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Chery wants US gearbox line.(News)(Chery Automobile Company Ltd.)(Brief article)

Automotive News Europe,  February, 2007  by Webb, Alysha

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Byline: Alysha Webb

As part of its plan to source small cars in China, the Chrysler group is negotiating to sell to Chery Automobile a transmission production line from one of its US factories, industry sources say.

Chery wants to ship the line from Kokomo, Indiana, to China.

Chery would install the front-drive transmissions in small cars it has agreed to produce for Chrysler. The cars would be shipped to markets around the world, including Europe and the US.

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