford on the acquisition of Volvo cars.

Geely's purchase, which had the support of the Chinese government, makes Volvo the industry's first Chinese-owned luxury car brand.

Volvo could have launched it up the value chain, competing overseas on sturdiness and safety rather than price.

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Mr. Li said the plant is being renovated 'to meet product- quality standards of Volvo. '

Construction is nearly complete at the Chengdu plant and it could give Volvo capacity quickly, possibly in about a year.

She also considered Lexus and Audi models as a replacement for her Volvo.

Three people involved in, or briefed on, the sale say Volvo has drawn tentative interest from at least three Chinese carmakers.

He said Volvo is likely to build new manufacturing capacity in multiple locations.

Volvo is run as a standalone company with its own board and mainly Swedish management.

A sale would be a relief to Ford , which has been trying to offload Volvo since the end of last year .

He said Ford intended to sell Volvo, but "we're not going to sell it at any price" .

But by using the plant already under construction in the southwestern city of Chengdu, Volvo could start production in about a year.

Since Volvo's products were to be used by people, our founders insisted that safety and quality characterise everything we did.

In Barcelona a few days ago, Volvo demonstrated a platoon of autonomous cars on a motorway.

"Volvo says that structural power technology will be key to the E. V. 's they're developing, " he said.

Volvo, having lost so much money under Ford's wing, might do better under a more focused and autonomous management.

Geely reciprocated this month, announcing that it will build its Volvo headquarters and an assembly plant in a Shanghai industrial district.

Another risk: Volvo could lose some of its high-quality, safety-first luster in the arms of a Chinese owner.

No timeline has been set for the sale of Volvo, but Ford is likely looking to sell the European luxury marque within the next few months.

This would mean Volvo could shrink the size of its hybrid battery - and cut down the weight of the car, making it more efficient.

The company does not intend to retain a shareholding capacity in Volvo following any sale.

A cash-strapped Ford had already sold its other European premium brands, and was determined to offload Volvo.

"We have no interest whatsoever in acquiring Volvo, " Hyundai said in an emailed statement.

She's a dietary aide for Meals on Wheels and three days a week, she loads up her 20-year-old Volvo and hits the road.

Ford paid $6 billion in 1999 to acquire Volvo, leaving the company with a substantial loss on its investment.

But Geely insists Volvo is to keep its European operations running over the longer term and its core identity will be maintained in general.

For China and its burgeoning auto industry, scoring Volvo would be a coup on several levels.

Despite its Chinese owners, Volvo trails behind most of its competitors in a market now viewed by the industry as indispensable.

The person said that the sale is expected to close in the early part of August once a new chief executive for Volvo can be secured.

Mr. Mulally had wanted to keep Volvo and try to rebuild its luxury image but changed his mind amid continued losses at both Ford and Volvo.

'We will help Volvo expand its scale in an effort to bring it back to profitability, ' he said.

A sampling of Swedish media comments shows that in Sweden Volvo is still not just any company - and Geely is not any buyer.

Perhaps a bigger worry for Ford should be the risk of intellectual property leaking out to Volvo's Chinese buyers.

Volvo managers are trying to determine how many parts already were loaded on ships.

China's car companies are rumoured to be among the bidders for some of the west's most famous brands such as Volvo, Saab and Hummer.

Today, Volvo also announced that it will have three new V70 plug-in hybrids testing on public roads in Europe by the middle of the year.

and allowing strategic purchases of foreign car assets, like the recent acquisition of Volvo by Geely.

Swedish media are reporting today that Steve Mattin, Volvo's design director, is leaving the company.

Over the years Volvo's design and production have been closely integrated with Ford's, so much so that it will take years to unstitch them.

What they cannot build, they will buy, as they have begun to do with Volvo and many other established brands, including regional ones.

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In October, the US company named Geely, one of China's largest privately owned carmakers, as the preferred bidder for Volvo.

The news comes a few weeks after Geely, the No. 2 domestic automaker, reportedly made a bid for Ford's Sweden-based operation, Volvo.

GM and Ford say they have had contact with potential bidders for Saab and Volvo, respectively, but have declined further comment.

And what happened a month ago was that the Chinese company, Geely, they acquired the Volvo company.

Volvo, which Ford acquired in 1999 for a hefty $6. 45 billion, has been a disappointment rather than a disaster.

Volvo is one of the world's biggest manufacturers of commercial vehicles and transport equipment.

Volvo Mobility Systems, the company's new business unit, is actively involved in this effort.

Matters quickly deteriorated. An internet campaign called for a boycott of Swedish companies, including IKEA and Volvo.

Ford said it would continue to co-operate with Volvo after the sale, but would not retain an equity stake.

It should fit in nicely within its competition cluster which consists of cars like the Mercedes-Benz E-Class, Cadillac STS and Volvo S80.

Is Volvo losing its Scandinavian identity and being turned into a Chinese brand?

But it also says Volvo will be able to sublicense some of Ford's technology to others, including Geely.

Volvo is in the world through golf, and gradually become more mature markets, like a snowball, the snowball market.

The size increase will enable it to compete with vehicles like the Cadillac STS, BMW 5-Series and Audi A6, not to mention the Volvo S80.

Volvo expects the new plant to start producing in early 2013, with an initial capacity of 125, 000 cars a year.

That said, neither Volvo nor JLR is big enough to matter much either way in denting Europe's overcapacity.

The scientists plan to use it to replace the metal floor of a Volvo car's boot which holds the spare wheel.

If Volvo's management is still dominated by non-Chinese executives, it will be harder for Geely to evaluate what is going on.

The Jiading District government said the new Volvo plant will produce the Volvo C30 coupe and the V70 station wagon.

Volvo is premium, tasteful and low-profile, whereas Geely is a volume brand. We don't want to put the two together.

In the beginning the training sessions were held at Volvo Trucks dealerships on Saturdays.

Moreover, in a 'very status-conscious' place like China, second-hand cars don't have the same cachet as new cars, Mr. Yang says.

Volvo is seeking loans from Belgium as one of its biggest plants is located there.

However, a person briefed on details of Geely's offer described it as "an extremely good set-up for Volvo" .

Volvo may also get a boost from Beijing's plan to support domestic brands, including through government procurement.

Volvo sophisticated manufacturing capabilities and technical selling point safe movement = Volvo sales in the global performance.

In an interview at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Ford finance chief Lewis Booth said that Ford had ruled out keeping loss-making Volvo Cars.

Ford insists that Volvo and its technology will be protected by "internationally binding and enforceable agreements" .

Volvo's new production plan envisions making up to 300, 000 vehicles a year in China, and selling all of them there.

Another key ingredient of Geely's turnaround strategy for Volvo is to bolster the auto maker's image as a premium brand.

Geely's lack of global stature, and its past reputation for making low-end vehicles, could ding Volvo's reputation for quality.

The company also wants to use Volvo's manufacturing capacity fully in Europe to sell 600, 000 vehicles there and in North America.

Volvo graphic logo is formed by the double-ring shape of the wheel, and point to the top right of the arrow.

Volvo is in a unique position in having both construction equipment and truck offerings.

The announcement of Volvo's sale says "safeguards" have been agreed to stop this happening.

'Geely is Geely; Volvo is Volvo, ' he said.

Volvo contributes collision warning systems, passenger-restraint technology and other safety equipment used by Ford and its other brands.

A deal with either Saab or Volvo would certainly help Geely get a leg up on its domestic rivals.

For Geely , acquiring Volvo is both an extraordinary statement of intent and a huge gamble .

In 2007, when it had its best-ever global sales performance, Volvo still lost $164m.

China is the golden egg for Volvo, ' he said.

Today's meeting at the Dearborn, Michigan, HQ may be dominated by the planned disposal of Volvo to China's Geely.

Geely intends to allow Volvo to operate with a high degree of autonomy, but cultural clashes are almost certain.

Mr Li first set his sights on Volvo in 2007, when Rothschilds approached him about buying the marque, which Ford was due to put on sale.

He hopes that Geely will learn from Volvo's global experience, and from its ability to innovate, particularly in the area of safety.

The Volvo XC60 is the least expensive of these luxury crossovers.

Eleven years ago I thought American Ford would be a good owner for Volvo.

Meanwhile, Ford has made preliminary contacts with Chinese car companies in its quest to sell Volvo, industry insiders say.

Many of the first workers to be dismissed by Volvo, Peugeot, and Ford, have been temporary employees.

'That, ' Mr. Jacoby, a native of Germany, said, 'is an ideal combination' which should allow Volvo to develop a 'global view.

The acquisition of Volvo by a Chinese company gives an almost too explicit picture of the emerging new world order.

But, she says, "I just don't think that the last Volvo drove as well as the others. "

Saab and Volvo are on the block because their owners, General Motors (GM) and Ford respectively, can no longer afford to keep them.

Jan Ivarsson, head of safety at Volvo, believes it should be possible to build a car in which people will not be killed or injured.

The parent company has said repeatedly that it planned to keep Volvo as a separate unit from Geely Auto.

The latest is Chinese automaker Geely, which recently made some noise buying Volvo and produced its version of the famous London cab.

Like Saab, Volvo sits uncomfortably between the volume producers and such marques as Audi, BMW and Mercedes.

When it sold Volvo to Geely, Ford agreed to share engines and platforms with the Swedish brand to support its current range of vehicles.

A year ago, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group's bought Sweden's Volvo Cars for $1. 8 billion.

The next morning, when I pulled into the parking lot, I deliberately parked as far as possible from the silver Volvo.

One comment from 'Meon' on the Web site of Swedish business publication Dagens Industri says, 'Poor Volvo, this doesn't look good at all. '

An internet campaign called for a boycott of Swedish companies, including IKEA and Volvo.

And Volvo, the Swedish carmaker, was working with a 10-day supply left of Japanese-built navigation and climate control systems.

Geely aims 100% ownership of Volvo. This is the bottom line of the negotiation between Li Shufu and Volvo.

Honda had the top overall score of 74, and was followed by Subaru, Toyota and Volvo.

But with R-Design, the Volvo C30, S40 and V50 DRIVe can be styled just as dramatically and completely like other model versions.

Li was responding to a news report Thursday that said Ford was in preliminary talks to sell Volvo to Geely.

"It will face huge financial pressure to operate Volvo in the long run, " said Zhong.

Volvo may be headquartered in Sweden but the Ford-owned automaker is seeking loan guarantees from the Belgian government.

Volvo's plans are a logical step for a company, formerly owned by Ford, that is now in Chinese hands.

Geely Holding Group is preparing to bid for Volvo, the struggling Swedish firm owned by a similarly troubled Ford Motor Co.

Secure that the Volvo Cars Business Management System (BMS) requirements are implemented and maintained in the unit.

Selling Volvo will take "the better part of five to six months, if not longer" , according to a banker.

It has hired consultants to advise it on the acquisition, including a former top executive at Volvo.

Geely will complete all the negotiations about acquisition of Volvo and sign an agreement before Christmas.

Volvo sales have suffered in recent years amid a downturn in the U. S. and Europe markets.

That separation does not indicate, however, a reluctance on Geely's part to leverage Volvo in the world's largest emerging car market.

Ford names China's Geely preferred bidder for Volvo - Telegraph Ford believes China's Geely will be a good owner for Volvo.

'The toughest challenge' is Volvo's goal for the U. S. , Mr. Jacoby said.

A video of a Volvo showroom in China, displayed on the company's Web site Friday, is telling.

Geely, one of China's biggest privately owned auto makers, is expected to face tough challenges in absorbing Volvo.

IF OPPOSITES attract, Ford's sale of Volvo to a Chinese upstart, Geely, for $1. 8 billion ought to be a marriage made in heaven.

The head of the engineering union at Volvo Cars said Wednesday he had concerns about the Geely bid.

Volvo Car, generally belong to the high-grade cars, its 960 Series sedan in the United States belonging to market luxury cars.

The next Chinese firm to face the test is automaker Geely, which recently purchased Volvo from Ford.

Unions are already raising concerns that Geely will back away from Ford's commitment to keep Volvo production in Sweden.

Might it make equipment in the U. S. , following the paths of Komatsu and Volvo?

It said Volvo would retain "independent" management in its hometown of Gothenburg.

Beyond dispute is the fact that he has played the politics of the Volvo deal masterfully.

Saab and Volvo may receive government-guaranteed loans, ostensibly to improve the efficiency of their cars.

The original Olympians production line belongs to Leyland , afterwards Volvo has purchased the Leyland bus line.

Beijing is thought willing to sanction the much bigger $1bn acquisition of Volvo by Geely, the big private Chinese automaker.

Geely, one of China's biggest privately owned auto makers, is expected to face tough challenges with Volvo.

Unions say this is an improvement from US ownership when Volvo was a small, oft-neglected part of Ford.

A lack of global management skills and other shortcomings could make it tough for Geely to digest Volvo.

In the case of the wine and became a national businessmen, often Volvo and people for the fat.

The Universe is meant to be 'a step toward the S100'-the big car Mr. Li wants, according to Olle Axelson, Volvo's chief spokesman.

China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. awaits the results of its bid for Ford Motor Co. 's Volvo.

Made his mark with a tied fourth finish in the 1999 Volvo China Open as an amateur.

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Geely's next planned step toward producing more reliable vehicles could be bidding for Sweden's Volvo.

Volvo aims to keep cars--and pedestrians--intact with the first car that gives its onboard computer authority to apply full braking power.

Volvo executives and Geely Chairman Li Shufu are scheduled to present the new global strategy publicly in Beijing on Friday.

Out from under Ford's shadow, which sold it to China's Geely Automobile this year, Volvo garnered four top picks.

Takeovers of strong brands like Volvo remain the exception, not the rule.

It has hired consultants to advise it, including a former top executive at Volvo.

Dubbed the V70 Pickup Concept, the new rendering mixes classic Volvo design traits with an El Camino style body.

Similar questions -- if anyone now cared -- could apparently be asked of the Geely-Volvo deal.

European brands in general, including Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Audi and Volvo, scored below average.

Volvo's brand as a safe, reliable car could help dispel quality concerns about Geely cars.

The XC60 carries over the sweeping dashboard shapes and tall stack of center controls from myriad other Volvo models.

Geelypledged that Volvo would continue to be based in Sweden, with factories keptrunning in Scandinavia and Belgium.

Highway Loss Data Institute of the United States have been dozens of appraisals of the safest cars, Volvo ascend to the top.

Mr. Booth said that Ford and Geely signed separate agreements covering intellectual property to aid Volvo's current business plan.

Some companies, like Volvo, sell steel cargo barriers that keep pets confined to the luggage area of the car.

The Volvo XC60 is the only model of the three to offer optional rear integrated child booster seats.

It wants to give Volvo's respected but greying brand new life by building factories and sales in the world's fastest-growing vehicle market.

Geely has a tie-up with Manganese Bronze, the London taxi maker, and is eyeing a move for Volvo.

He also went on a wild acquisition spree, paying huge sums for Volvo and Land Rover.

But emulating Geely's pursuit of Volvo won't necessarily be as beneficial to Chinese predators or their potential prey.

Ford said it doesn't plan to keep a stake in Volvo after any sale, although it would continue to cooperate with the Swedish company.

One of them, Geely, has bought Sweden's Volvo, a brand with a small but faithful customer base in America.

The headquarters of Volvo Information Technology is located in Gothenburg, Sweden.

However, now that Volvo is a standalone producer, it needs to develop its core technologies for future cars.

Volvo's unions, which initially greeted the deal with skepticism, say they now support it.

In the first two months of this year Volvo sales in the U. S. are up 40%.

The company purchased the famously secure and boxy Volvo brand for $1. 8 billion.

However, Ford has made no final decision on whether to sell Volvo, people briefed on its plans say.

Volvo's steel cargo barrier, however, is a bit pricier: $345.

like Volvo car assembly plant at Kalmar where each team had its own workshops.

The likes of Li Shufu, who runs Geely, the car firm that has just bought Volvo (see article), are entrepreneurs, not bureaucrats.

Li Shufu, whose automaking group Geely will soon be the proud new owner of Volvo, personifies this burgeoning surplus in self-assurance.

Whatever Ford and Geely are saying, Volvo's technology will not stay ring-fenced for ever.

Ford Motor insisted on safeguards on the transfer of technology in its 2009 sale of Volvo to China's Geely Automobile.

The comments confirmed remarks made by Li Shufu, chairman of Geely and Volvo, at the weekend.

Since acquiring Volvo in 1999, the Detroit auto maker has incorporated the Swedish car maker's chassis platform into certain Ford platforms.

Multiple Chinese auto makers have expressed an interest in buying the Swedish brand Volvo, recently put on the block by Ford Motor Co. (F).

It will also learn from Volvo about how to run a global supply chain and an international dealer network.

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To help raise capital, Ford has been shopping Volvo.

Well, in its efforts to reduce the accident rate, Volvo has unveiled a $10 million safety concept car.

The Volvo executives expressed their concern in a meeting with Mr. Li.

In Latin America, the term middle class certainly doesn't evoke images of suburbanites commuting to office parks in their Volvos.

Review and act upon results Volvo Consumer Product audit, internal product audits, and other in-process quality metrics.

Two Chinese carmakers, Chery and Geely, are interested in buying Volvo from Ford.

Volvo, which is bigger and healthier than its Swedish rival, may be sold to Geely, China's biggest privately owned carmaker.

Olsson served as chief executive and then chairman of Volvo Cars, and later as Ford's chief marketing officer.

Is the executive team leading Volvo Cars getting along with the Swedish auto company's new Chinese owners?

There are signs of prosperity out by the highway, where gleaming BMW and Volvo dealerships line the road.

Is Volvo Car a Chinese company, following its purchase by China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. ?

The executive said Volvo's board approved the strategy Tuesday in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Top executives at Ford and Volvo declined interview requests Wednesday.

Crossovers are the new wagons, according to popular wisdom, but at Volvo the heritage is clearly visible.

Still, the potentially $2 billion Volvo purchase could be difficult for Geely to swallow.

Sounds really good, if this is true! Volvo B7R is one of the best urban bus nowadays!

Among the optimists is Geely Automobile, whose parent company is the preferred bidder to buy Volvo.

Golf is representative of Volvo Car consumer groups value orientation.

Geely, a private company, is looking at Ford' s Volvo operation.

For Shanghai, the person said Geely is seeking Chinese government approval to build a new Volvo car-assembly plant.

Volvo wants approval to build factories in the southwestern city of Chengdu and the northeastern oil-field city of Daqing.

Volvo is a world leader when it comes to information systems that can help the technicians in the workshops do their job efficiently.

With Geely, 'we're writing a new chapter of Volvo. In a nut shell, I am very happy with the collaboration with Geely and Li Shufu. '

Freeman Shen, head of China operations at Volvo Cars, with a Volvo XC 60 in Shanghai in June.

Chinese companies have tried to dampen speculation, issuing regulatory filings that deny bids to buy Ford's Volvo or General Motor's Saab.

Secure that all Volvo Cars Manufacturing System Quality (VCMS-Q) requirements are implemented and maintained in the unit.

Motor analysts said acquiring Volvo technology made sense for Geely.

If Geely is to achieve its aim of nearly doubling Volvo sales to 600, 000 by 2015, it will need to be an active, not an absentee, owner.

The US parent said that the review at Volvo would probably take several months to complete.

Unlike any hybrid currently offered, Volvo's first plug-in hybrid will use a diesel engine.

Geely is also considering building a factory to make Volvo vehicles in China, people familiar with its plans said.

Rush is an interactive adventure celebrating the 2008-2009 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race.

As expected, Volvo's strategy involves plans to build a new assembly plant in the southwestern city of Chengdu.

It could keep Volvo if necessary: although Volvo lost $231m in the second quarter, sales have since improved and losses have narrowed.

Volvo is teaming up with Swedish energy utility Vattenfall to create a new plug-in hybrid.

Volvo is premium, tasteful and low-profile, whereas Geely is a volume brand.

In nineteen fifty-eight, Bohlin brought that knowledge to the Swedish car manufacturer Volvo.

The Volvo Group also offers its customers financial services.

We will give Volvo independence and autonomy. By setting it free, we will help Volvo return to its glories in the 1960s and 1970s.