When and where was the first Volvo car manufactured? The first Volvo car was manufactured in ________in_________. 2. What kind of vehicles did Volvo manufacture? Volvo produced ______and commercial______, including buses, trucks and heavy construction. 3. What was the idea behind the first Volvo car? The idea behind the first Volvo car was to withstand Sweden’s ______roads and the ______ winter. 4. Why were there not a lot of Volvo cars sold in the early years? Because they were too______for most people. 5. When did Volvo sell its car manufacturing part to Ford? Volvo sold its car manufacturing part to Ford in ______. 6. What happened to this part of the company 11 years later and why? Ford thought it would make a big_______ from this deal, but it did not. So 11 years later it ______Volvo Cars to the Chinese motor manufacturer, Geely Automobile. 7. Why was it important for Volvo to have a Chinese partner? Because under China’s______,foreign car manufacturers can only produce cars in China when the company is _______owned and run by a Chinese company. 8. What did Volvo want by 2020? Volvo wanted to _______its global yearly sales to ________cars by 2020. 9. What are Geely’s plans? Geely plans to use Volvo’s______in its vehicles and build a __________that can produce 300,000 cars per year and to _______between 200,000 and 300,000 Volvo cars per year. 10. Why does the author say that Geely’s plan is “very optimistic”? Geely intends to sell about 200,000 to 300,000 cars per year but only________ Volvos were sold in China in 2009.