Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp.(2007 Guide to China's Auto Market)

Automotive News Europe, May, 2007

Byline: Alysha Webb

No. 390 Wukang Road, Xuhui District

Shanghai 200031, P.R. China

(86) 21-2401-1000, www.saicgroup.com

Top executive: Hu Maoyuan, president

Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. took two major steps in 2006 toward its goal of becoming an international automaker. It hired Phil Murtaugh, the former head of GM China, and launched its own brand.

More such big moves are planned for 2007. The challenge for Shanghai Automotive will be finding more people with Murtaugh's breadth of international experience to help manage the transformation.

Murtaugh joined the company as an executive vice president in midsummer. His main task right now is to fix Ssangyong Motor Co., the financially troubled...

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