Premier Automotive Group protect their use of the name Land Rover. Ford sold Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata Motors in March 2008 for £1.15 billion. As part of Ford's sale of Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata Motors, the defunct Rover brand name was included, as well as the Daimler and Lanchester marques. Ford purchased Volvo's automotive division in 1999 while Volvo's commercial vehicles division became a separate company. Both share the use of symbols and trademarks. Geely was reported to have approached Ford in mid-2008 about a possible takeover of Volvo Cars. On 28 October 2009, Geely was named as the
Emgrand EC7 garages that used to sell Škodas before the company was owned by Volkswagen, and the type of establishment that once might have sold Rovers." Emgrand EC7 The Emgrand EC7 is a compact car produced by the Emgrand, division of the Chinese automaker Geely. After the discontinuation of the "Emgrand" brand, the EC7 was simply marketed as the Geely Emgrand or Geely New Emgrand in China. The EC7 was the launch vehicle for Emgrand (), the medium to high-end luxury brand of Geely that was launched in July 2009. The car was developed from the outset as an export model. Geely