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Article: News digest.(Chery Automobile Co.could build Chrysler group's small car)(Continental Automotive Systems set up new sompany Continental Engineering Services)(Brief article)
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- May 15, 2006
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Chery could build Chrysler small car
BEIJING - The Chrysler group is looking at hiring China's Chery Automobile to assemble a small car for sale in international markets, suppliers and other sources in China say.
Eric Ridenour, chief operating officer of the Chrysler group, declined to say whether the company was talking with Chery about assembling a small car.
But he confirmed that Chrysler is talking with as many as three automakers about assembling a production version of the Hornet. The Hornet small-car concept debuted at the Geneva auto show earlier this year,
Chrysler CEO Tom LaSorda said in March that Volkswagen and automakers ...