Archive for September, 2009
Geely Eagle GX718 World SUV Sighted Out Testing
Geely’s latest brand, Eagle, is set to go global any time soon with the Panda leading the invasion and the below GX718 SUV following up behind. The awkwardly named GX718 is actually Geely’s first attempt designing and producing their own SUV, the design is actually not that offensive to look at, but on the other [...]
Buick Regal 1.6T launched, a snip at 199,999rmb
The Buick Regal 1.6T is the latest model model from Shanghai GM and is preparing to enter into the segment with its racy 1.6T engine. The 1.6T is reasonably powerful, but obviously plays second fiddle to the 2.0T model that is further up the range. The 1.6T power stats are quite reasonable at 132kW/5800 rpm [...]
US Parts Suppliers Happy at WTO Hearing
China joined the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2001 and was subsequently given 5 years to alter its current import tax rules on auto parts which sees every imported auto part over a specific threshold taxed at a whopping 25% each. In 2006 once the 5 year cooling off period had ended a string of [...]
JAC He Rui MPV rolls off the production line today!
JAC have travelled a long road this year, they first gained success in the MPV market thanks to a shrewd partnership with Hyundai that saw various Hyundai MPV’s being built in China but the partnership ended and JAC carried on with their MPV task. JAC had the foresight to see that most of its MPV [...]
Peugeot 408 to be made in China?
The rumour mill is in overdrive as per usual in the Chinese automotive press, with rumours that the Peugeot 408 is going to be produced in China. Dongfeng-Peugeot have been keeping a lid on any plans for a Pug 408 for the Chinese market and have so far relied on the import method which has [...]
International GM Operations to be run from Shanghai
GM recently underwent a restructuring which formed the ‘New GM’ and will hopefully take it out of bankruptcy over the next couple of years. One of the most interesting aspects of the internal reshuffle is the the shift of power from Detroit to Shanghai. Under the new plan, Opel will continue to be run from [...]
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