After the US market, the largest retail field for GM is China.
Thanks to the popularity of its Buick brand as well as interest in Cadillac, Chevrolet, a partnership with Wuling and other makes, GM easily sells more than one million cars annually in the People's Republic of China and is on track to double that amount within the next five years.
Clearly, if GM is to survive for the long haul then China will play an important part in helping the beleaguered automaker to succeed.
Cars From China Are On Their Way China has been an interesting topic of discussion when it comes to automobiles given that several of the communist country's businesses are now building cars.
Back in 2005, Chery Automotive appeared headed to exporting cars to the US, looking to bring its Chevy Spark ripoff - the QQ stateside.
Later, Geely announced that they were exploring the US market followed by Brilliance and BYD.
So far, no one has taken the bite though each company reportedly is preparing to make such a move.
General Motors may end up being the first company to export Chinese cars to the US based on documentation leaked recently which covers the company's restructuring plans.
That documentation outlines what steps the automaker will be taking over the next few years to regain profitability revealing that in 2011, GM plans to import some 17,000 cars from China, tripling that number by 2014.
Cars From Mexico And Korea Too As part of GM's recovery plans, the automaker believes that early in the next decade they'll see just over three million cars annually in the US.
Thus, the number of vehicles to be imported from China are minuscule, well below what GM will source from Mexico and South Korea, two other markets supplying cars to the US market.
Still, the news that GM may be bringing cars from China isn't sitting well with the United Auto Workers, the union supporting GM workers in the United States.
Noting that the automaker is receiving tens of billions of dollars in federal taxpayer funding, union officials are criticizing GM for exploring the China option.
Likely, some of that criticism is based on what could soon become a trend - laying off higher costing personnel in the US and closing factories while filling the gap with cars built and imported from China.
Automotive News and several key car blogs including Auto Trends have been reporting on GM's proposed China initiative.
Though nothing is set in stone, we're likely to see cars from China within the next year or two whether imported by GM or built by a Chinese manufacturer.
Thanks to the popularity of its Buick brand as well as interest in Cadillac, Chevrolet, a partnership with Wuling and other makes, GM easily sells more than one million cars annually in the People's Republic of China and is on track to double that amount within the next five years.
Clearly, if GM is to survive for the long haul then China will play an important part in helping the beleaguered automaker to succeed.
Cars From China Are On Their Way China has been an interesting topic of discussion when it comes to automobiles given that several of the communist country's businesses are now building cars.
Back in 2005, Chery Automotive appeared headed to exporting cars to the US, looking to bring its Chevy Spark ripoff - the QQ stateside.
Later, Geely announced that they were exploring the US market followed by Brilliance and BYD.
So far, no one has taken the bite though each company reportedly is preparing to make such a move.
General Motors may end up being the first company to export Chinese cars to the US based on documentation leaked recently which covers the company's restructuring plans.
That documentation outlines what steps the automaker will be taking over the next few years to regain profitability revealing that in 2011, GM plans to import some 17,000 cars from China, tripling that number by 2014.
Cars From Mexico And Korea Too As part of GM's recovery plans, the automaker believes that early in the next decade they'll see just over three million cars annually in the US.
Thus, the number of vehicles to be imported from China are minuscule, well below what GM will source from Mexico and South Korea, two other markets supplying cars to the US market.
Still, the news that GM may be bringing cars from China isn't sitting well with the United Auto Workers, the union supporting GM workers in the United States.
Noting that the automaker is receiving tens of billions of dollars in federal taxpayer funding, union officials are criticizing GM for exploring the China option.
Likely, some of that criticism is based on what could soon become a trend - laying off higher costing personnel in the US and closing factories while filling the gap with cars built and imported from China.
Automotive News and several key car blogs including Auto Trends have been reporting on GM's proposed China initiative.
Though nothing is set in stone, we're likely to see cars from China within the next year or two whether imported by GM or built by a Chinese manufacturer.
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