Renault interested in Volvo

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don hodgdon

Renault!!!??? Arrgh! Remember the Alliance? IIRC, Volvo is the only company
within the Premier Group which has shown profit every quarter since being
acquired by Ford. Why would they sell? (Yeah I know...$$$)

BTW, are you the same Bob Noble that used to run a Formula Vee in the Cal
Club region of the SCCA?

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Its seems that Renault Chairman Louis Schweitzer expressed a
"continuing" interest in acquiring Volvo in the "hypothetical" event
that Ford were to be willing to sell. This interest was expressed at a
recent meeting of European automotive press types, according to the New
York Times.

Apparently Renault has expressed such an interest in the past,
specifically some ten years ago, also hypothetically and before Ford
came into the picture.

When some readers/posters of this NG had fits over the Ford acquisition,
some of us pointed out how beneficial Ford's purchase of Jaguar and
Aston-Martin had been for those marques. While Ford says they're not
interested in selling the Volvo piece of their Premier Autos Group, they
have had some financial ups and downs over the past couple of years. A
Renault takeover is a sobering thought, but they seem to have done well
with Nissan, so we'll just have to see what happens . . .

bob noble
Reno, NV, USA
 
There would be nothing suspicious in Renault wanting a piece of the Volvo
action, they have already worked with Volvo and the PRV V6 engines.

Cheers, Peter.

: Right. A french Volvo. Just what we need.
: Wilson
: : > Its seems that Renault Chairman Louis Schweitzer expressed a
: > "continuing" interest in acquiring Volvo in the "hypothetical" event
: > that Ford were to be willing to sell. This interest was expressed at a
: > recent meeting of European automotive press types, according to the New
: > York Times.
: >
: > Apparently Renault has expressed such an interest in the past,
: > specifically some ten years ago, also hypothetically and before Ford
: > came into the picture.
: >
: > When some readers/posters of this NG had fits over the Ford acquisition,
: > some of us pointed out how beneficial Ford's purchase of Jaguar and
: > Aston-Martin had been for those marques. While Ford says they're not
: > interested in selling the Volvo piece of their Premier Autos Group, they
: > have had some financial ups and downs over the past couple of years. A
: > Renault takeover is a sobering thought, but they seem to have done well
: > with Nissan, so we'll just have to see what happens . . .
: >
: > bob noble
: > Reno, NV, USA
:
:
 
Joseph Oberlander said:
Been there, done that. No more 260s, thank you.
Click to expand...

What can you expect from a nation that thinks Jerry Lewis is funny?
H2Only
 
Peter Milnes said:
There would be nothing suspicious in Renault wanting a piece of the Volvo
action, they have already worked with Volvo and the PRV V6 engines.
Click to expand...
Was this not the infamous V6 with the aluminium block? Volvo has
obviously learned their lesson, and appears to be sticking to in-line
engines (AFAIK). V6 is an inferior configuration dynamically,
especially in its ubiquitous 90° form. Second, the cost of parts
(more of them) and labour (access) is usually worse with V engines.
Third (speaking as a metallurgist), engine blocks should only be made
from cast iron, for several reasons. There are better places to
reduce weight, such as body panels and eliminating DRLs and on-board
DVD players.
my 2c,
H2Only
 
On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 02:25:59 GMT, Jose M. Arnesto

; On Tue, 1 Jul 2003 22:44:23 -0400, "Wilson Lamb"
;
; >Right. A french Volvo. Just what we need.
; >Wilson
;
; Why are there so many French bashing idiots on the Internet
; these days?

Probably because there are so many compatriots of Michael Moore
qualifying as "Stupid White Men" on the Internet ........?

Regards,

Metaxaman
 
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