{"id":530,"date":"2008-03-04T11:10:11","date_gmt":"2008-03-04T11:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2008\/03\/04\/saic-in-talks-w\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T14:26:26","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T14:26:26","slug":"saic-in-talks-w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2008\/03\/04\/saic-in-talks-w\/","title":{"rendered":"SAIC in talks with Karmann to build the Roewe 550"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/roewe_5501.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/roewe_5501.jpg\" alt=\"Roewe_550\" class=\"image-full\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;float: left\" \/><\/a> SAIC has entered into talks with Karmann to build the European Roewe 550.<\/p>\n<p>SAIC is holding talks with the german coachbuilder Karmann, in order to build the future Roewe 550 set to compete on the European market. This comes a surprise as the SAIC owns the Longbridge since the company has bought the other Chinese carmaker NAC MG.<\/p>\n<p>It is true that Longbridge encounters serious difficulty to put into production the MG TF which has been delayed for months, but calling Karmann for help is&nbsp; the sign British workers didn\u2019t really expect form SAIC.<\/p>\n<p>The Roewe 550 will spearhead the launch of the carmaker in Europe. The carmaker might also bring the rumoured SUV which will likely be a re-badged Ssangyong model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAIC has entered into talks with Karmann to build the European Roewe 550. SAIC is holding talks with the german coachbuilder Karmann, in order to build the future Roewe 550 set to compete on the European market. 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