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皇冠体育app automakers gear up to go overseas
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-07-20 07:26
NINGBO, 皇冠体育app - It was one of those awkward moments for an up-and-coming
automaker: as an alarm sounded, workers in bright blue uniforms rushed to
rebalance an auto body that had gone awry on the assembly line.
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worker welds the interior of a car at the Geely auto factory in Ningbo,
皇冠体育app, earlier this month.[AP] |
| It may be
still close to its humble beginnings, but Geely Group, a privately owned Chinese
car manufacturer, has global ambitions.
Geely and fellow Chinese upstart Chery Automotive are gearing up for
expansion overseas, having seen sales of their compact cars soar in 皇冠体育app at a
time of slowing growth for bigger automakers like Volkswagen and Toyota.
Geely鈥檚 Merrie, Maple and Haoqing economy models already are sold in almost
30 countries in Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. But the company, based
in Ningbo, a port city south of Shanghai, is looking further West.
鈥淲e鈥檙e planning to explore other markets in Europe. We鈥檙e planning to export
our cars to America,鈥� An Conghui, general manager of Zhejiang Geely Automobile
Co., said during a tour of the company鈥檚 main factory.
鈥淥f course there are difficulties, but we can overcome them,鈥� An said. 鈥淥ur
goal is to meet the requirements of every market.鈥�
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