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China \u200bis<\/span> the world’s largest car market, but competition is intense, <\/span>and \u2060demand<\/span> is expected to remain flat or slightly down for the <\/span>next \u200bcouple<\/span> of years.<\/span> To grow, dozens of the country’s automakers have embarked on ambitious overseas expansion plans.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jetour’s statement said Chery aims to produce <\/span>50 000<\/span> units a year and create more than <\/span>3 000<\/span> jobs across manufacturing and supply chains.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The increasingly popular T series was \u200blaunched in SA in October.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n “This announcement to produce the Jetour T-Series locally \u200bpositions South Africa as an integral part of Jetour’s global ambitions and underscores the growing \u200cinfluence \u2060of Chinese automakers in our market,” said Nic Campbell, Vice President of Jetour SA.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Since its launch, the T1 and T2 models “have seen better than expected sales,” with over <\/span>4 500<\/span> units already sold in SA, Jetour said.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Dashing maker, \u200bwhich entered SA in September \u20602024, has seen swift growth, rising to 10th place among the best-selling car brands in March, outperforming established players such \u200bas Kia<\/span>,<\/span> BMW and Nissan.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It has introduced four internal combustion \u200bengine models \u2060and two plug-in hybrid models, with further upgrades and new models planned for this year and next, Jetour said.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Last month, Chery International Executive Vice President Charlie <\/span>Zhang \u2060told<\/span> Reuters<\/span><\/em> \u200b<\/span>the<\/span> Rosslyn plant will be recommissioned and retrofitted <\/span>over \u200bthe<\/span> next 12 to 18 months, noting <\/span>the<\/span> plant will have the capability and capacity <\/span>to \u200bmanufacture<\/span> multiple models and powertrains.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n –Reuters–<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33337,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-33336","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Chinese sport-utility vehicle maker Jetour will produce its adventure T1 and T2 models in South Africa (SA) from 2027 at the Rosslyn plant\u200b, which is being acquired by its parent company, Chery, from Nissan, it said on Wednesday.","published_date":"","news_description":"Chinese sport-utility vehicle maker Jetour will produce its adventure T1 and T2 models in South Africa (SA) from 2027 at the Rosslyn plant\u200b, which is being acquired by its parent company, Chery, from Nissan, it said on Wednesday.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33338,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33336\/revisions\/33338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=33336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}