Hooray for Chile 
Australia was 1st country to receive
-the 1st RHD Chinese built car
-Shanghai-Volkswagen Polo
Australia was 1st country to receive
-the 1st RHD Chinese built car
-Shanghai-Volkswagen Polo
Because the Sail was developed in China to be a cheap car but with a international make (Buick). The current facelifted Sail is more close to the rest of the GM-DAT (Ex-Daewoo) range of Shanghai GM (Spark/Matiz - Aveo - Lacetti/Nubira) than the Corsa-C which is more related to the german lineup (Opel)...egytuner said:I dont know why do they keep face-lifting the old corsa shape, while they can produce the whole new shape instead! & it will look better....
source:Gasgoo.comShanghai. February 27,2008 - Shanghai GM has decided to stop production of its Chevrolet Sail model and may replace it with Opel Corsa, local newspaper Beijing Youth News reported today.
Official statistics indicate that Shanghai GM only produced 9 Sail vehicles in January this year. Last year it sold 18,961 Sail vehicles, a 23 percent decline from a year earlier. A spokesman from Shanghai GM confirmed that the joint venture automaker has officially halted the production of Sail vehicles starting in January.
Eight years after it was locally produced and launched in Chinese market, the model’s production has finally come to a halt.
"Some 50,000 units of Sail were sold in the Chinese market in the first year after it arrived here, but since then, it has been facing tougher and tougher competitions from rivals such as Polo and Fit," said Ding Lei, General Manager of Shanghai GM.
The price of Sail also dropped from around 100,000 yuan ($13,988) to 50,000 yuan ($6,994) last year, but repeated price cuts failed to invigorate the slump sales.
Besides Sail vehicles, Shanghai GM also produces Chevrolet Aveo compact sedan and Aveo and Epica at its plant in Yantai, Shandong province. Last year the automaker sold 87,031 units Lova alone, up 136 percent from the year earlier.
The report also said the automaker may bring the Opel Corsa to replace the model, but the story has not been confirmed by Shanghai GM officials.
Sorry guys for posting a duplication of info, but my upper CCF (red) tool bar no longer contains the "search" or "today's posts" functions. Its been like that for about a month or two.1. Before starting a new topic, check to see if a thread already exists. Please use the search tool.
The Yizheng plant, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shanghai Automotive, was producing the Sabre four-seat pickup truck, which was based on General Motors Corp's Opel Combo chassis. The factory is capable of producing up to 30,000 vehicles a year.