Filed under: China, Geely
Geely Automotive Holdings, one of the four largest automakers in China, has announced that it will dissolve the Geely brand by 2012. The other brands under the Geely umbrella are Gleagle, Emgrand, Englon and now Volvo. The goal is to let the sub-brands emerge and strengthen sales while the Geely models fade [...]
Filed under: Classics, Etc., Volvo, Celebrities
Irv Gordon and his Volvo P1800 – Click above for high-res image gallery
While Irv Gordon is already retired, he’s taken to accruing miles on his already impressively well-traveled Volvo 1800 like it’s his job. It took a while to rack up the first million miles, but the second million came [...]
Filed under: Sedan, China, Volvo, Geely, Luxury
2011 Volvo S60 – Click above for high-res image gallery
Geely isn’t wasting any time in shaping up its newest acquisition’s product line. The Chinese automaker officially completed its deal to purchase Volvo from Ford earlier this week, and already the Swedish brand’s new chairman is making noises about a [...]
Filed under: Sedan, Recalls, Safety, Volvo
The ever-conscious safety fanatics at Volvo have realized it’s unwittingly made a mistake on their 2007-2010 S80 sedans. It seems that the maximum permissible tire pressure information was printed incorrectly in the owner’s manuals and on the sticker pasted to the vehicles’ door jams. Worse, that same incorrect inflation data [...]
Filed under: Etc., Ford, Volvo, Geely
2011 Volvo S60 – Click above for high-res image gallery
After months of protracted negotiations, Ford has officially sold Volvo to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Company Limited – aka Geely – for $1.8 billion.
The Chinese automaker originally included a $200 million note and the balance in cash, and today, it paid [...]
