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Daimler open to buying small stake in Volvo cars: Manager Magazin

Published 04/19/2018, 08:19 AM
Updated 04/19/2018, 08:20 AM
© Reuters. The Daimler logo is seen before the Daimler annual shareholder meeting in Berlin
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler (DE:DAIGn) is open to supplying Volvo with engines and could even take a small stake in the Swedish carmaker, Manager Magazin said, raising the possibility of increased cooperation between Mercedes-Benz and China's Geely [GEELY.UL].

Daimler could buy "a couple of percent" in Volvo Cars, Manager Magazin said on Thursday, without citing sources.

Volvo declined to comment and a Daimler spokesman said: "This is pure speculation which we will not comment on."

The chairman of Volvo owner Geely, Li Shufu, stealthily built a $9 billion stake in Daimler by the end of February, seeking to forge an alliance with the German carmaker as a way to counter the threat from new competitors such as Tesla (O:TSLA), Google (O:GOOGL) and Uber.[nL8N1QD5P5

Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche has welcomed the Geely chairman as a new shareholder and said any industrial alliance will depend on whether current China partner BAIC (HK:1958) agrees.

© Reuters. The Daimler logo is seen before the Daimler annual shareholder meeting in Berlin

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