European carmakers on China charm offensive as sales droop
Friday, 25 April 2025 () Shanghai (AFP) April 24, 2025
Once blithely dominant in China, European automakers are now launching full-fledged charm offensives at consumers in the world's largest car market, seeking to claw back sales lost to domestic rivals. At this week's Auto Shanghai, the largest global industry show of its kind, foreign firms - in particular legacy German ones - pitched dozens of electric, high-tech models made "in China for
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