Shanghai (ZXZC)- GAC Trumpchi plans to set up a sales company in North America and a trade platform in Hong Kong in the first half of this year, according to an official source from GAC Trumpchi. GAC Trumpchi attended the 2018 National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) in Las Vegas during Mar. 23 and 25 and showcased its star product lineup at the NADA , including the GS8, GM8, GA4 and GS4.  GAC Trumpchi has become the first Chinese auto brand to attend the NADA.

Currently, GAC Trumpchi has a R&D center in Silicon Valley. Besides, its Detroit R&D center and Los Angeles forward-looking designing center had begun to take shape and also embarked on the vehicle R&D tailored for the American market. It is said that GAC Trumpchi’s first model which will hit the American market has entered into designing stage.

According to Yu Jun, general manager of GAC Motor and also vice director of executive committee of GAC Group, entering into the North American market is the latest and also key step of GAC Trumpchi’s globalization strategy.

At the NADA, GAC Trumpchi had close contact and face-to-face communication with more than 150 dealerships in America and Canada. Lithia, one of the world top 500 companies as well as the largest auto dealership group in North America also showed their expectation of cooperating with GAC Trumpchi. The NADA laid a solid foundation for GAC Trumpchi to build good relationship with all kinds of dealerships in North America, and also made preparations for GAC Trumpchi’s establishment of dealership network in North America.