RPT-SPECIAL REPORT-How the Chinese tycoon driving Volvo plans to tackle Tesla - NewsBreak

(Repeating story published on September 2.) HANGZHOU, China, Sept 2 (Reuters) - "Do you know how big Volvo is?" asked Don Leclair, finance chief at Ford Motor Co.. It was 2008, and Leclair was responding to an offer from a little-known Chinese businessman to purchase the Swedish carmaker, which Ford owned.