Nikkei Asian Review. In China, hybrids can't seem to sell without a lustrous nameplate.

In China, hybrids can’t seem to sell without a lustrous nameplate.

By Mark Andrews

Nikkei Asian Review. 19/12/2013

Article about how premium car producers are managing to sell hybrid cars in China where more utilitarian models like the Toyota Prius have failed.

SHANGHAI — Hybrid cars haven’t been a big hit in China.

Shanghai rolled out 350 Buick La-Crosse Hybrids for use as taxis for the green-themed World Expo in 2010, but the cars disappeared soon after the exhibition ended.

Toyota infamously sold only one of its world-leading Prius models in China during the same year.

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In China, hybrids can’t seem to sell without a lustrous nameplate.

By Mark Andrews

Nikkei Asian Review. 19/12/2013

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