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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Steve Fowler

Inside the deals bringing Chinese carmakers into Europe’s factories

Chinese car makers are no longer content simply to sell us their cars. They’re moving into European factories, forming partnerships with some of the continent’s most famous manufacturers and, increasingly, getting involved in the cars wearing those famous names. Should Europe welcome the investment – or be checking what’s hidden inside?

I was sitting in a Las Vegas cinema enjoying some air conditioning and Christopher Nolan’s brilliant new epic The Odyssey in glorious 70mm when news broke that Ford and Geely were joining forces in Europe.

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