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 | Visitors watch General Motors Chevrolet Epica car on display at the Auto Shanghai 2005 exhibition Saturday April 23, 2005 in Shanghai, China. Top world automakers will showcase new models in China's commercial center of Shanghai Thursday in hopes of reviving languishing domestic sales. China's auto market has grown at a torrid pace in recent years as families with growing incomes shift from bicycles and scooters to their first sedans. click to open  |  | A model poses next a Chinese made Chivolet Epica at Auto Show Shanghai 2005 exhibition Thursday April 21, 2005 in Shanghai, China. The future of the world auto industry is unfolding on the jampacked elevated highways of China's commercial capital, as Chinese upstarts and newcomers to the market nudge early birds aside. click to open |  | Chinese visitors view a new model of General Motors Chevrolet Aveo (C) which is making its worldwide debut at the 2005 Auto Shanghai Exhibition April 23, 2005. Global car makers still see China as the promised land as growth stagnates in the developed world, but an escalating price war and rising materials costs are rapidly shaving profit margins, boding ill for those with a high dependence on the market. click to open |
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