Namibia: Geely Starts Producing Volvo XC60 in China

13 November 2014

Windhoek — Geely-owned Volvo Car Group has started production of its bestselling XC60 crossover at its plant in Chengdu, expanding its production in China on the back of strong sales growth.

Chinese state-owned Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, the owner of popular Chinese car, Geely, bought Volvo from Ford Motor in 2010. The plans are to double Volvo's annual sales to 800,000 cars by 2020 and stake out a claim in a premium market dominated by rivals such as Daimler's Mercedes-Benz and BMW.

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