January 2009
Why Ford and GM wants to sell Volvo and Saab brands?
In my entire life I’ve never known a person who bought or drove a Saab. Scratch that, there was a dude in 1986 who had a 900 convertible. Saab has nothing of value for anyone, including GM. They need to close it already and be done with it. Saab&...
October 2008
Ford's Volvo to slashes 3,300 jobs says CEO STEPHEN ODELL
Volvo, the Swedish carmaker owned by Ford announced it will lay off more than 13 per cent of its work force because of falling global demand. Citing a “rapidly deteriorating market situation in the global car industry,” the Goteborg-based c...
September 2008
Stephen Odell to replace Fredrik Arp as a CEO for Volvo Ford.
Ford has had losses of $23.9 billion since 2005, mainly because of its North American operations. CEO Alan Mulally has shed all European luxury brands sold off its Jaguar, Land Rover and Aston Martin businesses as part of strategy to focus on core bra...
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