Chinese cars abroad

[F.Fernández]

Grupo Iraola, the industrial group settled in Venado Tuerto, famous for the assembly of Chinese motorbikes and car cushions under the brand "Corven", will start to import Foton trucks (the Aumark S), passenger vehicles (the brand was Chinese, but no data of what brand it is) and electric buses of Zhongtong and King Long. The vehicle import division will be called "CVN Motors".
https://autoblog.com.ar/2018/04/10/g...-en-argentina/

[dmitra]

Iran produced 1.44 million passenger cars in 2017-18 (A.P. 1396), of which over 223,000 were Chinese models assembled locally. Also, about 60% of the number of models produced in the country were of Chinese origin. I suppose one can safely say that Iran is the largest producer of Chinese cars outside China.

Please see attached PDF for details; notify if any mistakes.

[F.Fernández]

"Forget about Brazil, if the Argentinian automotive industry wants to survive, it must think of China" - C.C.
https://autoblog.com.ar/2018/05/02/o...nsar-en-china/

[F.Fernández]

After the incontrollable dollar price rising, car brands in Argentina are getting nervous. The Chinese (and imported) cars will suffer the consequences of today's Lebac's expiring too.

In another car brand, there was a meeting yesterday to assess whether they were still selling to the network or gave the order to stop operations. It was decided to continue the activity and wait for what happens today with the Lebac...

Hope that this won't be the end of 10 years of Chinese cars in Argentina.
https://autoblog.com.ar/2018/05/15/a...oncesionarios/A

[Naviato84]

Apparently, GAC will be at Paris Motor Show next October.

[phaeton]

Update for 2018 Chinese brand in Australia (Passenger & LCV)

http://www.jmcmotor.com.au/
https://fotonmotor.com.au/
https://mgmotor.com.au/
https://www.greatwallmotors.com.au/
https://www.haval.com.au/
https://www.ldvautomotive.com.au/

[dmitra]

Thanks, @phaeton!

[Lawrence]

Here's an interesting article about Ateco's efforts to couple SAIC's MG and LDV, at the Australian dealership level.

https://www.motoring.com.au/ldv-impo...mg-too-113191/

[Naviato84]

There is a dealership in Bremen, Germany, which sells some Chinese vehicles from BAIC and DFSK :

http://www.auto-aktiv.com/fahrzeugan...zin_braun.html
http://www.auto-aktiv.com/fahrzeugan..._blau_5km.html
http://www.auto-aktiv.com/fahrzeugan...17_3500km.html
http://www.auto-aktiv.com/fahrzeugan...017_500km.html

[dmitra]

Iran produced 892,000 passenger cars and 51,000 pickups in 2018-19 (A.P. 1397), of which over 168,000 (18%) were Chinese models assembled locally. Also, over 55% of the number of models produced in the country were of Chinese origin.





Source: IVMA

Some recent Chinese-sourced vehicles assembled from kits locally are not included in the table. I think this could be due to not meeting local content requirements enough to be categorized as a "national" product.