March 20, 2010
Published: 31 Dec 09 10:25 CET
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The Chinese government will support the sale of Swedish automaker Volvo to Geely Automobile, the company said on Thursday.
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Happy New Year Sweden, from across the strait ;)
My old Volvo bought under GM's ownership period came with the DVD Dumb and Dumber.
This is definitely interesting to watch what goes on with Volvo and this deal. Waiting to see where the actual production ends up.
Now if only a deal with Saab comes about...
Ford throws away Volvo like a hot potatoe; mayby they should have asked Mr. IKEA to buy Volvo at a dumping price...........
Anyway, as long as Volvos are engineered and manufactured in Sweden I'll stick to this unique brand. Once the first communist Volvo appears in Europe, I switch to another brand.