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
Shanghai Maple signed on 22 March 2013. Shanghai Maple Shanghai Maple Guorun Automobile Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Maple) is a Chinese automobile manufacturing company based in Fengjing, Shanghai, and a subsidiary of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. Shanghai Maple was established in 2000. Geely acquired a strategic holding in Shanghai Maple in 2002, and in 2008 Shanghai Maple was fully consolidated into Geely as their budget brand. The first Shanghai Maple vehicle was produced in the summer of 2003, based on the 1990s-era Citroen ZX. The Maple Marindo was displayed at the 2005 Frankfurt Motor Show. The export of Shanghai Maple vehicles to Egypt