China overtakes Japan as No. 2 autos market

China surged past Japan to become the world's No. 2 vehicle market after the United States last year as car purchases by newly affluent drivers jumped 37 percent, the Chinese auto industry association said Thursday.
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silverarrow2 - 1/12/2007 1:14:29 PM

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With all the people they have I am surprise they are not #1.

That's right the Japaneses make more money. I meant the job pay more.

carfan3 - 1/12/2007 1:46:04 PM

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I'm shocked they aren't #1 either...probably soon enough though.

Jacob - 1/12/2007 2:15:25 PM

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Where GM and Audi rule the markets.

A4ORCE - 1/12/2007 11:38:54 PM

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Yeah, makes me wonder what it is GM's doing for all this success.

XYZZ - 1/13/2007 5:13:26 AM

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in less time than most of us think, they WILL be #1.

it wasn't very long ago that they passed germany to be #3. having now passed japan to become #2.....

S4cabriofoxone - 1/13/2007 1:59:24 PM

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Which would basically make Audi the #2 luxury brand, if not #1.

XYZZ - 1/15/2007 6:30:10 AM

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"...that's only if they keep out of a war with us."

isn't that a problem for ALL countries whose leaders our leaders don't like?

what's the world come to, when the only Superpower has morphed from a country much admired, to the worst BULLY in the family of nations?