Volvo, which is bigger and healthier than its Swedish rival, may be sold to Geely, China’s biggest privately owned carmaker.

沃尔沃规模和实力均胜于它的瑞典对手，它可能要被卖给中国最大的私营汽车制造商——吉利。

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Another option the company is weighing is to build a Volvo assembly plant in the U. S., an individual close to Geely said.

据一位知情人士透露，公司正在考虑的另一种方案是在美国建立组装厂。

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Some Volvo and Ford models are built on the same platforms. Ford said it was "comfortable" with the transfer of intellectual property to Geely.

目前，一些沃尔沃和福特车型是在相同的平台上制造的。福特表示，它对向吉利转让知识产权感到“自在”。

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Volvo, which is bigger and healthier than its Swedish rival, may be sold to Geely, China's biggest privately owned carmaker.

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For example, Jaguar Land Rover was acquired by Tata motor (India) in 2008 and Volvo was sold to Geely Automobile in China in 2010.

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But with an election in September and Ford's sale of Volvo to Geely, a Chinese carmaker, imminent, it concluded that keeping Saab going was the lesser of two evils.

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