Geely Black Cab, in Fengjing, Shanghai, and exported semi-complete knock-down kits for assembly in the UK. In 2009, Geely bought Drivetrain Systems International Pty Ltd, a global transmission developer headquartered in Australia. ZGH sells passenger cars under five marques currently: Geely Auto, Lynk & Co, PROTON, Lotus, Volvo, and Polestar, Volvo's Electric Performance Vehicle Subsidiary. Many of Geely's early products were based on the Xiali, a variant of the 1987 Daihatsu Charade. Models such as the Haoqing (豪情) (five-door), Merrie (美日) (five-door), Uliou (优利欧) (four-door), and Urban Nanny (van and pick-up truck) have Charade bases, but feature a more prominent chromed
PROTON Holdings the new Ertiga on 24 November. The launch of four new Proton models within the span of six months was unprecedented in the company's history. Masazumi Ogawa was recruited as the director of quality control in Proton. On 24 May 2017, parent company DRB-HICOM announced plans to sell a 49.9% stake in Proton to Zhejiang Geely Automobile Holdings. Eventually, DRB-HICOM also sold 51% controlling-stake in Lotus to Geely, and the remaining 49% stake to Etika Automotive. The definitive agreement was in July 2017. Proton had owned Lotus since 1996, and largely struggled to turn the fortunes of the sports car