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Two Chinese automakers to merge, expand globally

12/26/2007, 2:18 PM

By Drew Johnson

Two of China’s largest automakers — Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC) and Nanjing Automobile Corp. — have announced that they will merge in an effort to better compete globally. SAIC — which acquired Nanjing — is currently the Chinese partner of General Motors and Volkswagen, and also has its own Roewe brand. Nanjing purchased the MG brand from the MG Rover Group in 2005, but will now be owned by SAIC.

SAIC will take control of Nanjing’s British assembly plant, which is preparing to produce MG roadsters. SAIC will use the plant to build sales in Europe. “The British business will become SAIC’s new platform for overseas markets and a window of SAIC toward Europe,” Chen Hong, president of SAIC, told Automotive News.

No time frame was given for when the new MG will begin production, but Chen says production will start soon.

According to Automotive News, Fiat’s current deal with Nanjing to produce passenger vehicles in China will be dissolved. The two companies will continue to produce commercial vehicles in China.

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12/26, 2:22 PM

posted by:

CA36GTP

Due to increased design resources at SAIC, average accident survivability increased to a full 1.36%

12/26, 2:54 PM

posted by:

Commodore

Well, meet China’s GM – SAIC. I would actually buy from this company’s partners (the chinese Buick Park Avenue). With GM and VW being China’s #1 and #2 foreign automakers respectively (GM sold a 1 million cars in 07), you can bet your ass that SAIC will be around for a while (unlike the other smaller chinese POS that will fail and be bought up by their bigger competition soon).

12/26, 3:39 PM

posted by:

Madcapp

All your cars are belong to us.

12/26, 3:49 PM

posted by:

autonut

I would not trust Chinese version of AK-47, but all Africa is full of them (and perhaps most of Asia). I would not let my children to play with Chinese toys due to led content, but there are a lot of parents who not aware of this problem. There was article in NY Times today that Asia is full of chinese made scooters and motorbikes with names like Yomoha and Dacati. They are ****ty, but cost 25% of Japanese models that made locally (not in Japan). The moral is: for each piece of **** there is a crow to nourish on.

12/26, 4:35 PM

posted by:

Commodore

Indeed autonut. And because of these crows, China is an economic threat to us

12/26, 4:42 PM

posted by:

LP640

ching chong the Chinese are taking over the world. Nuke em Bush

12/26, 6:27 PM

posted by:

autonut

There is a silver lining in all of it. They are commies and as such they have no morals. They compete only on the price of knock-offs. Japanese products were of low quality, but Japs do have morals (or we nuked morals into them), so they could make a transition from competing on price to competing on quality. I don’t believe Chinese are capable of transition. At some point somebody with cheaper labor will come along and this will be the finale to Chinese industrialization. They are way to crooked to invest into quality.

12/26, 6:59 PM

posted by:

johnnycanuck

We all know it’s going to happen; their products are going to reach our shores. I, however, will not buy one. And neither will you autonut. Or you Commodore. Or you Madcapp. Or you CA36. LP640 would probably get lost on the way to the dealership but we’ll count him/her to.

We know why so many people shop at Wal-Mart: because it’s cheap. And whether the appliance is a blender or a car, that’s all it is to the majority and nothing more- an appliance.

Chinese vehicles are coming and they are going to be as cheap and flimsy as communist doctrine, but they will sell every boatload they can bring over. And when it’s all said and done we’ll try not to say ‘I told you so’ while being forced to listen to all the fools blame everyone but themselves for their short-sightedness.

12/26, 8:52 PM

posted by:

Veda

“They are way to crooked to invest into quality.”

The driving force behind mainlanders has always been money. They are able to adapt living pretty much everywhere around the world, don’t you think they’ll adapt when it comes to money? Besides, I think the OEM stuff they produce (computer parts, etc.) has been good enough for US consumption, so if required they really have the tools to do it. Not sure about the crooked part, I think jews are much more cunning when compared to other races but that discussion isn’t related to cars.

12/26, 8:54 PM

posted by:

CA36GTP

“LP640 would probably get lost on the way to the dealership but we’ll count him/her to.”

1000 points to you, sir.

12/26, 8:57 PM

posted by:

TOZO

Well, well… SAIC, the chinese company that bankrupted MG Rover in the first place by walking out on its deal to buy half the company ends up buying the whole company for a lot less. Well played, SAIC. Well played. Wont the British hate the SAIC overlords of MG-Roewe though because they know that SAIC screwed them over from having a British-owned mass producing car company?

12/26, 11:38 PM

posted by:

vlphil

F- china!

12/26, 11:52 PM

posted by:

Elvio

vlphil,,,,are you the member of 3K?

12/27, 6:25 AM

posted by:

V2

just what we need, 2 large chinese car companies that prodce crap to merge, share ideas and produce even more crap!

12/27, 7:16 AM

posted by:

Get Real

In COMMUNIST China you merge??? ..at the point of a gun.

12/27, 9:33 AM

posted by:

Stuart

As i come from england I can assure you that we brits won’t touch any of their cars (including the MG’s) because we demand value for money and can tell the difference between good and crap cars.

Hence why we don’t buy many lexus, chevys, caddys, anything chinese and anything else that is inferior to vauxhall (Opel, holden or saturn).

12/27, 10:24 AM

posted by:

V2

Stuart, Lexus is from Japan you idiot!!! You think Lexus is inferior to vauxhall???? Why don’t you go and buy a jag! Oh sorry….you brits don’t have a car industry anymore. Hope you have heaps of fun driving your superior vauxhall round London you tosser!!! Now remember this you dickhead, china and Japan are 2 seperate (yes you stupid brit) countries!!!

12/27, 12:34 PM

posted by:

Elvio

I thought some Americans are dumb enought, just like Bush, that no one can compare with. But, the American is no contest to the Brit on that.

12/27, 5:46 PM

posted by:

TOZO

if they’re communist, isn’t every chinese company theoretically merged into one company, the republic of china, anyway?

12/27, 7:00 PM

posted by:

Stuart

V2 & Elvio – You biggest ****sucking retards to ever grace this planet since it creation. Whats next you batty boys telling me that Chevy and caddy are not chinese? And you wonder why people think american are not smart.

We might not have a car industry now apart from aston and the few small makers but at least our industry isn’t in its final life getting raped by the germans and japanese. Besides i would rather take a aston over ANY american car, anyday.

My fault in presuming you actually had half a brain to work out that lexus and vauxhall were not in the same category. Lexus would be compared to Audi (the crapest german make). Caddy and chevy are crap hence why their new models are being tested in europe by european engineers. Ever wonder why americans only buy them? because they can’t actually compete with vauxhall let alone the Mercs,BMW,Audi hell even the Jaguars, Saabs,Volvo, Alfa’s or anything european.

Half you idiots still think Lexus is american and you trying to lecture me about the diffrence between japanese and chinese. Use your brain stupid

P.s. Jaguars cars are years ahead of anything american has or ever will produce. Keep an eye on the Jaguar XF bitches because that car will show just how to beat the german let alone the crappy Toyota (Sorry Lexus to you americans).

R.I.P Big three

12/27, 8:38 PM

posted by:

deutschetouring1337

Heres whats gonna happen, since car manufacturers were so fast to move in to China. They took any chance they got to get in and that might as well have been their demise since the Chinese Goverment is requiring all Auto manufacturers who want to sell in the mainland provinces have to team up with local car makers and can only half and half. And China gets to make out with new technology brought in by VW/GM/ etc. Awesome gameplan for China but, once China starts making reliable and aesthetically pleasing models they WILL be the #1 Auto makers in the world.

12/28, 7:30 AM

posted by:

V2

Stuart you stupid pommy bastard….once again Lexus is Japanese. The Japanese do a great service to the world. They make exceptional vehicles. The Chinese produce nothing but inferior **** and are useless. The English are even more useless than the Chinese. You have no industries and all that ever comes out of Britain are used car salesmen and people with bad teeth who don’t shower………..****breath!

12/28, 8:38 AM

posted by:

Poisonous Cinquecento

Stuart America practically own Jag, Saab and Volvo so it doesn’t apply.
The only thing you guys produced was the Taxis. now owned by Chinese, and TVR now in Russian spoiled brat hands.

If your lucky the Germans and Japs will let you guys keep your jobs building “their” Rolles Royces and Civics.

Also please don’t use “our” cars in your arguments because as Britain has stated many times before when it suits them, YOU ARE NOT PART OF EUROPE.
So go eat a Chip Bap and get fisted at the Slug and Lettuce by 10 guys…

12/28, 3:35 PM

posted by:

Stuart

V2, Poisonous Cinquecento – Where did america come from? You inbred sons of a retards. If only you spent more time researching and less time shagging your sisters or brothers, we might be actually having a intelligent conversation right now.

Jaguar is now our worst car maker. There is no american car company that actually even come close to their cars let alone the Bentleys, Rolls, Mclarens or Astons.

Hell the only half decent american cars are the euro fords which even ford thinks is too good for you queers. P.s. the hints in euro

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe – UK still not part of europe idiots

You american just know how to butcher things like the English language. Never have i seen such a bunch of uneducated bunch of retard so clueless about life

01/07, 6:36 PM

posted by:

jackjimturkey

good one, Stuart

 
 
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