CMC Recently Claimed to Raise Assembled-Vehicle Exports by About 54% in 2013

Taiwan-based automaker China Motor Corp. (CMC), the local assembler of Mitsubishis and CMC branded cars, recently claimed to raise assembled-vehicle exports by about 54% in 2013. 

CMC is the long-term No. 2 carmaker in Taiwan with a stable 14% share in the domestic automobile market by distributing Mitsubishis and CMC passenger-car and commercial-vehicles. Despite unfavorable business climate, CMC sold 4,000 more commercial vehicles in Taiwan in 2012. 

H.T. Liu, CMC`s president, pointed out that CMC is expected to sell 52,000 to 53,000 vehicles in Taiwan, and export about 2,600 vehicles in 2012, and about 6,500 units in 2013. 

From 2012, CMC began exporting locally assembled Mitsubishi Lancer Fortis sedans to the Middle East, in addition to the Veryca light commercial van and Zinger commercial/recreational vans to other markets. The company said that the 2013 ordered volume for the Lancer Fortis will rise to some 5,000 units. 

CMC unveiled the remodeled Mitsubishi Delica commercial vehicle recently, and is optimistic towards a stable commercial-vehicle market in Taiwan in 2013. Currently, CMC has over 70% share in the domestic commercial-vehicle market. 

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