China's BAIC wants to Rival BMW and Mercedes with C80K Concept Sedan
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China's BAIC wants to Rival BMW and Mercedes with C80K Concept Sedan



With a little from design and engineering companies Fioravanti of Italy and Eastone, both of which have bases in Shanghai, Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co Ltd, better known as BAIC, wants to take a shot at the domestic premium car segment and the long-wheelbase versions of the Audi A6, BMW 5-Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Class.

For this reason, BAIC has prepared a new concept model named the C80K that it will premiere at next week's Auto China 2012 in Beijing.

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