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2019 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

8. Volvo and Other Foreign Carmakers in Belgium

verfasst von : A. J. Jacobs

Erschienen in: The Automotive Industry and European Integration

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Abstract

In this chapter, examines the experiences of Volvo and four former other foreign-owned/licensed car plants in Belgium. It begins with a terse review of Chrysler in Antwerp, before turning to two short-lived operations that eventually came under the control of British Leyland: Standard/Leyland-Triumph Malines in Mechelen; and Austin Morris in Seneffe. This is followed by a section on the Mechelen facility of Importer of Moteurs et d’Automobiles, which produced small lots of Saab and Mercedes-Benz between 1959 and 1978, and Brondeel of Antwerp, which built Saab between 1967 and 1971. The last half of the chapter and the conclusion then focus on Volvo Car Gent, which is currently owned by Geely of China.

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Vorheriges Kapitel The Multiple Roads to VW’s Audi Brussels in Forest
Nächstes Kapitel Conclusion to Part II: The Future of the Belgian Car Industry
Fußnoten
1
Ensing (1999); Allpar (2017); Belgium (2017–2018).
 
2
Ibid.
 
3
BL Chronicles (2017).
 
4
Jacobs (2016).
 
5
Jacobs (2016); BL Chronicles (2017).
 
6
Belgique Automobile (2012); Adams (2016); Belgium (2017–2018).
 
7
Ibid.
 
8
New York Times (1964); Thompson (2008); Adams (2016). AZLK stood for Avtomobilny Zavod imeni Leninskogo Komsomola and GAZ for Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod.
 
9
Adams (2016); Belgium (2017–2018).
 
10
Ryckewaert (2011); Adams (2016); Belgium (2017–2018).
 
11
Georgano (2000); Cowin (2014); Jacobs (2016).
 
12
Bloomfield (1978); Mullen (2015), Adams (2016); Jacobs (2016).
 
13
Ibid.
 
14
Ibid.
 
15
WSJ (1975a, b, 1976); Georgano (2000); Cowin (2014); Jacobs (2016).
 
16
Autocar (1976, 1977); WSJ (1977); Adams (2016).
 
17
WSJ (1979); Adams (2016).
 
18
WSJ (1981); Reuters (1981a); Mullen (2015); Adams (2016); Belgium (2017–2018).
 
19
Belgium (2017–2018); Saab Museum (2017).
 
20
Bloomfield (1978); Belgium (2017–2018).
 
21
Mechelen Mapt (2017); Saab Museum (2017).
 
22
WSJ (1964); Berggren (1993); Jacobs (2016); Belgium (2017–2018).
 
23
Belgium (2017–2018).
 
24
Volvo Car (2008–2017); Belgium (2017–2018); Jacobs (2016); Volvo Belgium (2017). The 140 series included: the four-cylinder engine, two-door, P142 and the four-cylinder, four-door P144 sedans, both introduced in 1967; and the five-door P145 wagon launched in 1968.
 
25
Ibid.
 
26
Reuters (1981b); Jacobs (2016).
 
27
Berggren (1993); Volvo Belgium (2017).
 
28
Levin (1989); Berggren (1993, 1998).
 
29
Berggren (1993, 1998); Ketelhohn and Kubes (1995); Holweg and Pil (2009).
 
30
Greenhouse (1990); Cohen (1992); Berggren (1998); Volvo Belgium (2017).
 
31
Riding (1993); Stevenson (1993); Ketelhohn and Kubes (1995); Berggren (1998); Volvo Belgium (2017).
 
32
Berggren (1998); Volvo Belgium (2017).
 
33
Burt (1999); Jacobs (2016).
 
34
Volvo Belgium (2017).
 
35
Holweg and Pil (2009); Jacobs (2016).
 
36
Ibid.
 
37
Ward’s (1956–2018); Holweg and Pil (2009); Jacobs (2016); Volvo Belgium (2017).
 
38
Ford (2000–2018); Jacobs (2016); Volvo Belgium (2017).
 
39
Ward’s (1956–2018); Ford (2000–2018); Economist (2010); Jacobs (2016); Ford later estimated the sale price for Volvo as $1.5 billion, including $1.3 billion in cash and a $200 million loan.
 
40
Volvo Belgium (2017).
 
41
Hope (2014); Belgium (2017–2018); Volvo Belgium (2017).
 
42
Dillen (2015); Hope (2015); Reuters (2015).
 
43
Wren (2015); Belgium (2017–2018).
 
44
Dillen (2016); Hope (2016); Volvo Belgium (2017).
 
45
Volvo Belgium (2018); Volvo Car (2018). Average employment for the year was even higher, at 5918.
 
46
Belgium (2017–2018).
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Volvo and Other Foreign Carmakers in Belgium
verfasst von
A. J. Jacobs
Copyright-Jahr
2019
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Buch
The Automotive Industry and European Integration

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-17430-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-17431-6

Copyright-Jahr: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17431-6_8

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