Lincoln plans to produce luxury SUVs in China by late 2019, as it steps up its move into the world's largest auto market and aims to catch up with German and U.S. rivals that already manufacture here.

The plan is to build an all-new SUV to suit Chinese tastes, Lincoln China said in a statement. Ford Motor Co. plans to use an existing assembly plant it jointly operates with Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. to produce the Lincoln vehicles, a Ford spokesman in Shanghai said.

Lincoln vehicles are currently imported into China, and their sales have jumped nearly 180 percent in 2016, the statement said.

"The move to local production is a key next step in Lincoln’s evolution in China and will complement continued imports from North America," it said.

The statement gave no other details about the plans. The Ford spokesman declined to give the model's anticipated production volume or describe the model other than to say it is an SUV.

The Changan-Ford joint venture is in the process of getting approval for this move to produce Lincoln vehicles locally in China, said the spokesman.

Lincoln China President Amy Marentic told Reuters in October that the brand was studying whether to produce cars locally in China.

Lincoln was accelerating its entry into China with plans to have 65 Lincoln stores by the end of 2016, instead of previous plans of 60, with 80 planned for year end 2017, she said.

Marentic said the company would also open five to 10 smaller sales branches to tap into fast-growing auto sales in lower-tier Chinese cities.

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http://www.autoreportng.com/2017/03/lincoln-confirms-new-china-made-suv-to.html

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I hope African auto makers can learn from this concept...


Lalasticlala, Seun

Beautiful design and business idea.

Only safety and durability will be the talking point between prospective buyers

2019 still far

Okay oooo

Lalasticlala, Seun, Marpol

Definetely the vehicle will sell very well in the Chinese market.

seen!

nice rims

I go buy one for my wife

Ok

Please I lost my car document

the thing even get stair case..naa!waa!

Nice

ibkgab001:
Please I lost my car document

so!

see ride. mehn

So Your mouth .... Why would you hate afonja

This is pretty mehn

All I see is a Range velar twin

WONDER ON WHEELS... G AM

China and their own version of doing tins

Now this their own come with steps

Only if Nigeria had infrastructures, we would have been attracting things like this because we have the market. Too bad.

Watch as China take over the world.

oh God, make us among the rich in this life and hereafter. poverty is a disease

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rubbish