Shanghai Maple Guorun Automobile
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Shanghai Maple Guorun Automobile, also known as Shanghai Maple Automobile (SMA), is a automobile manufacturer based in Shanghai, China. It is a subsidiary of Geely Automobile and the Geely Group. The first Maple vehicle was produced in the summer of 2003. The Maple Marindo was one of the vehicles displayed at the 2005 Frankfurt Motor Show by Geely. 'Maple' as it is commonly known as offers cheap cars. SMA started in Canada, when Thomas Maple had the idea of starting a car company, after designing his first car, he knew he didnt have the money to make it, so he sold the idea to the Shanghai automotive company, who soon caught to the idea and agreed.
[edit] Vehicles
- 2003–2005 Maple Huapu — 5-door hatchback
- 2003– Maple Hisoon 205 — 5-door hatchback
- 2004– Maple Marindo — 1.8 L sedan
- 2005– Maple Hysoul — 5-door hatchback
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- SMA Official Site (Chinese)
- SMA official English site
