Geely – owners of Volvo, Lotus, Polestar and Lynk & Co – takes a stake in Aston Martin in AML’s latest funding round. Aston Martin wouldn’t be Aston Martin without endless financial problems and changes of direction, with the latest round of Aston Martin angst starting when Lawrence Stroll took the reins. It did look […]
Lynk & Co 01 Electric SUV (a Volvo XC40 under the skin) hits Europe with SUBSCRIPTION offering
Lynk & Co, owned by Volvo and Geely, hits Europe with the 01 electric SUV offering a subscription model for £450 per month. It’s four years since the Lynk & Co 01 arrived in China – in the process becoming the fastest-selling car of all time – as a take on the Volvo XC40 (Lynk […]
It’s 10 Years since Geely bought VOLVO from Ford and transformed the Swedish brand
It’s a decade since Volvo was bought from Ford by Geely in March 2010, and Volvo look forward to another decade as transformational as the last. If you’re a twenty-something car lover, you perhaps don’t remember a time when Volvo wasn’t cool or premium. But it’s not that long ago Volvo was far from that. […]
Own a Lotus? It just got a LOT cheaper to service as Lotus SLASH costs by up to 50%
If you own a Lotus, or are planning to buy one, ownership just got a lot cheaper as Lotus slash the cost of servicing by up to 50 per cent. New brooms do sweep away old ideas, and Geely’s arrival as a set of ambitious deep pockets – and a track record with under-performing car […]
Volvo and Geely planning to merge in to a single business
Geely and Volvo are panning to merge their separate businesses in to one entity to create a stronger global group whilst keeping individual identities. It’s a decade since Geely bought Volvo from Ford, and in that time it has turned Volvo from an ‘Almost’ premium car maker to a proper force in the ‘Premium’ market. […]
Another day, another electric car brand: GEOMETRY from Geely
China’s Geely has launched a new ‘Premium’ electric car brand – Geometry – with their first new car revealed as the Geometry A. Geely seems to be on a mission to take over the car world, with big fingers in many, many pies, including Volvo, Lotus, Lynk & Co, London Taxi, Smart and more. Now […]
Volvo XC40 1.5 litre T5 Twin Engine Plug-in Hybrid DEBUT – in a Geely
The Volvo XC40 will get a T5 Twin Engine Plug-in Hybrid option later in 2018, but it looks like its first outing will be in a new Geely model in China. The new Volvo XC40 is starting to appear on UK roads after its debut last year, and although all you could buy to start […]
First ELECTRIC London Black Cab delivered – and picking up fares
The very first LEVC TX Electric London Black Cab has been delivered to its owner, David Harris, and is already out on London’s streets picking up fares. Last summer saw the reveal of the new LEVC TX Electric Black cab as the London EV Company – owned by Volvo makers Geely – revealed its take on the future […]
Could Lynk & Co’s ‘Volvo in Cheap Clothes’ plans in the US be scuppered by Trump taxes?
The plans by Lynk and C0 to sell Volvo-based cars on a contract similar to a mobile phone could be jeopardised in the US by Trump’s proposed import taxes. It was only in October last year that Lynk & Co arrived as a new type of car company – owned by China’s Geely, as is […]
Lynk & Co planning 500 car ‘Shops’ in Europe to sell their Volvo based range
Lynk & Co – Volvo owner Geely’s new car brand – is aiming at 500 retails shops in Europe to meet demand for its ‘connected’ cars. It was just last week that the Lynk & Co 01 was revealed as the first car from the new brand launched by Geely to offer a fully ‘connected’ […]