After a succesful launch at last years China Luxury Expo, the British automotive brand Morgan have sucessfully opened their first dealership in the Chinese market in Beijing.
HM Ambassador Sebastian Wood opened the 320 square meter showroom which houses a number of cars from Britain’s oldest privately held motor company, including the first Plus…
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The Australian market was originally one of the first ‘Western’ markets for the Chinese to enter, it served as an easy port of entry with a willing populace who were initially eager for low cost trucks and SUV’s. Great Wall were one of the early pioneers with Chery joining them soon afterwards but it seems the Australian pallet has changed, at least…
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Qoros are a brand to watch in the Chinese market, their recent airing at the Shanghai Auto Show saw them scoop a stand in the much coveted VAG Group hall where they faced off VW, Seat, Skoda and Audi, having a stand there gave the all important Chinese consumer a large dose of optimism and confidence in the fledgling brand.
GM and its Chinese partner SAIC started work on a new manufacturing facility to produce Cadillac products in the Chinese market. “Shanghai GM’s new plant and PATAC’s new facility will enhance our ability to engineer and manufacture vehicles for our customers across China,” said Ye Yongming, President of Shanghai GM. “They will support the…
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Ford CEO Alan Mulally was in Chongqing earlier today to announce the start of work on a new 500 million dollar facility that will be used to produce engines. The new Changan Ford Engine Plant (CAFEP) will focus on producing Ford’s 1.0-liter three-cylinder EcoBoost and 1.5-liter four-cylinder engines with the Ecobost range eventually rolling out to…
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Chery are set to refocus their attention on a core range of products after a disastrous expansion into a range of sub brands which did not resonate well with consumers in China. The new plan will see Chery focus on four core brands within its range: Arrizo, Fulwin, Tiggo and QQ.
BMW are planning to bring the wagon variant of the current 3-Series sedan to the Chinese market very soon according to spy pictures along with leaked model information. The 3-Series Wagon wont see Chinese production immediately but will rather be imported into China along with the short wheel base 3-Series which is sold alongside the stretched 3-Series…
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GAC’s latest addition to its Trumpchi range, the GA3, will launch in early July according to Chinese media reports. The GA3 will be the cheapest model in the range with prices starting at a rumored 80,000RMB, the GA3 has already been shown at the Shanghai Auto Show and will be available for consumers to buy from early July onwards.
The GA3 is thought…
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At a recent Honda China event, Honda announced that they plan to introduce 12 models into the Chinese market by 2015 including the introduction of locally made hybrid models.
The new model range includes both new generations of vehicles and facelift vehicles. Honda will introduce new engines for the Chinese market including 1.5L i-DCD and a 2.0L…
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Reuters top China automotive journalist, Norihiko Shirouzu, brings the background story on Fisker’s mercy trip to China where he was tasked with finding a suitor – the only issue being is that Fisker favored another partner over Geely’s deep pockets.
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JMC are planning a new compact SUV according to these pictures leaked to the Chinese media, the new SUV is called the N330 and will be powered by a 2.0T engine that is also shared with JMC’s foreign partner Ford. The N330 appears to be a compact SUV in a similar vein to the current Forda Kuga (Escape in North America), the front is overly sporty but…
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From IBtimes.co.uk
Reports said the Chinese authorities have received a complaint from an unknown person over subsidies to cars imported from the EU with engines of 2 litres or larger.
According to foreign media outlets, China is considering imposing import duties on high-end European cars following the recent wine investigation,…
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Japan’s leading steel manufacturers Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp will create a new steel mill to specifically create automotive steel as part of a JV with China’s Baosteel Group Corp.
The Nikkei reports that the investment will likely total 30 billion Yen/302.6 million USD, the largest investment in China since September 2012 when wide scale…
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At 10am the UK Press from motoring magazines, newspapers and TV gathered in small hospitality room within Longbridge’s engineering department. In addition to the UK visitors, dozens of SAIC engineers and suppliers had flown in from China for the occasion. We were all waiting to see the simultaneous unveiling of the newly enhanced design centre and…
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Chinese cars seem to be uniamously held with suspicion in both international and domestic markets, international consumers are more than familiar with the risk that comes with buying Chinese white goods, so why would they invest upwards of $10,000USD in a Chinese automobile? It’s an even bigger risk in the Chinese market where Chinese consumers are…
Read More →A couple of weeks ago Jeremy Clarkson test drove the MG6. Results were as expected, Jeremy derided the stop-start system, he said: “It’s not bad, its hysterically…
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The latest W213 was unveiled at the Shanghai Auto Show earlier this year and now it is road testing ahead of a launch later this year, likely via the Guangzhou Auto Show. When compared to the all conquering Audi A6L and the ever improving BMW 5-Series the E-Class is playing catch up, however this latest model which drops the ‘dual headlights’ look is…
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China’s Ministry of Environment revealed yesterday that the JV between Renault and Dongfeng has already received approval on May 22nd. The new JV are aiming to produce 150,000 cars per year in its first phase.
Renault’s rapid approval for Chinese production comes just after the French president visited China, approval came within just two months…
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By 2015 Great Wall plans to expand its production capacity by 100% due to an ever increasing demand from both within China and its international markets. By 2015 Great Wall are aiming to increase production capacity to 1.5 million vehicles and increase staff numbers by hiring a further 63,800 workers which includes 43,000 line workers and 2,800 managers….
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Reports indicate that China is planning to increase tariffs on European made cars as a means to push the EU into not placing its own tariffs on Chinese made solar panels. Would China really want to cut off its supply of luxury vehicles to avoid tariffs on solar panels? We think not, not unless the local rival to the Audi A6, the Hong Qi H7, is really…
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