JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Qoros Automotive Company — a joint venture of the Israel Corp. and China’s Chery Automobile Company — said it will introduce its first model in 2013.
Qoros will introduce a compact sedan in ’13, the Israeli business daily Globes reported. The Qoros factory is being built in Changshu, west of Shanghai.
The two corporations have invested $500 million in Qoros since it was founded in 2007.
Qoros, which is targeting the Western Europe and Chinese markets, plans to generate sales of about 150,000 vehicles a year by 2015 or 2016, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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