Automaker Story

Leo Breevoort - September 3, 2023 2

Part 4 of the Automaker Story on Chery. Features Chery's joint ventures, its role as EV pioneer and the latest corporate developments.

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Leo Breevoort - August 20, 2023 5

Part 3 of the Automaker Story on Chery. In very Chinese fashion, Chery like to come up with new brands all the time.

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Leo Breevoort - July 31, 2023 12

Part 2 of the Automaker Story on Chery. The brand moves from the Seat Toledo to Daewoo designs and then its game changing A3 model.

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Leo Breevoort - July 24, 2023 3

Part 1 of the Automaker Story on Chery. Wuhu City's attempts to establish itself as car manufacturing hub lead to the founding of Chery.

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Leo Breevoort - July 10, 2023 1

Part 3 of the Automaker Story on JMC. This time the story of JMC's passenger car brand Landwind and NEV-subsidiary JMEV.

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Leo Breevoort - July 2, 2023 0

Part 2 of the Automaker Story on JMC. Ford Motor Co joins JMC to form a joint venture and JMC acquires a pickup manufacturer.

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Leo Breevoort - June 25, 2023 3

Part 1 of the Automaker Story on JMC. General manager Sun Min turns loss-making Jinggangshan truckmaker into a buoyant Isuzu joint venture.

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Leo Breevoort - June 18, 2023 3

Youngman Lotus was a rival to Geely and BYD, but fell by the wayside. Plus fighter jets, plastic bags, and how the Skylark brand survived.

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Leo Breevoort - June 11, 2023 2

Part 4 of the Automaker Story on GAC. In this episode GAC takes over the Gonow brand and creates its own Trumpchi, Aion and Hycan brands.

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Leo Breevoort - June 4, 2023 3

Last week we saw how GAC replaced an unwilling joint venture partner with a more promising one and reorganized its business structure. It also...