Overview
- Sideco Americana, the automotive arm of Grupo Macri, announced it will represent and import Linktour into Argentina, confirming the brand’s official market entry.
- Linktour, owned by Shandong Weiquiao Pioneering Group, has started series production of the Alumi city car at an automated Xingtai plant with a stated annual capacity of 100,000 units.
- Sideco has not yet disclosed which Linktour models will arrive, their local prices or a sales start date and says the brand’s rollout across Argentina will be progressive.
- The deal fits Sideco’s wider electrification plan that already includes JAC passenger cars and a recent alliance with Higer buses, creating a portfolio across personal and passenger transport.
- Argentina’s policy that allows tariff‑free import of 50,000 electrified vehicles below a set FOB value has helped Chinese brands gain market share and could make Linktour’s small, low‑cost city EVs more competitive if priced similarly to European ranges.