Al Habtoor adds JAC vehicle brand
Offering to include Chinese-built HCVs
The official dealership agreement was signed in Dubai by Sultan Al Habtoor, president of Al Habtoor Motors and Carl She, general manager of JAC International
Al Habtoor Motors has announced a distribution agreement for the UAE with JAC Motors, the Chinese manufacturer of passenger and commercial vehicles including heavy trucks.
On 11th July 2013, the official dealership agreement was signed in Dubai by Sultan Al Habtoor, president of Al Habtoor Motors and Carl She, general manager of JAC International, in the presence of all the Al Habtoor Motors board of directors.
Al Habtoor will sell passenger, light commercial and heavy commercial vehicles to the UAE market. The company aims to make JAC Motors one of the highly competitive automotive brand in the passenger and commercial vehicles segment of the UAE in the next five years, it said.
“JAC has been a comprehensive automaker with full-line independent brand vehicles in China, including light, medium and heavy-duty trucks, MPV, SUV, sedan, bus chassis, buses, engineering machinery, engines, gearboxes and other key components,” said Joe Rogan, director of sales at Al Habtoor Motors.
“With an annual production capacity of more than 700,000 units of completed vehicle, JAC has been ranked as one of the top 10 brand in Chinese auto industry.
“Al Habtoor Motors plans to open the first JAC Motors showroom in Dubai followed by Abu Dhabi in the first quarter of 2014. We have plans to expand its dealership network to other emirates within two years after the first showroom is launched.” said Rogan.
Al Habtoor Motors sells a range of passenger car brands including Mitsubishi, Bentley and McLaren, as well as Fuso commercial vehicles.
