Place: Zhaoxing, Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province
<p>Chinese name: 荣威350 (róngwēi 350)
Year of launch: 2010
</p><p>The Roewe brand emerged after SAIC failed to acquire the Rover marque from BMW in 2005, instead it was sold to Ford in 2006. The carmakers probably feared SAIC would make SUVs competing with Land Rover... SAIC purchased technology relating to the Rover 75, but most assets were bought by Nanjing Automobile (NAC). NAC had the rights on the MG brand. In 2007 Nanjing Automobile merged with the much larger SAIC Group, which means SAIC is now controlling both Roewe and MG. Roewe's first product was the 750 launched in 2006, a revised and extended sedan based on the Rover 75. It was followed by the 550 based on the same underpinnings in 2008 and the new compact sedan 350 in 2010.
</p><p>The 350 was the production version of the Roewe N1 Concept launched in 2009. The compact sedan became a sales success, topping at 113,033 units in 2013. It was succeeded by the Roewe 360 in 2015, which is sold simultaneously with the 350.
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Sales figures: carsalesbase.com/china-car-sales-data/roewe/roewe-350/
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