Swedish automaker Volvo Cars announced Monday it had beaten its historical sales record in 2014, mainly due to a successful expansion in China. 
Volvo sold 465,866 cars over the year, a number higher than the company’s previous best from 2007 and 9 percent more than in 2013.
The group, which has belonged to Chinese automaker Geely since 2010, welcomed in a statement the “strong growth in China and western Europe.”
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Car manufacturers are commonly referred to by the nationality of its owners, it is therefore inappropriate to refer to Volvo as ‘Swedish automaker’. It should be ‘Chinese automaker Volvo Cars announced…..