Geely says Sept car sales double, Jan-Sept up 42 pct

HONG KONG, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd said on Monday that it posted record sales of 32,053 cars in September, more than double the same month last year and up 40 percent from August.

This brought Geely's sales for the first nine months of 2009 to 217,334 units, up 42 percent from the same period last year, it said in a statement.

Geely, whose parent is considering bidding for