They did mention the Chinese is going to export their cars to the US in The World's Greatest Auto Shows Bejing edition on Speed Channel recently. They intend to fill the gap where the Koreans left off in the low end car market, now that the Koreans are making inroads to compete with the Japanese.

I would think the built quality will pretty much like when the Koreans first started. If the Chinese learn from the Koreans and Japanese mistakes, they may not repeat the Yugo episode.

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