Chrysler and Chery resume discussions; Hornet confirmed
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/economy/" rel="tag">Economy</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/plants-manufacturing/" rel="tag">Plants/Manufacturing</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/chrysler/" rel="tag">Chrysler</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/chery/" rel="tag">Chery</a></p><a href="http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070523/REG/70523005/1131/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2006/05/hornet.jpg" /></a>Chery officials say the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/21/chrysler-small-car-on-hold-chery-wants-to-renegotiate-with-new/">pause</a> in their discussion with Chrysler was so the Chinese company could get a better idea of the American's future. Now that Cerberus has taken over, Chery sees the coming years filled with puppy dogs and lollipops. <br /><br />And in their giddiness, someone at Chery leaked a few details of the project to <em>Automotive News</em>. Chery will build two cars for Chrysler, to be sold under the Chrysler brand. Chery is already building one of the two in China (possibly the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/07/dodges-mini-car-to-be-chery-a1/">A1?</a>), but for Chrysler it will be shipped in kit form to South America where it will be assembled for that market. <br /><br />The other Chery-built car will, in fact, be the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/02/21/buzz-is-back-chery-to-build-hornet-after-all/">Hornet</a>, according to <em>AN</em>'s anonymous sources. The car will be based on Dodge's show car, but engineering will be handled by Chery in China. Hornet production could begin as soon as 2010.<br /><br />It's good to see these two playing nice again, even better to hear the Hornet may actually reach production.<br /><br />[Source: Automotive News - Sub. Req.]<p style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;">&nbsp;</p><p><a href=http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070523/REG/70523005/1131/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/24/chrysler-and-chery-resume-discussions-hornet-confirmed/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/902651/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/24/chrysler-and-chery-resume-discussions-hornet-confirmed/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><hr />

أكثر...