FAW Car Corp, the partner of Japan's Mazda Motor Corp, announced it would invest 293 million yuan (US$43.2 million) to locally produce Mazda multi-purpose vehicles (MPV) to complete its product portfolio.

The listed unit of China's second-biggest car maker, FAW Group Corp, plans to make 20,000 Mazda-branded MPVs starting from 2009 after pouring money into new equipment and upgrading existing assembly lines in a plant in Changchun, it said in the latest filing to the Shenzhen stock market.

The move is expected to help FAW win more customers with a complete product line-up. It is now mainly partnered with Mazda to produce the Mazda 6 mid-to-high class sedan, which has been challenged by more competitive rivals such as Toyota's Camry and Honda's Accord.

Although the niche market segment accounts for a small proportion of the overall vehicle market, analysts said it would sustain growth in China's increasingly affluent society.

Half-year sales for MPVs added 4.09 percent to 111,400 units in China, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

First spy shots:
http://auto.sohu.com/20090309/n262696642.shtml


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JDM Mazda MPV.

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It seems the car will be named Mazda8:
http://auto.sina.com.cn/news/2009-12-31/0833554737.shtml


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Mazda8:
http://auto.sina.com.cn/news/2010-03-12/0923576841.shtml

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updated on October 25
more pics at:
http://www.autohome.com.cn/news/201010/147704.html
http://www.autohome.com.cn/news/201010/148677.html

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source:
http://car.autohome.com.cn/pic/series/2118.htm
http://product.xgo.com.cn/pic/iframe.php?brand_id=68&firm_id=19048&line_id=3883&ref0=http://product.xgo.com.cn/pic/


Test:
http://www.autohome.com.cn/advice/201012/158009.html