FACTBOX-How do carmakers Geely and Volvo compare?

March 28 (Reuters) - Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, China's
largest private-run car maker, agreed on Sunday to acquire Ford
Motor's (F.N) Volvo car unit, the country's biggest overseas
auto purchase. [ID:nLDE62R08N]

Zhejiang Geely, which produces sedans through its Hong
Kong-listed Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd (0175.HK), is China's
10th largest automaker based on 2009 sales. It has set a 2010
sales target at 400,000 units, up 23 percent from 2009 but
slower than a 59 percent growth last year.

Below are selected financial statistics for Geely and Volvo:

GEELY AUTOMOBILE

2009 2008 2007

Revenue: (f'cast) (actual) (actual) in $
mln

2,038.9 *628.2 19.3

pct changes +225 +3,155 +3.8

Net Profit: (f'cast) (actual) (actual) in $
mln

201.4 128.8 44.3

pct changes +56.4 +190.7 +44.9

Employees: 11,100 9,945 8,813

Shrs issued: **6.62 bln 5.845 bln 4.93 bln

Market Cap: $ by year end

3.6 bln 472 mln 556 mln

Sources: Geely Auto annual report and foreasts from Thomson
Reuters I/B/E/S

* 2008 revenue jumped significantly after the company
finished buying control of all its parent's car plants.

** As at the end of June 2009

VOLVO CAR CORPORATION

2009 2008 2007

Revenue in $ mln: 12,400 14,679 17,859

pct changes -16 -18 n/a

Pretax result in $ mln: -653 -1,465 -164

Employees: 19,650 22,732 24,386

Other: Volvo last made a full-year profit in 2005. Its main
plants are in Torslanda, Sweden, and Ghent, Belgium. It also has
manufacturing units in Uddevalla, Sweden, and Chongqing, China,
as well as in Malaysia and Thailand.

Source: Volvo Car Corporation.
($1=HK$7.8=6.827 Yuan)
(Reporting by Alison Leung and Niklas Pollard, editing by Will
Waterman)