VW, Ford unveil new SUVs at the Shanghai Auto Show AP, SHANGHAI Volkswagen AG, Ford Motor Co and Chinese brands yesterday unveiled new sports utility vehicles (SUVs) for China’s growing market at the Shanghai Auto Show, the industry’s biggest marketing event in a year overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Automakers are looking to China, the biggest auto market by sales volume and the first major economy to rebound from the pandemic, to propel a sales revival and reverse multibillion-dollar losses. Auto Shanghai takes place under anti-virus controls that included holding some news conferences by video link. Few executives from abroad are attending. Reporters were required to undergo virus tests.