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PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:36 am 
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I agree, and I can see a more reliable power unit on the horizon.

Mitsubishi diesel / petrol, just in time for the compulsary WAV bill.

A Hydrogen one would go down a treat.

Or was that a Hydrogen Bomb on Galasheils? :wink:


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PostPosted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 7:57 am 
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captain cab wrote:
What the taxi trade should be concentrating on is persuading government that if we are to have WAV's (of whatever description) then the least they could do is consider them VAT exempt.

CC

The VAT exemption has been talked about since WAVs were first introduced in the 1990s, was it?

It has always fallen on deaf government ears & probably will continue to do so.

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China's Geely set to inject 900 mln USD operating capital into Volvo



BEIJING, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese auto maker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group is ready to inject 900 million U.S. dollars operating capital into Volvo on top of the 1.8 billion U.S. dollars purchase price, Geely chairman Li Shufu said Tuesday.

"We should not only inject money into Volvo, but also endeavor to improve Volvo's profit-making capability," Li said at a press conference to discuss the Volvo takeover.

The Zhejiang-based Geely signed a deal with Ford Motor Co. Sunday in Sweden to acquire the U.S. auto giant's Volvo car unit.

"Geely is Geely, while Volvo is Volvo. Geely will not produce Volvo, and Volvo will not produce Geely," said Li, also the founder of the firm, adding that Volvo would keep its unique characteristics after the takeover.

Li said Volvo's biggest problem was its small production scale and high research and development expenses, adding Volvo should try to increase production and sales to cut costs.


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He's bad enough at the moment but put GBC into an indestructible Volvo designed TX* he'll be insufferable!!! :lol: :lol:


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They can build anything and everything cheaper over there...simply because they dont have to adhere to every EU work, Environmental, Equality, pay and pensions directive that spouted out of the Great EU Beaurocratic anus.. :?


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