"Made in China" cars exported to the United States for the first time


(Reporter Lu Huimin) The "Made in China" car will land in the United States for the first time. Yesterday, Zhang Lin, general manager of Chery International, revealed to reporters that on December 16 last year, Chery and the United States VisionaryVehicles LLC signed an agreement, Chery authorized the company to begin sales in the US market in 2007 including five models including new crossover. The Detroit News published a large report on the 2nd of this month that Chery will become the first Chinese car imported by the United States. VisionalVehicles LLC CEO Omcolcolrickricklin said that by 2007 it plans to establish 25,000 dealers in the United States and Canada and sell 250,000 Chery cars. He also revealed that Visionary Vehicles LLC will invest $200 million in Chery's sales in the US market, while New York investment company Allen & Co. will be responsible for financing. Zhang Lin told reporters that VisionaryVehiclesLLC will have the exclusive distribution right of 5 models of Chery Automobile including new crossover in the North American market. He said that Chery's biggest advantage lies in its high quality and low price. At present, the average price of US cars is US$25,000. Chery's entry into the US market has a price advantage. In addition, Chery put the next five new models into the North American market. These models are very beautiful in shape, and their emissions have reached the world's advanced level, so they have a competitive advantage. It is reported that the U.S. company has been in contact with Chery since April last year. Zhang Lin said that the signing of an agreement with Visionary Vehicles LLC is still an intentional agreement. The details of the sales prices and sales targets of the five new vehicles in the US market have yet to be finalized. According to Zhang Lin, Malcolm Bricklin had a legendary life. He sold motorcycles in the early years. In the 1960s, he successfully brought Japanese Subaru to the US market. After that, Bricklin set up his own factory to build cars, but he was unsuccessful. It has been selling Yugoslav cars in the United States since 1980. Bricklin himself once stated that “I’ve sold 160,000 vehicles in such a poor model in Yugoslavia. I don’t think there is any problem with Chery’s annual sales of 250,000 vehicles.” Visionary Vehicles LLC is a company that has specifically registered Chery Automobile as a new agent. "I see Chery as the second Toyota."