Understanding Volvo key for Geely and Jacoby

Stefan Jacoby, the recently installed head of Volvo Cars, has got a new job that is anything but dull.

COMMENT: Understanding the Volvo brand is priority number one for Jacoby and Geely

23 August 2010

Stefan Jacoby, the recently installed head of Volvo Cars, has got a new job that is anything but dull.

SWEDEN: Volvo plans to rival BMW

19 August 2010

Newly appointed Volvo Cars chief executive officer Stefan Jacoby wants to reposition the Swedish carmaker as an upscale brand to rival BMW.

UK: New Volvo owner targets top BMW and Mercedes sedans

3 August 2010

New Volvo Cars owner Geely wants the Swedish carmaker best known for safety to build cars that compete with top BMW and Mercedes sedans, its founder and chairman has said.

SWEDEN: Volvo union cautiously welcomes Geely buy

3 August 2010

Volvo's largest union has broadly welcomed the manufacturer's takeover by Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, but is stressing the importance of workers' rights in the new operation

Swedes tuck in to Chinese

2 August 2010

News of today's (2 August) takeover by Chinese automaker Geely of Volvo for US$1.8bn will doubtless come as a huge relief to the Swedish manufacturer's many thousands of employee

COMMENT: Geely takes unions to heart

2 August 2010

Geely's eventual takeover of Volvo - although widely trumpeted for several months now - does throw up one interesting and potential source of cultural difference.

SWEDEN: Volvo says identity to remain after Geely takeover

2 August 2010

Volvo insists its identity will not disappear with its formal acquisition today by Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group.

SWEDEN: New Volvo board unveiled

2 August 2010

Further details have emerged of Volvo's new board composition following formal acquisition of the Swedish automaker by Zhejiang Geely Holding today (2 August).

US: Ford completes Volvo sale to Geely Holding

2 August 2010

Ford today (2 August) confirmed the sale of its Volvo division to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group for US$1.8bn.

CHINA: Geely aims high for Volvo in China

29 June 2010

China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, which is buying Ford Motor's Volvo car unit for a reported US$1.8bn, has said it aims to sell 150,000 Volvo cars annually in China by 2015.