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Old 02-13-2015, 12:29 PM   #9
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Only the long wheelbase S60L will be built at the Chengdu plant and brought stateside. Even Volvo themselves has noted that the vehicle will be a niche vehicle at best, as not too many US customers will demand the additional rear legroom afforded by the S60L.
Thanks for the clarification. I knew that Volvo was only planning to sell about 5,000 units but I didn't realize that only the long wheelbase S60 was going to be imported from China. I agree that it's likely to be a non-event.

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In the grand scheme of things, I don't Canadians were too up in arms about being handed a Chinese built Honda Fit a few years back... there seem to be some concerned forum posts, but definitely in the minority.
I always thought it was interesting that Honda limited the Chinese-built Fit to the Canadian market - I'm guessing they made a decision that importing a Chinese-built/Honda branded vehicle to the U.S. would be too controversial.
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