webfact Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Sweden's best-selling car not a Volvo STOCKHOLM: -- Sweden's best-selling car in 2016 was not a Volvo - the first year that has happened in more than half a century. Instead the Volkswagen Golf topped sales, according to the country's carmakers association. The Golf made up 5.9% of new cars bought in the country. Volvo had a 5.7% slice of the sales, spread across three models. Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38493295 -- © Copyright BBC 2017-01-03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the guest Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Volvo is not Swedish, it was bought by the Chinese! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasset Tak Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 4 hours ago, the guest said: Volvo is not Swedish, it was bought by the Chinese! And before that it was runned to the bottom by Ford. Atleast they are back as a top brand again with The Grand Tour even naming Volvo for making the best interior in the world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrahamzvi Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 4 hours ago, the guest said: Volvo is not Swedish, it was bought by the Chinese! But it is Swedish made and therefore can be termed as a Swedish car. How many various products are produced and termed as European (German, French, British etc.) but the companies manufacturing such products are owned (or at least majority owned) by non Europeans (mostly American and Chinese)? Quite a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegetablebottom Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Third on the list was the Mohammad Turbo 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Had a Volvo many years ago when the company was 100% Swedish. It was a mechanically unreliable rust bucket piece of crap. It was no better than a GM product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFishman1 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I had many Volvo cars they where all excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangon04 Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Bring back SAAB, anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxcorrigan Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 42 minutes ago, bangon04 said: Bring back SAAB, anyone? That's not Swedish either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grouse Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Is the Golf a diesel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
currynamnam Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Had a Volvo many years ago when the company was 100% Swedish. It was a mechanically unreliable rust bucket piece of crap. It was no better than a GM product.Probably why GM acquired SAAB instead....to boost quality [emoji12] Sent from my SM-G930F using Thaivisa Connect mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maoro2013 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Don't know that the story refers to Swedish owned or manufactured vehicles. It refers to sales only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike324 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 On 1/3/2017 at 9:33 AM, the guest said: Volvo is not Swedish, it was bought by the Chinese! That news was quite a shock when I told my Japanese customer that, his face turned white and panicked as he didn't take delivery of his car yet. (short history, many Japanese don't like Chinese made good due to quality reasons). But luckily his was not made in China. So at least he felt a bit better, but I believe he won't be keeping his car for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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