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Chinese automobile company
Guangzhou Automobile Group Motor Co., Ltd.
Logo used internationally except China
Native name
广州汽车集团乘用车有限公司
[1] Founded July 21, 2008 Headquarters ,
Parent
GAC Group
[2] Website
gac-motor.com
GAC Motor (
Chinese : 广汽乘用车 ;
[3] short for Guangzhou Automobile Group Motor Co., Ltd.
[4] ), sometimes simply as GAC ,
[5] is a Chinese
[6]
automobile
manufacturing company
[7] founded in 2008,
[8] with
headquarters in
Guangzhou .
[9] Wholly owned by
GAC Group ,
[10] it focuses on making complete vehicles,
auto parts and their trading.
[11]
GAC Motor made its first foray into overseas markets in 2013.
[12] As of November 2021, it has entered the markets of the
Middle East ,
Europe ,
Latin America ,
Asia and
Africa .
[13] In addition, the company set up exclusive distributors in several
countries .
[14]
[15]
History
GAC Motor set up the International Business Department to arrange its overseas export operations in 2013.
[16] In the same year, it participated in the
Detroit Auto Show for the first time as the only Chinese automaker.
[17]
It introduced the GA6 in 2014.
[18] The company rolled out its first 7-seat SUV, the GS8, in 2016.
[19] In January 2017, it premiered three new models at the Detroit Auto Show, the GS7, the GE3 and the EnSpirit
plug-in hybrid concept.
[20] In the same year, GAC Motor opened a R&D center in
Silicon Valley .
[21]
It stepped into
Russia in December 2019.
[22]
References
^
"SAE 2018 China (Macau) Global Automotive Industry Summit" (PDF) . SAE International . November 2, 2018.
Archived (PDF) from the original on October 10, 2022.
^ Keith Bradsher (November 21, 2017).
"China to Export Trumpchi Cars to U.S., Maybe With a New Name" .
The New York Times . Archived from
the original on November 21, 2017.
^ Colum Murphy (January 12, 2015).
"GAC Motor considers building a plant in Russia" . The Wall Street Journal .
Archived from the original on October 10, 2022.
^ Reuters Staff (April 25, 2018).
"BRIEF-Aisin Seiki unit to set up automatic transmission production JVs with GAC Motor and Geely Automobile" .
Reuters .
^
"GAC Motor now in PH" .
Daily Tribune . November 18, 2018.
^ Worland, Justin (January 18, 2018).
"Why China Will Beat Tesla in the Electric Car Race" .
Time .
^ Spring, Jake (November 20, 2015).
"China's GAC Motor to upgrade factories to make green cars" .
Reuters .
^
"Legado Motors named official PH distributor of GAC vehicles" .
The Manila Times . November 13, 2018.
^ Neal E. Boudette.
"Chinese Auto Magnate Buys $9 Billion Stake in Daimler" .
The New York Times . February 23, 2018.
^
"Mutawa Alkazi Company launches GAC vehicles" .
Kuwait Times . December 14, 2014.
^
"China's GAC Motor sells electric cars in Israel" .
Xinhua News Agency . February 3, 2020. Archived from
the original on December 14, 2021.
^ Wang You.
"The internationalization of domestic auto brands is a long way to go" . Yicai.com . September 29, 2015.
^ Alvin Uy.
"President Duterte graces GAC Motor brand launch" .
Philippine Daily Inquirer . November 21, 2018.
^
"Domasco launches GAC Motor's first blockbuster GN8 MPV" .
The Peninsula Qatar . December 4, 2019.
^
"GAC Motors unveils three saloon, SUV models" .
The Guardian . December 8, 2017.
^
"GAC Group announced a series of leadership adjustments and rotations" . Auto Review . August 1, 2019.
Archived from the original on August 11, 2020.
^
"GAC releases new brand, makes debut at U.S. auto show" .
The Guardian . February 5, 2015.
^ Theodore Opara.
"GAC, GA6 Sedan for the elite" .
Vanguard . February 24, 2015.
^
"GAC Motor introduces its first 7-seat SUV, the GS8" . Green Car Congress . October 20, 2016.
^ Mike Hanley.
"China's GAC Motor Outlines Its U.S. Future in Detroit" .
Cars.com . January 11, 2017.
^ Bomey, Nathan (January 15, 2018).
"Chinese automaker at Detroit auto show: We're coming to the U.S. in 2019" .
Detroit Free Press .
^ Yang Jian.
"China's GAC launches Russia sales" .
Automotive News . December 17, 2019.
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