Booth, in a statement today says,

"Ford believes Geely has the potential to be a responsible future owner of Volvo and to take the business forward while preserving its core values and the independence of the Swedish brand"

Yes, because any time we see a Chinese restaurant offering Swedish meatballs, we think we're getting the heights of culinary delight.

Of course that can't be any worse than when we see Swedish meatballs at Denny's — which, come to think of it, we've been seeing since 1999's sale of Volvo Cars to Ford for $6.45 billion. [via AutoNews]

The computer generated image in the gallery below gives an idea as to what the creators envisioned. The rest of the photos clearly show how not close they were. Aside from the F1-style fender, the car looks more like Enzo Ferrari's nightmares than an actual Ferrari Enzo. Still, points for dreaming big. [Gaibar via Carscoop]

The ET925 is a concept vehicle at this point, but it portrays a platform likely to see production. The truck gets a plastic liner in the back and some nice exhaust tips, but other than these details we don't have much information on the vehicle. No matter what it looks like, we're betting the interior still smells like hot chemical death.

The Geely GE is expected to be the first major luxury offering from Geely's elegant sub-brand ENGLON (which stands for London, England) if it ever goes into production. Modeled after the Rolls Royce Phantom in a peculiarly Chinese way, the GE even has its own hood ornament... though we can't be sure what it is.

If it does see production we imagine it'll only be for high-ranking members of the Chinese Politburo Steering Committee. Lonely, lonely members.

The Geely GT is both uniquely Chinese and, somehow, actually unique. We could pick out some minor design influences, but the vehicle still stands on it's own as something special. However, when we last saw the GT it was just a shell. Things have changed.

The addition of working doors and a real interior has us hoping they actually could produce it, possibly as the Geely Tiger, sometime in the future. We'd heard rumors it could be called the Emgrand GT, but the floormats say "Tiger" so we're going to go with that name as a real possibility mostly because it makes sense if it'll be offered alongside the Beauty Leopard.

We've previously given you a glimpse at the ET925 Experimental Truck, as well as the GE Rolls Phantom-ripoff, but they've finally given us a look into their entire Shanghai Auto Show lineup which includes, yet again, the Geely GT, though this time with a full blown interior.

We can't blame them for not trying and we're entirely curious what this newborn automotive landscape will look like in 20 years. [thetycho via geely]

In addition to bringing the Emgrand GT, or possibly EM Grand GT, the much weirder rumor is of a car called the Shanghai EngLon, with EngLon being a mashup of England-London. Should the Geely Emgrand GT actually be a production version of the GT show car it'll probably be toned down just a bit with performance nowhere in the realm of the athletic styling. [The Tycho]

The throne-like rear seat sits on plush red carpet underneath a starry night sky - the latter ripped straight from the Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe.

No word on what engine underpowers the big Geely, but expect it to make an official premiere at the Shanghai Auto Show on April 20. [via TheTycho]

Geely Automobile Holdings is likely to submit a bid later this month to acquire Ford Motor's luxury Volvo car brand, two people familiar with the situation said. Offers for the Swedish unit of Ford are due to be submitted as early as next week, and as late as the end of the third week of March, the knowledgeable people said. In addition to Geely, there are at least three other possible bidders, one of which is also a Chinese company, according to one of the people. We're still wondering what Chinese-flavored Volvo will taste like anyway. [via WSJ]

10.) Brilliance FRV

9.) CH Design Scorpio

8.) Lifan Mini Cooper Knock-Off

7.) Brilliance BC3

6.) MG TF Police Convertible

5.) BYD F6 Hybrid

4.) BAW B60 Jeep

3. Volkswagen Santana

2. Geely GT

1. Gullwing Amphibous Santana

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