Report: Volvo boosting XC60 production, ponders bringing China-built cars to U.S.
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/china/" rel="tag">China</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/plants-manufacturing/" rel="tag">Plants/Manufacturing</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/volvo/" rel="tag">Volvo</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-volvo-xc60-r-design-quick-spin/"><img alt="xc60 r design" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/lead1-2011-volvo-xc60-r-design-qs.jpg" style="margin: 4px 0px;" /></a>
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<em><strong><small>2011 Volvo XC60 R-Design - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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New <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/volvo/">Volvo</a> CEO Stefan Jacoby has stated publicly that the Swedish automaker plans to double global sales to 800,000 units per year by 2020. That's a significant increase by any measure, and the company's popular <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/xc60/">XC60</a> crossover appears to be a big part of those plans. <em>Automobile</em> reports that the Geely-owned automaker plans to increase production of the popular crossover to 100,000 units globally, with quite a few of those extra units reserved for the rebounding U.S. market. Volvo is reportedly optimistic that it can increase XC60 sales by eight percent over 2010 levels.<br />
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We guessing Volvo can increase production at its existing plants to nudge XC60 sales beyond the six-figure mark, but to hit 800,000 total units per year, a new plant is likely needed. It just so happens Volvo is planning a new factory in China, and <em>Automobile</em> cites a report by<em> The Wall Street Journal</em> that suggests the idea is being kicked around to build vehicles in the emerging market and ship a portion of them them to our shores.<br />
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The plan makes abundant sense from a cost standpoint, but the move would have to be approved by the Chinese government. It should help that Volvo is owned by a Chinese automaker, and we're thinking it's only a matter of time before "Made in China" will include cars and trucks 'round these parts before too long.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-volvo-xc60-r-design-quick-spin">2011 Volvo XC60 R-Design: Quick Spin</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-volvo-xc60-r-design-quick-spin/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/01-2011-volvo-xc60-r-design-qs_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2011 Volvo XC60 R-Design" title="2011 Volvo XC60 R-Design" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-volvo-xc60-r-design-quick-spin/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/02-2011-volvo-xc60-r-design-qs_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2011 Volvo XC60 R-Design" title="2011 Volvo XC60 R-Design" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-volvo-xc60-r-design-quick-spin/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/03-2011-volvo-xc60-r-design-qs_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2011 Volvo XC60 R-Design" title="2011 Volvo XC60 R-Design" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-volvo-xc60-r-design-quick-spin/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/04-2011-volvo-xc60-r-design-qs_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2011 Volvo XC60 R-Design" title="2011 Volvo XC60 R-Design" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-volvo-xc60-r-design-quick-spin/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/05-2011-volvo-xc60-r-design-qs_thumbnail.jpg" alt="2011 Volvo XC60 R-Design" title="2011 Volvo XC60 R-Design" /></a></div><br />
<strong><em><font size="1">Photos copyright (C)2010 Zach Bowman / AOL</font></em></strong><br />
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[Source: <a href="http://rumors.automobilemag.com/volvo-build-chinese-factory-xc60-production-13543.html">Automobile</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/21/report-volvo-boosting-xc60-production-ponders-bringing-china-b/">Report: Volvo boosting XC60 production, ponders bringing China-built cars to U.S.</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:29:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://rumors.automobilemag.com/volvo-build-chinese-factory-xc60-production-13543.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/21/report-volvo-boosting-xc60-production-ponders-bringing-china-b/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19803270/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/21/report-volvo-boosting-xc60-production-ponders-bringing-china-b/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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