England's Financial Times newspaper recently had a chance to sit down with Freeman Shen, Geely's VP of International Operations, in Shanghai.
Geely is quite concerned with not tarnishing Volvo's image and will operate the brand as a completely separate entity from Geely's own automotive division.
In Shen's words: "We want to be careful not to damage the Volvo brand. We don't want the image of a luxury car made in a third world country. We want the image of a European luxury car, albeit owned by a Chinese owner."
Volvo will indeed expand and build plants in China, but for the Chinese market.
Geely is quite concerned with not tarnishing Volvo's image and will operate the brand as a completely separate entity from Geely's own automotive division.
In Shen's words: "We want to be careful not to damage the Volvo brand. We don't want the image of a luxury car made in a third world country. We want the image of a European luxury car, albeit owned by a Chinese owner."
Volvo will indeed expand and build plants in China, but for the Chinese market.