Archive for the ‘Geely Automobile’ category
Geely’s Li Shu Fu has peons cast aside to inspect new cab
All was good on the second day of the media days in Shanghai last Wednesday, well it wasn’t all good as most of the stands had immediately shifted from PR/Media day to Sales Mode by lunchtime and not too many Chinese companies had press kits available, which is pretty typical of Chinese car companies – [...]
Geely’s Englong SC7-RV – Tomorrow’s taxi today
So you thought the modular hybrid-motorbike-car from Geely was a little crazy? The Englong SC7-RV is a little bit mature and perhaps even slightly more palatable than its other fellow concept but the design is still way out there. Geely owns a good slice of British company, Manganese Bronze, that produce the London black cab [...]
Geely to show oddball modular concept car in Shanghai Auto Show
You know, several years ago I thought the age of crazy Chinese concepts cars was practically over, but Geely has to come back to prove us all wrong. Behold: the Moka! The Moka is Geely’s attempt at showing what we might be driving in the future, a modular hybrid car that allows motorists to connect [...]
Stop start stop start: Geely Emgrand EC7 GSG mild hybrid to launch soon
The price gas in China is practically on par with a liter of locally made wine, Chinese drivers are looking to various widgets to install in their cars to lower gas prices or even moving to lower grade gasoline if they can find it in the city limits. Hybrids are something that never took off [...]
Geely takes the MINI, makes it look better
Geely are prepping a new mini car for their upmarket Emgrand range, the car is a new one on us and we had no idea that Geely had small car ambitions for the Emgrand range, however this car does look quite neat even if it does have various MINI attributes to it. Look out for [...]
Volvo to announce China strategy in February
Volvo is expected to unveil its business strategy in China for the next five years on the afternoon of February 25, and the company’s local production plan is undoubtedly the core content of the strategy. Volvo’s production site has been a hot topic for a long time. Dongguan, Beijing, Tianjin, Chengdu, Daqing, Shanghai and Shijiazhuang [...]
Volvo to make cars in Chengdu
Volvo seems to intent on making its next car factory in Chengdu according to this Reuters report. Other cities had been mentioned, including Beijing, Shanghai and for some unknown reason, Daqing, but it appears that Chengdu has won out. So why Chengdu? Because its in inland China and thus close to the next big market: [...]
Geely sales reach 45,634 units in January 2011
Geely’s January sales reached 45,634 units in January 2011 according to information released today. The sales are 4% higher than January 2010′s but 18.7% lower than December 2010′s sales. The top sellers in January were the Freedom Vessel, King Kong, Vision and also Emgrand EC7 and EC8. AshAsh came to China at 18 on a [...]
Recently launched Emgrand EC8 to get new GeTech engine soon
The Emgrand EC8 has only just been launched in 2.0L and 2.4L specification but Geely are planning to kill off the Mitsubishi engines used in the EC8 in favor of something from their own line up. Mitsubishi has long provided engines to Chinese auto makers that lacked their own self developed engines, although many Chinese [...]
Geely Panda to launch in Australia soon
Australia seems to be one of the first Western markets in Geely’s sights for its world expansion plans, it was rumored for a long time that Geely were planning to buy the mothballed Mitsubishi factory in Adelaide, but it seems that plan never took off and Geely instead bought the Australian owned DSI transmissions to [...]
Geely to push forward with new car line up in 2011
When Geely launched their Emgrand, Englon and Gleagle brands in 2010, China automotive watchers were in a state of confusion. What did Geely have to bring to the table under three new brands that they couldn’t deliver under the original and well established Geely brand? Geely went ahead with their three brand plan and knocked [...]
Volvo puts Chinese HQ in Shanghai
Volvo China has established its new headquarters in Shanghai according to media reports from earlier today. The new headquarters will oversee the management of Volvo within the Chinese market and will also have an attached technology center were new technology and localization will be carried out. Volvo CEO, Stefan Jacoby, was on hand in Shanghai [...]
Volvo thinking of sending Chinese built Volvos to the USA
From WSJ: The new China-based owners of Volvo and the Swedish car maker’s management team are considering exporting Volvos assembled in China to the U.S.—a potentially risky move that might harm the brand’s Scandinavian identity and could make it among the first to bring China-made vehicles to the U.S.New Volvo Chief Executive Stefan Jacoby said [...]
Korean Co, Mando, sets up joint venture with Geely
From the Chosun Ilbo: Korean auto parts maker Mando said Tuesday it has signed a deal with China’s Geely Auto to set up a parts manufacturer in China. Mando will hold a 65 percent stake and Geely 35 percent in the joint venture with capital of US$85 million. Construction of plants will begin in March [...]
Volvo aiming for strong ‘home base’ in China
Volvo maybe Chinese owned but they are fairly adamant about keeping their Swedish roots in Europe, however in their new Chinese home they are expecting to reach sales of 200,000 units within the Chinese market by 2015, in contrast in 2010 they achieved sales of just over 30,000 units. “I would say (China will be [...]
Emgrand EC7 gets 5 star result in CNCAP crash test
Geely really did turn a new page in 2009 when it decided to take its branding more upmarket and with an expanded product line up that did away with the older cheaper models that Geely had become synonymous with, and in the early days of 2011 we have seen the results of Geelys hard work [...]
Volvo relying on future Chengdu base
From Bloomberg: Volvo Cars, the Swedish carmaker acquired by China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., is leaning toward starting production in the city of Chengdu to boost sales in the country, according to a Volvo board member. The board agreed at a meeting in Gothenburg yesterday that taking over an existing Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. [...]
No love for Chinese made Volvo’s in India
From the Hindu Business Line: In August, China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group acquired Volvo Car Corporation and said a manufacturing facility would be built in Shanghai. Geely added that it would maintain Swedish headquarters and the plants in Sweden and Belgium. Mr Paul de Voijs, Managing Director, Volvo Auto India, told Business Line that the [...]
Want a Geely? Get yourself onto Taobao.com
Taobao.com was Ebay’s death knell in China, they could just not compete with local knowledge and failed to understand the local buyers and sellers in China. Ebay was a foreigner in China, Taobao was the plucky under dog that took on a multinational and won, Geely was/is the world’s biggest automotive underdog, but somehow they [...]
Volvo and Geely talking new plants
From AFP: SWEDISH car maker Volvo and its new Chinese owner Geely are in talks over new plants in China, a Volvo spokesman said on Friday, amid a report that Volvo and its owner were at odds over expansion.Geely, which acquired the Swedish car maker from US giant Ford in August, said in September it [...]
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