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07 March 2013 #1
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Saab employees launch new car brand Qoros at the Geneva Auto Show
From P4 West:
During the Geneva Motor Show is the rare - a brand new car brand is presented. And there are several former employees from Saab and Volvo, which has produced the new Chinese brand Qoros.
- There are more than 20 colleagues from Saab, said Eric Geers was Saab's communications director but who now works for Qoros.
Just over three years ago, began work on a brand new car brand and now it's reality. Chinese Qoros has been launched. Set on a high wall in the booth are two of the cars, and there are many who are interested in checking out the automotive world newcomers.
- In the second half, it's time for the sales start, said Eric Geers.
The company has around 1,000 employees, of which about 250 are non-Chinese. One of those who has been involved from the first blade in Qoros book is Roger Malkusson. He worked over 20 years at Saab at GM and is now responsible for product characteristics. And on this day in Geneva, he teaches remember for a long time.
- I am proud and it feels enormously satisfying, he says.
- We have started from the white paper and done that we just wanted to says Roger Malkusson.
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsi...rtikel=5463912
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08 March 2013 #2
Dave T. Super Moderator
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I read about this new company yesterday. It is a joint mainland Chinese/Israeli company. That same article quoted a Geely official complaining that Volvo was too Scandinavian a design. Although I preferred Youngman over NEVS to buy Saab, I also realized that I might buy a Phoenix 900, but not the generation after that.
Mainland Chinese tastes are not all bad though. Last year, BMW and Audi sold a combined 740,000 cars or more there, far more than Americans bought according to that same article, though they didn't make the same conclusions.Last edited by Dave T; 08 March 2013 at 01:15.
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19 March 2013 #3
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Qoros did the buzz at Geneva this year.
E.Geers might have had a lot of work