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    Chevrolet Colorado and Silverado To Be Exported to China

      Coming soon to China, the Chevrolet Colorado and Silverado. (Only in select markets).

    General Motors will begin importing the Colorado and Silverado pickups into China next year, but you'll only be able to buy them in select markets.

    Automotive News explains that many Chinese cities have bans on pickups for the fear of aggravating air pollution and causing more traffic issues. But earlier this year, the Chinese Government lifted the ban in four provinces - Henan, Hebei, Liaoning, and Yunnan - in an effort to jumpstart sales of domestic pickups. GM sees an opportunity with this and wants to explore it. But there is a major downside to this. Since GM will be importing the trucks, they'll be hit with 25 percent tariff by the Chinese Government.

    Source: Automotive News (Subscription Required), Chevrolet
    Press Release is on Page 2

    Chevrolet to Offer Iconic Silverado, Colorado Trucks for Chinese Consumers

    • Brand’s best-selling nameplate and its midsize sibling to go on sale in 2017

    GUANGZHOU – Chevrolet announced this evening at an event in Guangzhou that it will make available two classic American trucks – the Silverado and Colorado – in China through parallel import in 2017.

    The Silverado is the best-selling Chevrolet truck in the world. Since its launch in 1987, three generations have been introduced, with cumulative sales of more than 17 million units.

    Powered by an EcoTec3 6.2L V-8 engine mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission, the Silverado delivers peak torque of 624 Nm. It is also equipped with a wide range of smart technologies such as Active Noise Cancellation (ANC), Hill Descent Control (HDC) and Hill Start Assist (HSA), as well as power seats and a Bose® audio system. With its wheelbase of 3,645 mm and length of 5,843 mm, it can handle the toughest jobs expected of a pickup.

    The Colorado was the industry’s hottest-selling product in the U.S. market. It was named the 2015 and 2016 Motor Trend Truck of the Year.

    The midsize pickup offers a combination of refinement, maneuverability and efficiency. Powered by a 3.6L EcoTec V-6 engine, it delivers peak torque of 365 Nm and has a towing capability of 3.1 tons.

    Chevrolet has long been famous for offering the most durable trucks on the market, which embody the charm of freedom while providing an off-road capability. 

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    Suaviloquent

    Pretty much the local makes already have black market imported, they have the design specs, and are already geared up for production of copy cats.

     

    Expect to see a Denali copycat dealer near you.

     

    Probably what will happen, is that even the manufacture and assembly of the pickup's will got to China.

     

    Yup, buy your big rig F-350 from China. Your Duramax Diesel from China. Your guts and glory RAM from China. Don't we all just love CHINA?

     

     

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    23 hours ago, dfelt said:

    Time to hit China back, 25% tariff on our stuff, 25% tariff on your Chinese made stuff.

    Equal fair fees on the product.

    A price war with China would have disastrous short term effects, but in the long-run, like a decade or more would probably make America more like it's former self where it was a manufacturing powerhouse.

     

    I live in Toronto, Ontario, and there's a bloody rustbelt in all the working class neighborhoods, you see the degradation with your own eyes, FOR LEASE signs everywhere. The wealth of the former America has allowed so much of the world to become developed.

     

    I digress no more, I think GM will ultimately fail in this endeavor, or if they succeed, then, well China will ultimately steal once more another place where the domestics are very strong.

    Chinese makes will then have a leg up selling their badge engineered wares here, whereas makes like Nissan who try to still be original with their trucks shake their heads as to how stupid American trade deals are for Americans.

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