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Fiat and GAC sign €400m China joint venture

By John Reed, Motor Industry Correspondent

Published: July 6 2009 14:05 | Last updated: July 6 2009 18:22

Fiat, long a laggard in the fast-growing Chinese market, is to make cars and engines there from 2011 in a joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile Group.

The 50:50 agreement, signed in Rome on Monday, will see the partners invest more than €400m ($557m) and build a 700,000 sq m production plant in Changsha in Hunan province.

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