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Wuling started exporting Hongtu to Peru. The van will be sold through Chevrolet dealers.

General Motors announced that its SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture has begun exporting the Chevrolet N200 minivan from China to Peru. The N200 will be sold in Peru through Chevrolet’s local marketing and dealership network.

This marks the first export of mini-commercial vehicles by GM from China to Latin America. In 2007, its Shanghai GM joint venture exported the Chevrolet Sail small car to Chile.

The N200, which is sold in China by SAIC-GM-Wuling as the Wuling Hong Tu, made its global debut in 2006 and entered the Chinese market last year. The high-end minivan was developed by SAIC-GM-Wuling with support from the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC), GM’s automotive engineering and design center in Shanghai.

The N200 possesses a simple yet elegant design and a comfortable, spacious interior that has made it popular among both personal and commercial customers. It is very user-friendly, which gives it a feel that is on par with passenger sedans.

Engineers put the Hong Tu through 170,000 kilometers of road testing using the same standards adopted for medium and high-end passenger cars. The minivan meets all advanced Chinese safety requirements.

Kevin Wale, President and Managing Director of the GM China Group, said: “Exporting the N200 is a great achievement for SAIC-GM-Wuling. It sends a positive message about the quality of GM products designed and built in China.”

SAIC-GM-Wuling held an export launch ceremony earlier at its headquarters in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.Among the 40 government officials in attendance were Guangxi Governor Ma Biao and Guangxi Vice Governor Yang Taoxi.

SAIC-GM-Wuling was established in 2002.GM China holds a 34.0 percent stake, SAIC holds 50.1 percent and Wuling Motors holds 15.9 percent.It manufactures a range of Wuling brand mini-trucks and minivans as well as the Chevrolet Spark mini-car. In 2007, SAIC-GM-Wuling sold 548,945 vehicles in China.It ended 2007 number one in sales among domestic mini-vehicle producers for the second consecutive year.
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martin_krpan said:
Wuling started exporting Hongtu to Peru. The van will be sold through Chevrolet dealers.
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GM may start importing Wuling minivans to Brasil also. But strange thing is that N200 is still not advertised at Chevrolet del Peru webpage. This raises question whether GM even started selling minivan in South America already.

http://quatrorodas.abril.com.br/noticias/174324_p.shtml

The Chevrolet never gave much attention to the segment of vehicles, but the assembly can have a surprising novelty soon.

This curious minivan was caught by four wheels in the ABC Paulista, specifically in the vicinity of the Volkswagen factory. However, the vehicle displayed signs of São Caetano do Sul, city headquarters of General Motors, which is not a mere coincidence.

Under the tapes to hide the logos, the name that appears is the Wuling, a joint venture in China with Shanghai GM. Although little known here, the company has already been approved by a vehicle to be sold in the country.

The model is Rong Guang, launched at the Beijing Fair of 2008 and equipped with a 1.2 engine from 71 bhp of power. With 4 meters long, 1.60 meters wide and 1.90 high, the minivan can carry up to eight passengers.

If there really is sold, the Rong Guang as competitors have three countrymen Chana Family, and Effa Minivan Auto CN Towner, in addition to veteran Volkswagen Kombi.
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First Wuling Rongguang Microvan Rolls off Line in Egypt as Chevy Move N300

On May 9, the first Chevy Move N300 microvan, a re-badged Wuling Rongguang, rolled off assembly line in GM’s factory in Egypt. Built from complete-knock-down (CKD) kits provided by SGMW, a three-way joint venture between SAIC, GM, and Wuling, the N300 will go on sale in the third quarter of 2012. It will be distributed in North Africa and the Arabia Free Trade Zone.

SGMW and GM Egypt signed a technological license and engineering services agreement in November, 2011, regarding the assembly of the Chevy Move N300 in Egypt. Annual production of the cheap van is expected to reach 5,000. Currently, the N300 is available locally as an imported model; so is the smaller N200, a re-badged Wuling Hongtu.

Egypt is the first but not the only foreign country to produce Wuling models. In August, another model from SGMW, the Wuling Hongguang or CN100, is scheduled to roll off line at GM’s factory in Halol, India.

SGMW, the largest microvan maker in China, delivered over 1.3 million vehicles in 2011, including 1.21 million Wuling brand models (mostly micovans). Sales of the Rongguang/N300, which was originally released on June 13, 2008, reached 1 million in early March this year.

The company shipped a limited 14,000 units to foreign markets in 2011. This year, it targets over 20,000 in overseas sales.

http://chinaautoweb.com/2012/05/fir.../05/first-wuling-rongguang-microvan-rolls-off-line-in-egypt-as-chevy-move-n300/


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