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24 Feb Reimagining Mobility in the China Context

Posted at 01:52h in After Sales, Article, China, Electric Vehicles, Innovation, New Mobility, Product & Technology, Telematics by Bill Russo 0 Comments

Gao Feng Insights Report, February 2016 We are pleased to share with you our paper titled: Reimagining Mobility in the China Context. This article builds on the themes from our previous article titled Digital Disruption in China’s Automotive Industry, and offers a perspective at how the traditional value chain of the...

02 Feb GM's Cadillac Opens China Factory to Target Luxury Market

Posted at 02:29h in China, Media Mentions, Production, Sales by Bill Russo 0 Comments

The New York Times, January 21, 2016 SHANGHAI — General Motors Co. opened a Cadillac factory in China on Thursday to target the country's growing but crowded luxury car market. The 8 billion yuan ($1.2 billion) factory operated with its main Chinese partner, Shanghai Automotive Industries Corp.,...

28 Jul China car market braced for abnormal era of flat sales

Posted at 10:10h in China, Media Mentions, Sales by Bill Russo 0 Comments

The Financial Times, July 27, 2015 On the eve of China’s largest car show in April, executives and analysts braced themselves for a “new normal”: single-digit sales growth after two fat years. Yet some are beginning to wonder if the world’s largest car market is actually entering...

23 Feb Competing in the China Truck Market

Posted at 04:07h in Article, Asia, China, Emerging Markets, Product & Technology, Sales by Bill Russo 0 Comments

Gao Feng Insights Report, February 2015 We are pleased to share with you a report titled: Competing in the China Truck Market. While global brands have enjoyed success in China's passenger vehicle market, the same cannot be said for the commercial vehicle market. This segment has been...

13 Feb China's Car Factory Binge Risks Hurting Automakers' Margins

Posted at 01:21h in China, Media Mentions, Production, Uncategorized by Bill Russo 0 Comments

Bloomberg Business, February 13, 2015 [caption id="attachment_153" align="aligncenter" width="680"] Automakers have been successful at adding factories. Maybe too successful[/caption] When consultant Bill Russo visited Chery Automobile’s headquarters in China’s eastern Anhui province about three years ago, he listened to the company’s plans to expand its factories to...

03 Feb Qoros Names Former Head of GM China Operations as CEO

Posted at 12:11h in China, Europe, Media Mentions, Sales by Bill Russo 0 Comments

The Wall Street Journal, February 3, 2015 Chinese Startup Car Maker Appoints Former GM Exec in Bid to Revive Fortunes By Colum Murphy Feb. 3, 2015 5:47 a.m. ET Phil Murtaugh in Los Angeles on March 16, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS SHANGHAI—Chinese startup car maker Qoros Automotive Co. appointed the former head...

30 Jan Toyota Poised to Lose Global Sales Lead to VW on China

Posted at 02:06h in China, Media Mentions, Sales by Bill Russo 0 Comments

Bloomberg News, January 22, 2015 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp., which fended off Volkswagen AG to remain the world’s top automaker in 2014, may lose the sales crown as early as this year as it falls behind in China, the world’s biggest auto market. Toyota is predicting...