Archive for November, 2006
Chery unvails V8 ATECO engine!
4.0 litre, V8 engine. More news as China Car Times can find it AshAsh came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the [...]
BYD F8 Soft top
BYD Autos, the company that is owned by a mobile phone battery maker and is based in Xi An, central China released its F8 soft top today at the Beijing Car Show. BYD first came about in the late 1990′s when they started to assemble the Suzuki Alto for the Chinese market in cooperation with [...]
Dong Feng Coupe!
I cant deciede if this car is cool or crap. I mean look at the front – it looks muscular, butch and just a tiny bit feminine. Then look at the rear and it looks like one of those foot pumps for inflating air beds, or one of those instruments – a whats it called [...]
Chang An Concept Car
Check out more photos here AshAsh came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in [...]
A New HaFei
This new model from HaFei, named ‘Sai bao’ meaning Race Leopard (hope they dont use that English name though) was released today in Shenzhen China. The car was designed with the helpful input of both French and Italian design companies, so it doesnt look half bad! It comes with a 1.8 litre engine as standard, [...]
New Zhonghua – Brilliance Coupe
The above photo, a spyshot of a heavily camouflaged Brilliance Coupe, became reality today at the press opening of the Beiiing 2006 Car Show. Looking somewhat like a Mercedes coupe, the Zhonghua has a smaller engine than the Mercedes, however, the engine was designed in house by Brilliances’ own engineers. It would be wise to [...]
New Chery Models for 2007
The new Chery models were released today, to the left is the new Chery Tigo 5! Its had a great face lift – astute readers may remember that the original Tigo looked a lot like the Toyota RAV4, until now! This one seems to look more like a Great Wall Hover Jeep though. Heres a [...]
Geely Beauty Leopard Advert
Found this advert on Youtube.com for Geely’s Beauty Leopard coupe. Check it out here AshAsh came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed [...]
Beijing Car Show 2006
The Beijing 2006 car show starts tomorrow running from the 19th November to the 27th of November , with over 40 car manufacturers this year looks like it will be a great year! This year there are over 20 Chinese exhibitors so hold on to your hats! China Car Times should be there, albeit later [...]
Maple Leaf Marindo
Despite having the name ‘Maple Leaf’ Maple leaf cars have nothing to do with that great big country Canada, in fact, it is a subsidy of Chinese car manufacturer Geely. This four door sedan was based Citroen acquired technology (unknown how it was acquired) and looks a bit like an Hyundai Elantra from the side [...]
Not the Smartest thing to do
I’ve always wanted a Smart, but was always afraid that my friends would laugh in my face and continuously mock me with vicious attacks regarding my sexuality, boys will be boys after all – I never did buy a Smart car but after coming to China and seeing that some boys were obviously gay but [...]
Geely updates the Beauty Leopard
I dont know where Geely gets it’s cars name from, hell, even just ‘leopard’ would be a great name but they called it ‘Beauty Leopard’ ?!? Anyway, for 2007, the ‘Beauty Leopard’ gets a new front end and a new rear engine, plus a couple of new engine sizes. Still doesnt have that ‘omph’ look [...]
Geely Concept Car – Stealth Wind
Geely have gone officially nuts – doors of a Delorean, the front end of a UFO, but somehow the car looks great! Still only a concept car though, I’m sure the Geely ‘Feng Yin‘ or stealthy wind will never go into production. AshAsh came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some [...]
The Chinese Humvee Copy – Eastwind EQ2050 Dongfeng EQ2050
The symbol of all things American, the overly big, resource wasting, road hogging SUV come monster truck jeep – the Humvee has an Asian copycat, in terms of the East Wind (Dong Feng in Chinese) EQ2050 and Shenyang Aircraft Industry Co’s SFQ2040 HMWWV (pictured below) Sinopec has actually bought real Humvees from the USA in [...]
Jiangling – Landwind Crash Test Photos
Landind, aka, Jiangling Motors has taken an Izuzu Rodeo, or a Vauxhall Frontera body, depending on how you look at it regardless, Jiangling plans to export their Landwind jeep to Europe. However, they have hit a slight snag as they have managed to get an all time low on a European safety test, but Landwind [...]
Rover went the Rong Wei
Back in 2004, MG Rover finally went bankrupt. Rovers bankruptcy had been on the cards for years, a far cry from its golden days in the 60’s and 70’s when Rover was a brand that many British people were proud of. Rover was sold to a host of companies in its time. The glory days [...]
Geely to make London Taxis
The famous black London cab, once manufactured by a host of British automobile companies including Austin and Beadmore Marks is to be produced by Chinese manufacturer Geely. The present manufacturer of London’s black cabs, Manganese Bronze, has struck a £53 million ($100 million) deal with Geely to produce an environmentally friendly black cab that will [...]
Zhong Hua TV Advert
Check out this Chinese TV commercial for Zhong Hua, via Youtube, here’s another. Have to say, Zhong Hua’s cars are looking great – it must be the BMW input! AshAsh came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way [...]
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