Originally posted by TehJarVu:
only good enough for chinanese to drive in chai-nah........
try exporting it to america, japan, singapore?!!!!!!!!!!!
hehe
Brilliance to export 158,000 cars
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-12-02 10:03
Brilliance China Auto, a partner of BMW, has clinched China's largest ever automobile export deal with a German company to sell 158,000 of its Zhonghua cars in Europe over the next five years.
According to the deal worth 16 billion yuan (2.04 U.S. dollars), the Shenyang-based company's Zhonghua cars will be distributed in Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland and Poland through the Bremen-based HSO Auto Trading Company.
It is a breakthrough for the Chinese car-making industry, which is more commonly associated with exporting low-end models to southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
Brilliance Auto did not reveal the prices of the exported cars but Thursday's Beijing News quoted an anonymous insider involved in the deal as saying that the first batch of the Zhonghua Zunchi cars were priced between 19,000 euro and 23,000 euro each and the Zhonghua Junjie cars at between 16,000 euro and 18,000 euro.
The export prices were higher than domestic ones because Brilliance Auto improved the cars to ensure they met German standards, including safety and emission standards, said the newspaper report. However, the cars are still 20 percent cheaper than those of the same grade on the European market.