Archive for April, 2009
Greatwall Electric Car – Oh La La La!
So we’re not quite sure how the GW Electric cars English name is pronounced, the Chinese name is ‘Ou La‘, the English name is ‘KuLa‘. The design seems to be slightly different from the two seater electric car that Great Wall Motors displayed last year, different in the way that it now has 4 seats [...]
CNCAP Crash Test: Haima gets 4 stars
Haima have been upping their game at the safety levels, especially as many Chinese consumers percieve Chinese cars to be unsafe, so obviously safety becomes paramount when you’re trying to build many and sell cheap. C-NCAP gladly smashed up a few Haima 1.8L sports model and told us that it was a rather safe vehicle [...]
CNCAP Crash Test: GW Peri does okay
It’s crash test season upon us again, and with all the other news topics being Shanghai Auto Show related, we thought we’d split it up with some crash test news! The GW Pery, which got Great Wall into a little bit of legal hot water earlier this year did fairly well with 3 stars. Frontal [...]
Shanghai Suprise! Buick HRV = Opel Astra!
The Shanghai Auto Show will see the launch of another new Buick. This wont be another new vehicle, but it is another case of badge engineering. The current Buick HRV is the Daewoo Lacetti, but that has reached the end of its current lifespan for Buick, and is begining to look a little tired. The [...]
MG putting on a ‘full show’ for Shanghai
The Shanghai Auto Show is just about to start, but it is going to be a special one for MG, as it is the 85th birthday for one of Britains (now Chinas) oldest brand. MG-Roewe are expected to throw a proper birthday bash for the old girl, and will launch the MG6 at the show, [...]
VW Polo Sports: Where’s the sodding GTI?
Shanghai-VW are preparing the Polo Sporty (yes, sporty) for the Shanghai Auto Show, the sports credentials being limited to bigger than usual alloys, and some chrome bits on the gear shifter. What we’d like to know is, any plans for a domestically made Polo GTI, or even a Golf GTI? The questions we must ask [...]
What do MG have in store for Shanghai
With the Shanghai Auto Show bearing down upon us like a run away steam train, we have to wonder what MG have in store for us. Perhaps a new MG6, either this one or this one, or perhaps a new MG3? Their cars were pretty well covered up ahead of the show, but what is [...]
Hover H5: The first of many!
With the incredible success of the original Hover SUV, Great Wall have plans to turn the Hover name into a SUV brand, with several SUV models using the Hover H name tags, the Hover H7 was posted on CCT a few weeks ago, as was the Hover H3. But now it’s the turn of the [...]
Kia Sorento: A SUV we could love
The previous generation Sorento’s looked a little stuffy, like a British gentleman dressed in tweed, but the latest Sorento (that we will see next week at the Shanghai Auto Show) is looking like it’s getting ready to be hip with the kids: Engine offerings are expected to be 2.5l to 3.5l. More news as it [...]
Chevy Cruze Touring Car
It’s a secret we cant keep any longer, it’s hard to say it, but we actually like the Chevy Cruze. No, its not an actual like, its more of a love for the car. You see, the Cruze is amongst the first line of cars from GM that CCT actually likes. First it was the [...]
MG6: We like it, very much.
Pictures of yet another MG6 have surfaced to the internet today, we wont be entirely sure which one is the real one until 20th April when MG will launch official pictures of the MG6, but in the meantime we’ll give this other MG6 pic an airing Information about the MG6 is still slim on the [...]
Roewe 550 Sports – Getting better!
The first Roewe 550 sports sedan that we saw was a little on the…. rancid side of things, but the below sports sedan is looking a lot better, even if the black plastic skirting sort of spoils the design lines: We’re not sure if this will make it to the market in its current state, [...]
JAC BMPV on the production line
JAC have advanced quite far with their MPV project, the below pictures show the B20 MPV (aka BMPV) on the production line Its expected that JAC will show off their mini MPV next week at the Shanghai Show. The wheelbase measures 2710mm, LxWxH is 4550×1775×1600mm. The BMPV is being compared to the Ford S-Max in [...]
China storing up on copper for hybrid revolution
From The Telegraph: “China has woken up. The West is a black hole with all this money being printed. The Chinese are buying raw materials because it is a much better way to use their $1.9 trillion of reserves. They get ten times the impact, and can cover their infrastructure for 50 years.” “The next [...]
BYD M6 MPV Interior
BYD have had their MPV under development for several months now, only a single pre-production computer deveoped model has been sent out by BYD, but now we have been graced by another teaser shot of the dashboard: The BYD M6 is thought to look a lot like the Toyota Previa, BYD have an unhealthy habit [...]
Chery Eastar Cross gets the RIICH treatment
Chery are pushing their Eastar crossover into their new premium brand, Riich. The Cross is the fourth car to be put into the Riich brand, behind the G6, and the Riich M1 supermini. It’s unsure what exactly Chery have done to the Crossover over than change the branding, but we do like the look of [...]
Geely GC-1 – Specs and interior shot
Pictures and stats of Geely’s closely guarded new GC-1 have finally been released, and CCT can honestly say we like what we see: The GC-1 specs are as follows: Exterior:4905×1829×1495mm (LxWxH mm) Wheelbase: 2805 (mm) Passengers: 5 Smallest turning circle: 11 meters Front wheel drive ABS+EBD、ESC 2.4l Engine option: Fuel tank: 70L Engine: 4G24 2.4L [...]
Changfeng Sedan Spotted Again, Slighty
The Changfeng sedan has been spotted again, but not an entire body shot, but rather another little teaser shot off the front end. The sedan has been codenamed CP23, and that is everything that we know about the CP23 so far. More news next week! AshAsh came to China at 18 on a whim and [...]
Sporty Galant for Chinese market
The SouEast Mitsubishi Galant has not been a massive seller against the omnipresent Japanese and German competition, especially the VW Passat, Honda Accord, and the Toyota Camry. SouEast are going to introduce a sports model of the Galant in the hopes raising sales. The sports version is expected to use a 2.4L 16v Mitsubishi engine, [...]
VW Bora-Mino spotted in FAW factory
FAW are quite possibly the most awesome creators of utes, that is, the chopping up of regular cars into flatbed trucks: Information on the Bora-Mino are slim on the ground, but FAW have been known to make these little beauties for use within their own factory grounds, as they did with this Jetta, and also [...]
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