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Everyone knows the tale of Brand X getting bought out by some faceless global conglomerate and going to shit, but does the opposite ever happen?

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[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Volvo has done way better under Geely than they ever have under GM.

[–] boeman@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Volvo has done way better under Geely than they ever have under ~~GM~~ Ford.

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Oops, you are right! It is Ford.

[–] Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From what I heard, Geely bought them and just said "here's a bunch of money, do whatever the fuck you want", and they suddenly started making good stuff.

I wish someone would do that to me, haha

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Geely did improve their quality and safety significantly by using Volvo's engineering expertise so it is a win-win for both, and I hope they'll revitalize Proton and Lotus the same way.