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• Geely denies rumors that it will buy Ford's Volvo   [Jul 03, 2009]

  Geely Holding Group on Thursday denied rumors that it was planning to purchase Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo unit, according to a Sohu.com report.Zhang Jiagan, assistant to Geely's president, said the ...

• BAIC, Geely still interested in Volvo takeover   [Jul 01, 2009]

  Shanghai, July 1 (Gasgoo.com) China's Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Corp (BAIC) and Geely Automobile Holdings remain interested in Ford Motor's Volvo car unit, Reuters reported yesterday, ...

• Will Volvo add luster to Chinese carmaker?   [Jun 24, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 24 (Gasgoo.com) Many Chinese automakers, including Geely Auto, have expressed an interest in buying the Swedish brand Volvo from Ford Motor. As we know, Chinese carmakers are eager to ...

• Volvo signs deal to supply 1500 buses to China's Bashi Group   [Jun 24, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 24 (Gasgoo.com) Volvo Monday said it has signed a framework agreement with bus operator Bashi Group in Shanghai, China, to supply around 1500 buses before the opening of the World Expo ...

• Ford Motor denies Volvo deal with Geely Auto   [Jun 22, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co. continued to deny last week that it has reached a tentative deal with China's Geely Automobile Co. to sell Volvo.Shenzhen News Net, in a report Friday, said Ford and Geely have reached ...

• Volvo to Geely: Not true unless Dearborn says so   [Jun 18, 2009]

  In a wild orgy of he-said-she-said-it-whispered, Chinese media, from China Daily, to Shanghai Daily, to car186.com, all the way to Motor Trend (with the help of the ever so reliable Google Translate) ...

• Geely Auto reported to buy Volvo unit from Ford    [Jun 18, 2009]

  UPDATE: Volvo has issued an official response to the report, calling it "speculative" and "inaccurate."Geely Automobile Holdings has reached a preliminary agreement with Ford Motor Co to purchase its ...

• Volvo says its truck deliveries fall 57% y/y in May   [Jun 17, 2009]

  World number two truck maker Volvo said on Monday its truck deliveries in May fell 57 percent from a year earlier as the global downturn weighed on demand for commercial vehicles across its main ...

• Be brave to buy foreign brands   [Jun 16, 2009]

  Words of spokesman of China's Ministry of Commerce give a little hope for Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery to forward its bid for General Motors's Hummer. Ministry spokesman Yao Jian told ...

• Beijing Auto has reasons to fail in Opel, Saab and Volvo bid   [Jun 15, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 15 (Gasgoo.com) Beijing Automotive Industry Holding (BAIC), China's fifth-largest carmaker, has reasons to fail in Opel, Saab and Volvo bid, and it will not engage in such talks for ...

• Beijing Auto Woos Volvo   [Jun 11, 2009]

  Beijing Auto, a.k.a. BAIC, is not giving up on its aspirations for owning a western brand. They came a little late in the race for Opel, and were used as bogeymen to pressure everybody into an 11th ...

• Beijing Auto expresses interest in Volvo   [Jun 11, 2009]

  Shanghai, June 11 (Gasgoo.com) Beijing Automobile Industries Holding Co., China's fifth-largest carmaker, has expressed an interest in buying Ford's Volvo unit, the Wall Street Journal reported ...

• Geely Walks From Volvo, Saab Deals   [May 15, 2009]

  The Chinese "home grown" automaker Geely had been widely rumored to be highly interested in snapping up Volvo or Saab. Or both. They either have lost interest. Or they employ the stratagem usual in a ...

• Geely says Saab, Volvo aren't cheap to buy   [May 14, 2009]

  Shanghai, May 14 (Gasgoo.com) Chinese automaker Geely Auto has denied it is bidding for General Motors' Saab brand or Ford Motor's Swedish unit Volvo. Amid growing speculation about its move for ...

• Geely Auto rumored to acquire Saab and Volvo   [May 12, 2009]

  Shanghai, May 12 (Gasgoo.com) Geely Auto is bidding to acquire General Motors Corp.'s Saab unit, according to Wall Street Journal report, which cited unnamed sources.The report said Geely submitted a ...

• Volvo recalls S80 cars in China over wiper fault   [May 12, 2009]

  Shanghai, May 12 (Gasgoo.com) Swedish automaker Volvo Car Corp said it started yesterday to recall 3,136 imported S80 sedans in China due to windshield wiper flaws, xinhuanet.com said.In a report to ...

• Volvo auction moves ahead; to be decided soon   [May 08, 2009]

  Ford Motor Co's sale of Volvo is moving ahead as it runs due diligence on the remaining bidders, and a buyer could be announced by the end of this month or next, two sources familiar with the matter ...

• Geely Auto says it won't bid for Saab, Volvo   [May 08, 2009]

  China's Geely Automobile Holdings said it has no intention to bid for automakers Volvo or Saab, according to a Hong Kong stock exchange filing on Thursday."The company has not submitted, and has no ...

• Does Sabb have much of anything to offer Geely?   [May 07, 2009]

  "Geely has submitted a bid for GM's Saab", says the headline in today's Gasgoo news channel, citing a Wall Street Journal report. Given that Geely is also contacting with Ford Motors' Volvo unit on a ...

• Changan Auto says it has no plan to buy Volvo   [May 07, 2009]

  Shanghai, May 7 (Gasgoo.com) Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., China's second-biggest maker of minivans, said on Thursday that it isn't planning a bid for Volvo, denying earlier reports by domestic ...