
RAUNHEIM, Germany -- Chinese carmakers still have little to show for more than a decade's worth of efforts to crack Western auto markets.
Now Geely and Chery, two of China's most prominent car groups, are taking a new tack as they seek to offset their slumping home market. Each has set up a key European base in the small German town of Raunheim, close by the Russelsheim headquarters of Opel Automobile.