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- noun Plural form of
microvan .
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There are conventional minivans, three-row SUVs, and so-called microvans, each with their own pros and cons.
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There are conventional minivans, three-row SUVs, and so-called microvans, each with their own pros and cons.
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Roughly half of all the vehicles that GM sells in China are Wuling microvans, made by a company in which GM has a 44% stake.
GM Bets Big on Rural China Markets Norihiko Shirouzu 2011
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Since 2002, GM has been working with Wuling, a relatively unknown producer of microvans in Liuzhou, an industrial hub in the poor southern province of Guangxi.
GM Bets Big on Rural China Markets Norihiko Shirouzu 2011
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To combat congestion, Beijing's city government said it will issue a maximum of 240,000 license plates for new cars and microvans this year, about a third of the 750,000 expected for last year.
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Wuling has seen its sales surge nearly eight fold since 2002 to 1.15 million microvans last year.
GM Bets Big on Rural China Markets Norihiko Shirouzu 2011
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HUANGZHONG VILLAGE, China—Farmer Zhang Zuoming and his extended family's growing fleet of microvans in this dusty village in China's far west explains why General Motors Co. is rushing to recalibrate its China strategy.
GM Bets Big on Rural China Markets Norihiko Shirouzu 2011
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European Pressphoto Agency Inexpensive microvans, on a Liuzhou, China, assembly line, have helped wheat farmer Zhang Zuoming become an entrepreneur.
GM Bets Big on Rural China Markets Norihiko Shirouzu 2011
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General Motors is revamping its China strategy, shifting its focus inland to rural markets where demand for no-frills cars and microvans is key to achieving its goal of doubling its annual vehicle sales in China.
Business Watch 2011
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Wuling began building mini farm trucks in the 1960s and entered a segment that has come to be known as "mini commercial vehicles," or microvans, in the mid-1980s with technological assistance from Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and Daihatsu Motor Co. SAIC invested in Wuling in 2001, and GM did so the following year.
GM Bets Big on Rural China Markets Norihiko Shirouzu 2011
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