Volvo deviendrait chinoise?!

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Volvo deviendrait chinoise?!

Post by Salsa » Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:55 pm

autonews.com wrote:Ford names China's Geely as preferred Volvo bidder

October 28, 2009 - 7:12 am ET
UPDATED: 10/28/09 11:37 a.m. ET


MUNICH -- Chinese automaker Geely Group Holding Co. is Ford Motor Co.'s preferred bidder to purchase Volvo Car Corp.

Ford announced Wednesday that it will start more detailed negotiations with Geely, adding that no final decisions have been made.

"Ford believes Geely has the potential to be a responsible future owner of Volvo and to take the business forward while preserving its core values and the independence of the Swedish brand," Ford Chief Financial Officer Lewis Booth said in a statement.

Ford said it does not intend to retain a shareholding in Volvo but will continue to work with the automaker in several areas after a possible sale.



Final agreement months away

Ford and privately owned Geely did not disclose a possible sale price for Volvo but media reports have put it closer to $2 billion than the $6.45 billion Ford paid for Volvo in 1999.

The announcement moves the long-running sale, which began in December, closer to a conclusion. Intellectual property concerns, which last week threatened to derail any deal with Geely, may have been overcome.

But it could be months before a final agreement. Ford named Tata Motors as preferred bidder for Jaguar and Land Rover, its other top-end European brands, in January 2008 and reached a final accord in March of that year.

Ford said it will engage in "detailed and focused" negotiations with Geely, but there was no specific timeline to conclude negotiations.

This sale is complicated because Volvo is closely woven into Ford's wider operations, undertaking much of the group's safety work, for example, and Ford said it would continue cooperating with Volvo.

Booth told a news conference at Volvo's Gothenburg head office that Ford and Volvo needed to make sure the deal contained "appropriate safeguards" and Geely had to undertake more due diligence.

But he said; "We believe that (Geely) have the potential to be a very good owner of Volvo... they take the heritage of Volvo and the brand of Volvo very seriously indeed."



Enshrine independence

Hangzhou-based Geely said its proposal, financed by Chinese banks, would "enshrine management independence" at Volvo while allowing the Swedish buy parts and tap into sales networks in China.

Volvo would keep existing production and research and development facilities, union agreements and dealer networks, Geely said in a statement on Wednesday.

A Volvo union leader said he was unfamiliar with Geely and had asked to speak to its representatives as soon as possible.

Earlier, Geely had faced competition from rivals including a U.S.-led group including former Ford director Michael Dingman, dubbed the Crown consortium, and Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Corp., sources familiar with the matter have said.

Geely is not the only Chinese automaker reaching overseas: the smaller Tenzhong aims to close that deal to buy General Motors's Hummer brand by early 2010.

Citigroup and JPMorgan are advising Ford, while Rothschild is advising Geely.

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Re: Volvo deviendrait chinoise?!

Post by hyksos » Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:10 pm

Donc on aura des voitures chinoise sécuritaire?
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Post by Tmmspeed6 » Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:19 pm

hyksos wrote:Donc on aura des voitures chinoise sécuritaire?

Me semble que c'est contradictoire "voiture chinoise" et "sécuritaire"!
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Post by Nova 3 GT » Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:35 pm

oh boy la qualite va en manger une volee si ca se concretise.... :grr:
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Re: Volvo deviendrait chinoise?!

Post by twincam » Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:41 pm

Si ce deal fonctionne ça va être des échanges d'actions et non le déménagement des usines Volvo en Chine...

Comme le deal de Hummer, c'est une autre firme chinoise qui a pris le contrôle et GM va s'occuper de construire les Hummer jusqu'en 2012...

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