Ford's Lincoln Looks for Salvation in China With New SUV Model
- Local production of still-unnamed model to start in 2019
- Sales in market tripled in 2016 as luxury line fell elsewhere
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With the future of Ford Motor Co.’s lagging luxury line riding on China, the automaker will expand its bet on the market by building a new Lincoln sport utility vehicle in the country in late 2019.
The still-unnamed SUV would expand Ford’s foothold in one of the hottest segments in China, a country Chief Executive Officer Mark Fields has said could be Lincoln’s largest market by the end of the decade. It will be produced with joint-venture partner Changan Automobile Group in the city of Chongqing.