There are plans to expand the minivan and pickup truck segment of SAIC-GM-Wuling, boosting capacity by almost 50% by the end of 2012.
SAIC-GM-Wuling, a tie-up between General Motors and Chinese partners (SAIC Motor Corp. and Liuzhou Wuling Automobile), revealed in a statement that this plan will add capacity of 210,000 units to an existing facility in the southern city of Liuzhou, which can produce 590,000 units each year. According further to the statement, expansion of the venture’s facility in the eastern city of Qingdao will begin very soon, raising the designed capacity from the current 300,000 units to 510,000 units by 2012. For now, the Chevrolet Spark is the only car made by the SAIC-GM-Wuling, which mainly produces Wuling-brand minivans and pickups. Yang Jie, general manager of the venture’s sales arm, said that the venture will soon announce plans to expand its portfolio to include a bigger sedan.
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