BAIC: Range of new models set for Beijing show

The first mid-sized sedan from Beijing Automotive Industry Corp will make its global debut at the upcoming Beijing auto show later this month.

Produced for more affluent local customers than its current compact model, the C70G will hit the market in the fourth quarter this year using technologies acquired from Swedish automaker Saab.

BAIC, the fifth-biggest carmaker in China, bought the rights to Saab's 9-3 and 9-5 models and powertrain technologies at the end of 2009 to develop its own-brand vehicles.