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11-04-2009, 05:42 PM
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Reports: China auto sales surpass US for 3rd month
By ELAINE KURTENBACH 15 hours ago SHANGHAI (AP) Preliminary figures show auto sales in China reached about 1.03 million in March, exceeding U.S. sales for the third month in a row, state media reports said Wednesday. Data from 14 major auto makers, accounting for roughly 90 percent of total sales, totaled 1.026 million, the Shanghai Securities News and other state-run newspapers said, citing Chen Bin, head of the Department of Industry at China's main economic planning agency. Full industry data due to be released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers in coming days could push March auto sales in China, the world's second-largest auto market, to a monthly record, the reports said. China's industrywide auto sales in March 2008 totaled 1.06 million, it said. Americans bought 857,735 new vehicles in March, down 37 percent from the 1.36 million sold in the same month a year earlier, according to Autodata Corp. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...imdNQD97E8G8O0 |
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11-04-2009, 06:11 PM
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TARMAC EATER & HSV BEATER
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Cheaper labour = Cheaper parts. Makes sense really.
Dont know what the quality control would be like considering everything else that comes out of there.
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11-04-2009, 06:24 PM
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With these due here mid year we will soon find out. I wonder if the names will change, will Aussies like driving a Wingle ?  
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11-04-2009, 07:11 PM
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The front end doesn't look industrial enough. Looks like a Daihatsu?
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11-04-2009, 07:18 PM
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firewall back looks a LOT like rodeo / colorado
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11-04-2009, 07:23 PM
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11-04-2009, 07:39 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Don't forget 1.3 billion people vs the USA with 310 million (approx)
That means if they had take up of cars at the rate of the US they would sell 4Mil+ per month. Now that's a traffic jam!!
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God I hope no one buys these throwaway Chinese monstrosities. If they gain traction and more Chinese manufacturers follow, you can probably kiss the local industries goodbye. |
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12-04-2009, 11:44 AM
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whoa, that looks like a rodeo with a 300c front....
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13-04-2009, 09:53 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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The Californian's can look forward to waking up each morning to more and more China smog rolling in from across the sea it seems. They are loving it
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13-04-2009, 10:39 PM
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Or is 60minutes is branching out into newspaper reports?
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China auto sales surpass US for 3rd month
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