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The Shanghai Auto Show has concluded with a bang. It set a new record high since its launch in 1985. The bi-annual event hosted around 500-thousand visitors from over 100 countries and regions.

Vehicles displaying at the exhibition sold like hot cakes. This year's event featured more than 10 global and Asian debuts of cars with the latest fuel-efficient technologies.

Major manufacturers from around the world showed off dozens of the latest motoring marvels. This follows the success of the Beijing Auto Show last November.

Experts say car manufacturers' willingness to spend so heavily on two major local car shows just months apart clearly signals China's growing importance.

Home-grown brands such as Chery and SAIC also made debut of their newly-developed fuel cell vehicles, competing with their international counterparts.

 

[jmsteiny]

Great............

It's nice to hear that the Shanghai show was such a success........even with the reported problems that were posted on another thread in the forum. China's importance in the world auto market IS growing - and growing quickly. I hope that the leaders involved in organizing the Shanghai show are pleased with the success of the show, but I ALSO hope they learn from some of the mistakes that we unfortunately had to read about as well.

Speaking of all the new cars......................where are the pics of them???? I haven't seen ANY pics of some of these new fuel cell cars from Chery and SAIC........and wasn't Chery ALSO going to show the new QQ5 (S21)??? How about some nice pics of the new Brilliance A1 (I've seen single shots on other websites..........a REALLY nice looking car with a starting price of 75,000rmb)?? I've seen ENOUGH pics of scantily clad models - how about showing me (us) some of the NEW CARS????????????:nod: