Archive for March, 2009
2010: Electric Youngman-Europestar Gen2 Racer?
Even if its quickly becoming American-Chinese-Malaysian, we quite like the look of this: From CNET Detroit Electric, an auto brand once favored by Thomas Edison, is mounting a 21st century comeback with electric cars aimed at U.S. soccer moms and Chinese city dwellers. The company on Monday is expected to announce a partnership with Malaysian [...]
Mega Read: The Geely Plan
Geely’s mysterious brand names have finally been named, previously, we were only aware of their logo designs. Geelys plan seems to be basically to split the company into three segments, the world brand, the luxury brand, and the taxi brand. Geelys greatest local competitor, Chery, have also undergone a branding reshuffle, and it seems that [...]
Geely buys Drivetrain Systems International
Geely were announced today as the successful buyer of Drivetrain Systems International. For those not familiar with DSI, they are one of the worlds largest gearbox manufacturers, and already produce six speed automatic gearboxes for use in RWD, and AWD vehicles for Ford, Chrysler, and Ssangyong. According to media reports, DSI are researching 8 speed [...]
JAC B926 Compact Sedan
JAC have been keeping their Italian design studio rather busy of late, as they seem to be continually busy pumping out excellent looking compact sedans and hatches. The above, B926, sedan was designed by Pininfarina, who also designed the Chery A3, the car that the B926 is expected to go up against. More information on [...]
GoNow GS1 SUV – Audi Q7 Kia Sorrento mash up
GoNow are a small truck maker based in Zhejiang province, they arent a huge automaker, but they do relatively well with their pick up range in their geographical area. GoNow also make a couple of SUV’s, none of them totally remarkable, but this upcoming SUV is rather interesting: The front end of the SUV is [...]
BYD G3 – A corner of.
BYD like their sedans, and continuing with their liking of sedans, they plan to bring another one to fruitation. Pictures of which, or rather, a corner of the G3, was leaked to the internet today: The Chinese press say it looks like a Lexus ES350, perhaps if you drink a suitable amount of booze for [...]
High end Geely spotted out and Geely dealership plans
Geely is undergoing a major restructuring process in 2009 to make it into a more of an international company, and thus taking it away from its roots as a small regional player. The Geely GC-1, which was recently spotted out testing on the highway, is expected to be at the forefront of Geelys new high [...]
Great Wall SUV’s – Interesting
Great Wall have had a good run with their SUV and truck sales in the PRC since their inception as China’s premier SUV maker, and it seems they are keen to take that crown into 2010 with the below SUV’s: Although it is currently unknown if the above pictures are from Great Wall Motors or [...]
Volvo going for $2 Billion USD?
So says Bloomberg: March 25 (Bloomberg) — Ford Motor Co. may get $1 billion to $2 billion for its Volvo Cars unit, less than a third of what it paid 10 years ago, as it conducts sale talks with more than three bidders, a person familiar with the discussions said. Shedding the Swedish automaker, the [...]
GM pulls out of Shanghai Show
China is arguably GM’s most important market at this time, GM is turning a healthy profit in the Middle Kingdom with its range of brands that encompass luxury to bargain segments. So, GM’s decision to pull out of next months Shanghai Auto Show has come as a great shock to the car industry, and car [...]
BAW First Developed Car Looks Like a …. Sonata?
A first glimpse of a supposedly self developed BAW car has left us rather dissapointed, as its essentially an old Hyundai Sonata: It could be that the above car is a test mule for handling, BAW did suprise us with these beauties at last years auto show in Beijing: BAW are saying that the above [...]
Audi A6 Pick Up Truck
FAW seem to have a real nack for converting everyday cars into trucks, perhaps they are secret Jalopnik readers? Previously it was the VW Jetta truck, and now its the Audi A6 truck: We’re not entirely sure what the A6 truck is actually used for, we know the Jetta was used for internal factory use, [...]
Citroen C4 Sedan Spy Pics
The Citroen C4 sedan is set to launch in China later this year, but in the meantime the compact sedan is still out roadtesting in rather poor camoflauge: The Citroen C4 was launched in China with a new name, the C-Quattre, and has sold reasonably well since its launch. The sedan will possibly do better [...]
Brilliance working on 1.2 + 1.5 Turbo.
Brilliance are reportedly working on two new engines, and two new platforms. The first platform will be for the B Segment and will carry 1.8l and 2.0L engines. The two engines are expected to be naturally aspirated, but 1.8T and 2.0T turbos are expected to come along as well. An A segment platform is also [...]
Liu Xiang blamed for crash, tail gating driver not to blame
As far as we know, the only luxury brand that Liu Xiang has been supporting lately is the Caddy brand. If the air bags didn’t go off, it seems like another case of Mr. Wang. From Reuters: BEIJING (Reuters Life!) – A Chinese businessman wants to sue Olympic hurdler Liu Xiang because he was injured [...]
JAC Eagle SUV for 2010
The JAC Eagle SUV is essentially an older Hyundai Sante Fe body and platform that JAC acquired from their JV partner Hyundai with their own badge on it. Sales of the current Eagle appear to be quite good, but the 2010 Eagle is probably going to outshine it: Should the new Eagle SUV be sporting [...]
Mercedes: “What economic crisis?!” Merc sales up in Feb by 21%
At least one company is doing good: Mar. 24, 2009 (China Knowledge) – Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz Friday said its monthly vehicle sales grew 21% year on year to hit 2,800 units on the Chinese mainland in February, 3.4% higher than the average growth rate of the overall sedan segment, the China Daily reported. The auto [...]
The China Dragon to launch this month
The China Dragon is not quite the Geely Tiger concept from last year, but it’s certainly interesting anyway (perhaps for all the wrong reasons), set to launch later this month with a 1.5l and a 1.8L engine. We honestly dont know what else to write. Here’s the pictures: AshAsh came to China at 18 on [...]
Brilliance 1.8T GT Coupe
There are several companies in China that boast of their ‘sports models’ in their line ups, however, these are mostly sports looking but dont really have the sports credibility especially when they are sporting Mitsubishi engines that were obsolete in the mid 90′s. Then the Brilliance Coupe came along and pretty much showed the Chinese [...]
Fiat and Chery postpone JV, according to WSJ
From the WSJ: BEIJING — Chery Automobile Co. and Fiat SpA have postponed their plan to begin producing cars this year for the Chinese market because of the global economic downturn, Chery spokesman Jin Yibo said Thursday. “It definitely won’t happen this year,” Mr. Jin said. No new timeline has been set for the start [...]
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