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In China, Buick has currently been present since 1999 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick) and has become one of the most coveted cars in China. Why China?Many Chinese had fond memories of pre-1949 Buicks and GM seeked to build on that Reputation that never tarnished as it had in the US. In 1999 Shanghai-GM introduced a Chinese-built Buick Century/Regal (the Regal is still sold in China), and soon
to follow were the compact Excelle (based on Daewoo Nubira/Lacetti) also with a hatchback version called the HRV, and a modified version of the American Pontiac Montana minivan, called the Buick GL8(positioned in the middle of the range). Soon after came
the Opel-Corsa based Sail (since 2005 the Chevrolet Sail), and in 2005 came the Royaum, based on the Australian Holden Statesman/Caprice. In 2006, Buick introduced the LaCrosse, a modified version of the American LaCrosse sedan (related to the Taiwanese LaCrosse) which is positioned above the Regal but below the Royaum. China is now Buick's #1 Market, with 218,603 vehicles sold in China in the first 10 months of 2006 and only 206,582 cars sold in the US at the same time.
Sources: (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16268883/), (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick), (www.buick.com.cn).
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to follow were the compact Excelle (based on Daewoo Nubira/Lacetti) also with a hatchback version called the HRV, and a modified version of the American Pontiac Montana minivan, called the Buick GL8(positioned in the middle of the range). Soon after came
the Opel-Corsa based Sail (since 2005 the Chevrolet Sail), and in 2005 came the Royaum, based on the Australian Holden Statesman/Caprice. In 2006, Buick introduced the LaCrosse, a modified version of the American LaCrosse sedan (related to the Taiwanese LaCrosse) which is positioned above the Regal but below the Royaum. China is now Buick's #1 Market, with 218,603 vehicles sold in China in the first 10 months of 2006 and only 206,582 cars sold in the US at the same time.
Sources: (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16268883/), (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick), (www.buick.com.cn).
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