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Volvo sheds 1200-2000 jobs

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  • 26-06-2008 1:15am
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    geoff29
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    Obviously not as much as the workers, but I find this painful to take! Reckon Volvo are on a slippery slope now. US economy seems to be getting most of the blame but I can't help but wonder if things like the C30/70 are to blame. Having said that, the S80/V70 - almost brand new still - aren't selling anywhere it seems. As I mentioned in some of the previous threads, reckon volvo have alienated a lot of their core buyers which is a shame.

    Hard to believe its gotten to this point - only 4 or 5 years ago, Volvo was keeping the Premier thing afloat and offsetting losses from LR and Jag. Apparently they couldn't build enough XC90s either.

    Now talk of BMW taking over - or some Chinese firms.

    I am now going to go and read about how amazing the 740 was when it was first launched and wave my Volvo flag outside my window.

    Pity Ford got them alright... but suppose Renault mergers were no better.


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    Stevie Dakota
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Stevie Dakota


    I got this thread wrong, I thought Volvo had started making sheds, and were looking for workers.


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    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    Stevie Dakota wrote: »
    I got this thread wrong, I thought Volvo had started making sheds, and were looking for workers.
    +1 :)


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    pburns
    Registered Users Posts: 2,423 ✭✭✭pburns


    Thing is both Volvo and Saab - as brands - should be more in tune with the environmentally aware, caring-and-sharing zeitgeist of the moment than big, aggressive BMWs and Audis.

    But they just haven't got the sexy product...


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