Try to use some news from the 21st century, Detroit is dead.
Why General Motors is moving offices from the world’s biggest auto market to one of the smallest – Quartz
Still, GM’s move to Singapore isn’t a retreat from China. This year, GM is on track to sell
3 million vehicles in China in 2013, up 7% from last year’s total, and is spending some
$11 billion on new plants and products in China over the next three years. (GM’s office in Shanghai will still have about 250 staff, compared to 120 in Singapore.)
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Nor is it a sign the relationship with SAIC in China will fade soon. As GM China’s chairman said in October, China
isn’t likely to abolish its joint venture requirement for foreign firms soon. SAIC doesn’t appear ready to fly on its own either, given that it is still building up its own brands. (SAIC’s own brands, Roewe and MG, made up only
200,000 of the company’s 4.5 million cars sold last year.) At least on the mainland, the two car giants are going to need each other for a while.