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Global car makers showed off hundreds of vehicles in China's commercial hub Shanghai on April 20, as the world's biggest auto market continues to attract despite a sharp deceleration in sales growth.

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A VW XL1 concept car is displayed at the 16th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in Shanghai on April 20, 2015.JOHANNES EISELE/AFP / Getty Images

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A VW XL sport concept car is displayed at the 16th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in Shanghai on April 20, 2015.JOHANNES EISELE/AFP / Getty Images

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A Toyota FV2 concept car is displayed at the 16th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in Shanghai on April 20, 2015.JOHANNES EISELE/AFP / Getty Images

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A concept car of Chinese company Pateo is displayed at the 16th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in Shanghai on April 20, 2015.JOHANNES EISELE/AFP / Getty Images

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A concept car of Chinese company Pateo is displayed at the 16th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in Shanghai on April 20, 2015.JOHANNES EISELE/AFP / Getty Images

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General Motors unveils the concept Chevrolet FNR electric self-driving car at an event ahead of the Auto Shanghai show in Shanghai, China, Sunday, April 19, 2015.Ng Han Guan/The Associated Press

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Chevrolet's FNR electric self-driving concept is seen during a presentation at an event ahead of the 16th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in Shanghai, April 19, 2015.ALY SONG/Reuters

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Chevrolet's FNR electric self-driving concept is seen during a presentation at an event ahead of the 16th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in Shanghai, April 19, 2015.ALY SONG/Reuters

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General Motors unveils the Buick AVenir concept car at an event ahead of the Auto Shanghai show in Shanghai, China, Sunday, April 19, 2015.Ng Han Guan/The Associated Press

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Journalists take photos and video of the Mercedes Benz concept GLC Coupe unveiled ahead of the Auto Shanghai show in Shanghai, Sunday, April 19, 2015.Ng Han Guan/The Associated Press

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Show stewards unveil the Mercedes Benz concept GLC Coupe ahead of the Auto Shanghai show in Shanghai, Sunday, April 19, 2015.Ng Han Guan/The Associated Press

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Workers prepare an exhibition stage next to a Mercedes Benz concept GLC Coupe during the 16th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in Shanghai, April 20, 2015.ALY SONG/Reuters

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Visitors walk around a Mercedes Benz concept GLC Coupe car during the 16th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in Shanghai, April 20, 2015. Foreign automakers continue to plough money into factories in China, the world's largest car market, even as the biggest economic slowdown in a quarter of a century crimps sales growth.CARLOS BARRIA/Reuters

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Tokuo Fukuichi, executive vice president of Lexus, poses next to a Lexus LF-NX mid-size crossover concept during a media preview day at the Frankfurt Motor ShowRalph Orlowski/Reuters

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Honda Motor Co.'s Concept D sport-utility vehicle (SUV) stands on display at the 16th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition (Auto Shanghai 2015) in Shanghai, China, on Monday, April 20, 2015. Honda said it will introduce a full-sized SUV in China in two years, even as demand is shifting to compact crossovers in the world's biggest auto market.Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg

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