2009 is the global auto industry the most turbulent one year. When the world automobile market in the bottom of a valley at the same time, China's market has sprung up, and the car production and sales breakthrough must car, the first time for China to overtake America as the world's top automobile market. In 2009, in the automobile industry it is not a ordinary one, let us review the 2009 automobile industry event:

1. Giovanni cobolli gigli intends to buy Volvo 100% equity

The ford motor company October and day night (Beijing time) announced, ford has been selected, with China's geely automobile led acquisition team for Volvo's preferred bidder.

Geely automobile in published the end of October, the post said geely automobile and ford motor will purchase its Volvo cars have started to carry on the detailed consultation.

In 1999, during its heyday of ford motor company spent $6.4 billion, the acquisition of the headquarters is located in Sweden Volvo luxury car brand. Volvo's ford as a wholly owned subsidiary. Ten years in the past, Volvo and not for ford car bring profits, losses in recent years.

After the outbreak of the global financial crisis, the ford motor with huge losses. Ford decided to sell the brand does not earn money. The jaguar and land rover two brand sold to India's tata motors group, in December last year ford motor and decided to sell Volvo.

Giovanni cobolli gigli as the independent brand car a dark horse, in recent years development miracle, become a powerhouse of China's automobile industry. However, geely automobile strength is still very limited, someone put giovanni cobolli gigli acquisition Volvo compared to "the snake which tries to swallow an elephant".

After nearly two months of negotiations, cobolli gigli acquisition Volvo into the substantive stage. On December 16, Reuters quoted direct transactions of the sources said, geely holding group plan in early 2010 to complete its ford Volvo purchase, and already hired advisory company to operate consolidation. It is reported, geely holding group chairman of the board of directors LiShuFu already hired deloitte touche tohmatsu buying finished integration of enterprises.

2. The acquisition of saab being holding the platform technology

Beijing automotive industry holding co., LTD. Announced on December 14,, has completed the being of Swedish saab automobile company three vehicle platform, as well as engine, transmission and other technical ownership acquisition. At the same time, saab will also support by being saab technology research and development manufacturing independent brand models.

Beijing car 14 announced that after two weeks of negotiations, being holding already and the Swedish saab automobile company completed the related intellectual property rights the purchasing work, including cash saab 9-5, 9-3 and so on three vehicle platform and two series of turbocharged engine, transmission technology ownership and some production mold. Being stressed that saab will also support by being saab technology research and development manufacturing independent brand models.

The Reuters news agency quoted sources involved words said: "the purchase price for 1.4 billion kronor ($197 million), the fund last Friday has entered the saab account." The source also said that the money is enough to make the saab keep running for three months, and also is the company no immediate threat to collapse.

Domestic car enterprises overseas mergers and acquisitions boom in, the purchase of being the road are more hard, purchase opel rejected, the acquisition of saab curve is full of twists and turns. To this, the personage inside course of study JiaXinGuang said to the media, said one reason is that foreign car enterprises is not willing to Chinese cars to get some fresh technology as its opponents; On the other hand is some domestic enterprise to intellectual property rights not value, thus affecting the China automobile industry in the outside image, for fear of intellectual property infringement, making the car enterprises in overseas acquisition is very difficult.