General Motors has decided to dip its toes into the Chinese pickup truck market by planning to introduce the Silverado and Colorado starting next year. The versions destined to be sold in the People’s Republic are going to be assembled in United States and will be commercialized in China through parallel import, but only in select areas of the country.
That’s because the Chinese government has a ban on pickup trucks in most cities in a bid to try and reduce traffic congestion as well as diminish air pollution. Only in the Henan, Hebei, Liaoning, and Yunnan provinces automakers are able to sell pickup trucks following a decision to lift the ban in those areas back in March to try and rejuvenate the domestic pickup truck market.
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