BACKGROUNDER: Hawtai who?
Author: Graeme Roberts | 3 May 2011
Surprise Saab financial saviour Hawtai Motor Group claims on its website to be one of the largest automakers in China. It was founded in 2000 and has two plants located in Rongcheng, Shandong province, and Erdos, Inner Mongolia province.
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