
To avoid tax, all Transit Connects arrived as passenger vehicles. Even without a free-trade pact, Ford Motor Co. has leaned on European models such as the Ford Fiesta and C-Max to extend its U.S. product line. But that strategy can backfire.

To avoid tax, all Transit Connects arrived as passenger vehicles. Even without a free-trade pact, Ford Motor Co. has leaned on European models such as the Ford Fiesta and C-Max to extend its U.S. product line. But that strategy can backfire.

Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., whose parent owns Volvo Car Corp., said it plans to start exporting vehicles that it develops with the Swedish brand from China to Europe and the United States.