ROLL UP! ROLL UP! READ ALL ABOUT IT! Chinese Auto News In Brief!

Chinese Car News, Zhongxing | Ash | December 20, 2006 at 8:03 am

Chinese Auto Makers not ready to take on the world says a GM executive, probably correct but ol’ cynical China Car Times thinks he’s circling the wagons in an attempt to stop people buying cheap Chinese brands and pushing GM into the financial gutter.

But in other news:

GM’s Buick sales going through the roof, thanks to Chinese customers buying lots and lots and lots of Buicks in 2006. Funny how most of the low end Buick’s look a lot like old Vauxhall/Opel models – is China Car Times alone in this thinking method?

Chinese Cars are not quite as good as the Americans, Europeans or the Japanese autos, in this Zhong Xing SUV review.

China to nurture Global Competition, by pushing 50 state owned companies, including auto companies into becoming global leaders in their fields.

Chinese Cars Shine at Bologna – Gonow’s Board Chairman was quoted as saying “We want to further expand into the overseas markets, by first entering the Italian market, and then branching into the rest of Europe. After that, we’ll target North America.” Is he trying to rerun Operation Baytown?
Chinese cars to enter Brazil in 2008 – But will they run on ethanol?

Ash

Ash 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 to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.