Looking back at this August 2009 post when Volvo was for sale, what if Volvo had gone/stayed Swedish?
It's difficult to criticise how things turned out. Remarkably, IMHO, Geely has taken good care of Volvo and positioned it for the wave of eco-change in the car industry - electrification, autonomous piloting, etc. Things look great for Volvo in the 2020's.
What if Ford had sold Volvo to... Swedes?
-
matthew1
- Site Admin
- Posts: 14484
- Joined: 14 September 2002
- Year and Model: 850 T5, 1997
- Location: Denver, Colorado, US
- Has thanked: 2660 times
- Been thanked: 1248 times
- Contact:
What if Ford had sold Volvo to... Swedes?
Help keep MVS on the web -> click sponsors' links here on MVS when you buy from them.
Also -> Amazon link. Click that when you go to buy something on Amazon and MVS gets a cut!
1998 V70, no dash lights on
1997 850 T5 [gone] w/ MSD ignition coil, Hallman manual boost controller, injectors, R bumper, OMP strut brace
2004 V70 R [gone]
How to Thank someone for their post
Also -> Amazon link. Click that when you go to buy something on Amazon and MVS gets a cut!
1998 V70, no dash lights on
1997 850 T5 [gone] w/ MSD ignition coil, Hallman manual boost controller, injectors, R bumper, OMP strut brace
2004 V70 R [gone]
How to Thank someone for their post
-
Rattnalle
- Posts: 1674
- Joined: 1 September 2017
- Year and Model: 2004 V70 2.5T
- Location: Sweden
- Has thanked: 20 times
- Been thanked: 133 times
As a Swede living in Gothenburg but not employed by VCC I've mostly seen good so far and some opportunities that wouldn't have come around with Swedish owners. A lot of large investments have been done locally even though a lot of people thought Geely would just ship everything to China at first.
Geely's CEVT (China Euro Vehicle Technology AB, maker of Lync & Co) employs a lot of people here beside Volvo and they probably wouldn't have been here without Geely.
But only time will tell what the future holds.
Geely's CEVT (China Euro Vehicle Technology AB, maker of Lync & Co) employs a lot of people here beside Volvo and they probably wouldn't have been here without Geely.
But only time will tell what the future holds.
-
RickHaleParker
- Posts: 7129
- Joined: 25 May 2015
- Year and Model: See Signature below.
- Location: Kansas
- Has thanked: 8 times
- Been thanked: 958 times
Geely's CEVT (China Euro Vehicle Technology AB, maker of Lync & Co) employs a lot of people here beside Volvo and they probably wouldn't have been here without Geely.
How does that compaire to the Ford era?
How does that compaire to the Ford era?
⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙⸙
1998 C70, B5234T3, 16T, AW50-42, Bosch Motronic 4.4, Special Edition package.
2003 S40, B4204T3, 14T twin scroll AW55-50/51SN, Siemens EMS 2000.
2004 S60R, B8444S TF80 AWD. Yamaha V8 conversion
2005 XC90 T6 Executive, B6294T, 4T65 AWD, Bosch Motronic 7.0.
1998 C70, B5234T3, 16T, AW50-42, Bosch Motronic 4.4, Special Edition package.
2003 S40, B4204T3, 14T twin scroll AW55-50/51SN, Siemens EMS 2000.
2004 S60R, B8444S TF80 AWD. Yamaha V8 conversion
2005 XC90 T6 Executive, B6294T, 4T65 AWD, Bosch Motronic 7.0.
-
Rattnalle
- Posts: 1674
- Joined: 1 September 2017
- Year and Model: 2004 V70 2.5T
- Location: Sweden
- Has thanked: 20 times
- Been thanked: 133 times
I've never heard a VCC-employee say anything good about the Ford era that I can recall. Most of the things I've heard are along the lines of "They tried their best to ruin our quality but we managed to keep it decent in spite of Ford". I can't recall Ford placing any other businesses here either, if they did they're gone by now. I don't have any VCC employees in the family or very close though so this is just my general impression from living here.RickHaleParker wrote: ↑10 Jan 2018, 14:36 Geely's CEVT (China Euro Vehicle Technology AB, maker of Lync & Co) employs a lot of people here beside Volvo and they probably wouldn't have been here without Geely.
How does that compaire to the Ford era?
-
93Regina
- Posts: 2813
- Joined: 18 January 2014
- Year and Model: 93:240/940
- Location: Sunflower State
- Been thanked: 65 times
Big Picture - Volvo expects record sales in 2017 on China boost
STOCKHOLM--Reiterating a pledge made at the start of the year, Volvo Car Corp. said Thursday it forecasts record sales in 2017 after the Swedish auto maker posted a 23% rise in second-quarter net profit, driven by strong growth in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly China.
...
...
Volvo said it outperformed the market in the Asia-Pacific region, China in particular, while in Europe it continued to see strong demand for its cars. During the first half of 2017, the company added market share in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, following healthy growth in several important markets, it said.