Archive for April, 2010
MG6 to reveal itself at Silverstone race track
From Car Dealer Magazine: MG Motor will showcase its brand new MG6 family car at Silverstone race circuit in early June. The MG Live event is being attended by the fledgling maker as it aims to make inroads into the UK new car market once again. It is an event run by the MG Car [...]
Chery’s new CVT gearbox comes down the line
Chery’s latest CVT gearbox finally rolled off the production line this weekend, which will ultimately give Chery a better product to offer than its currently bought in auto units. The CVT gearbox is suitable for vehicles with displacements from 1.6 to 2.0L, and is expected to reach production levels of 50,000 vehicles per year, and [...]
NINE! new Great Wall Cars to launch in Beijing
As with Shanghai 2007′s Auto Show, Greatwall has yet again supplied another great line up of concept cars that are highly likely to hit the production lines before the end of the year. The C30 is set to launch first, although the interestingly styled C50 is set to launch soon after. The C50 is possibly [...]
Roewe 750 to be canned, replacement coming in 2012
SAIC’s flagship Roewe 750 is likely to go out of production in 2012 and will be replaced by a new 750 which will be riding on an entirely platform that is currently shared with GM’s fantastic Buick Lacrosse Epsilon II platform. The Roewe 750 is apparently under research and has been given the internal codename [...]
BYD jumps FAW in the sales table
BYD’s unstoppable rise to the top of the Chinese car market is still going forward full steam ahead like a run away train, BYD originally aimed for sales of 800,000 units in 2010 after 2009′s 400,000 units but they might just be on track to beat their 2010 goal if they continue like this. March [...]
Chery QQ3 facelift to launch in Beijing
The Chery QQ was Chery’s first ‘big’ car, it sold in the hundreds of thousands since its conception in 2003, the QQ may have been a Chevrolet Spark clone but that didn’t slow its sales figures down, in fact being mentioned in the same sentence as a world famous Chevrolet car probably boosted its sales [...]
007 Beijing Jeep to launch at Beijing Show, see production in second half of 2010
Chinese variants of James Bond will be happy to hear that there is now a car for them, and it will be on show at the Beijing Auto Show in little over a weeks time. The 007 SUV (above) is vary much like the Jeep Liberty, of course Beijing Auto are a licensed partner of [...]
Kim Jung Il gives out BYD F3′s to his loyal officials
Times must be tough in the Democratic Peoples Republic of North Korea, especially with staggering pressure of US led sanctions against the hermit nation which forbids luxury imports, especially the Dear Leaders favorite Mercedes and Audi sedans that used to grace the boulavards of Pyongyang prior to Kim’s nuclear foolery. The Korean newspaper, The Chosun [...]
Gasoline prices rise sharply at the pump! Cheers then!
Gasoline prices raised sharply at the pump overnight for Chinese drivers, with pricing set by the central government it does come as a shock when prices rise suddenly across the country which make it impossible to dash across town to the find the dealer with the best forecourt prices. The latest round of rises is [...]
Vehicle imports up 240% in March!
Shock news from Gasgoo: Shanghai, April 14 (Gasgoo.com) China’s Ministry of Commerce said, according to figures released by the General Administration of Customs (GAC) the country’s foreign trade in March was over $112billion, up more than 24 percent, while imports increased by 66 percent to more than $119 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of [...]
Brilliance FSV RS gives bland sedan some sport
The Brilliance FRV is a great little hatchback car, but Brilliance gave into popular demand and gave it a sedan sibling which doesn’t quite sit well compared to its original hatch brother. The forthcoming Brilliance FSV RS corrects some of the blandness that comes with the regular FSV, specifically with the addition of a sports [...]
Greatwall to make more SUV’s – to focus on mini city SUV’s this time
The Chinese appetite for all things SUV like shows no signs of immediately abating like it has in various Western markets, Greatwall understands this and is currently working on a series of compact SUV’s that break it away from the traditional chassis based monsters that it has been working on until now. The new platform [...]
IAT concepts for the 2010 Beijing Autoshow
Hello folks! It’s me, the Analyst. I am the newest editor on CCT, and I’ll be here to help Ash with the site. I am still familiarizing myself with WordPress, so please have a little patience… IAT-auto, which introduced the Wufeng concept back in 2006, is coming back to Beijing this year. With designs “inspired by [...]
China is now GM’s largest market!
In a twist of events the iconic American car maker, GM, has found that its Chinese market has surpassed the US market in terms of sales, making the Chinese market GM’s largest market. GM is the market leader in the Chinese car market, and plans to maintain its presance in the worlds hottest market with [...]
JAC IV concept to wow the crowds in Beijing
The JAC IV concept was designed in JAC’s Italian design studio and is set to be a two seater city car for the next generation of drivers that don’t require 5 seats and a large trunk. The JAC IV is actually a small displacement engine with a hybrid power train attached, making it the ultimate [...]
Shengrui’s 8 speed automatic gearbox
Chinese automotive gearbox companies are few and far between, but it appears that one company are planning on bucking the trend by becoming a first class innovator rather than playing technology catch-up. Shengrui, a Shandong based gearbox manufacturer, have successfully developed an 8 speed automatic gearbox with the help of its friends from Ricardo, Beijing [...]
MG2: Rendered speculation or final car?
Pictures of a future MG2 have been released onto the internet earlier today, sparking rumors of possible engine combinations for the MG2 which will officially be on show at the Beijing Car Show later this month and will probably go into production over the summer. The Roewe 350 went into production last month at the [...]
SAIC’s Leaf Concept Car to debut at Beijing Auto Show
SAIC’s latest concept car, the Leaf, will debut at the Beijing Auto Show complete with an odd Leaf for a roof. However strange it may be, the Leaf’s foliage derived roof actually serves a useful purpose with it being able to give of O2 (i.e. Oxygen) instead of Co2 as with a regular automobile. The [...]
Geely Englon Concept Vehicles for 2010 – Part Four
For part one, click here. This is part four! The Englon range was initially developed to house the TX4 taxi which is being built between the British company LTI and Geely in Shanghai Maples factory in Shanghai. The latest Taxi looks have jumped over the forthcoming TX5 cab and developed its own funky style, much [...]
Geely Global Eagle Concept Vehicles for 2010 – Part Three
This is the third part, for the first part click here! The Global Eagle range is Geely’s range that they plan to sell on international markets (hence the global name) there were rumors circulating before that Geely were interested in taking over a certain mothballed Mitsubishi factory in Australia, but those plans might have been [...]
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