Geely
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With access to the Chinese market Geely could build and sell up to 200,000 vehicles per year in China alone.
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Report: U.S. Group New Contender For Volvo
A U.S.-led group wants to buy the Volvo brand from Ford according to a new report.
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Goldman Sachs Investment Strengthens Geely's Volvo Bid
Geely is the most serious bidder to emerge thus far for purchase of currently Ford-owned Volvo.
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Chinese bureaucrats cause a ruffle by approving Mercedes and BMW cars for government use
China is now the single biggest market in the world for new cars but that doesn’t mean the government is slowing down on the purchase of cars for its official fleets. While this usually would not be worthy of reporting, the fact that the Chinese government has approved luxurious Mercedes Benz...
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Geely says Rolls Royce's copy claims are baseless
China's car industry is infamous for its tendency to 'borrow' details from European carmakers, often to the point where the word 'clone' is used with some accuracy. The latest car to catch legal heat for the practice: Geely's GE, a remarkably obvious take on the Rolls Royce Phantom. But Geely...
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Swapping sweeping curves for ungainly protuberances, the new Geely GT goes in an unfortunately awkward direction. First shown off last year at the Beijing Motor Show, the updated GT is headed for Shanghai, but no one's looking forward to the trip. The last car was compared with - there were even allegations of plagiarism - elementally attractive cars like the Aston Martin Vantage, Alfa Romeo 8C and the Maserati GranTurismo. But this time around the comparisons are much less complimentary. An unnaturally high greenhouse sits on top of conflicting angles between the nose and the hip, a set of...
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Geely goes for the gusto with throne-equipped GE limo
Building a successful hyper-luxury limousine is a tricky game. While brands like Maybach and Bentley are struggling to find success, Rolls Royce is posting year after banner year of sales improvements. Now a newcomer has entered the game, and the result is catastrophically interesting. Built by...
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Detroit 3 looking to Asia for brand sales
Tough times are a unifying theme of the economic and sales reports of the last six months, especially in the car industry. Finding ways to pull itself up by the bootstraps is proving harder than imagined by some, but the effort is pushing the Detroit 3 to consider a window of opportunity in Asia...
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Geely GT concept revealed ahead of 2008 Beijing Auto Show
It's easy to compare cars, finding a curve here or a swell there that resembles the design of another. Many have said the Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] 599 GTB and Corvette Z06 share a lot in common, for example, although it's certain that neither copied the other. It's just an example of how common design...
Nelson Ireson