Archive for September, 2010
Geely brand to die in 2012
Last week at Geely’s newest flagship dealership in Shanghai, Geely announced that the Geely brand will slip away from the mainstream by 2012, and will allow its sub brands to pick up the slack. Geely’s sub brands include Gleagle, Emgrand, and Shanghai Englon which will be strenthened over the coming months. Gleage is Geely’s global [...]
PSA plans for third China plant going well
From Reuters: French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen (PEUP.PA) is on track to build a new China car plant with Dongfeng Motor Group (0489.HK), and is looking to export from China as early as 2011, its Asia chief said on Saturday. PSA Peugeot, a long-time partner of Dongfeng Motor, has been speeding up expansion in the [...]
EU seeking to impose a 5 year duty on Chinese wheels
From Reuters: The European Union wants to impose duties of 22.3 percent on imports of Chinese car wheels that could be valid for five years, according to a document seen by Reuters. The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, wants duties to defend EU producers against Chinese vehicle wheels made of aluminiun that it says [...]
Ford to launch SVP Fiesta
Chang’an Ford are getting ready to launch the SVP Ford Fiesta, a special limited edition sports model, and echoes the Ford Focus SVP that was launched earlier this year. The Fiesta SVP will launched in the middle of September and will be available with manual and automatic gearboxes, pricing is expected to be 92,900 and [...]
Lhasa-Beijing Highway gets a new 120km long traffic jam
Roadworks are being blamed yet again for causing massive tail backs on the Lhasa to Beijing highway, which was blocked up by a 100km long traffic jam just ten days ago. The central government was forced in to take care of the traffic jam, which eventually became a miniature town in the middle of Mongolia [...]
Chinese government to launch 15 different electric car standards
The Chinese government is planning to unify the electric car industry with a set of 15 new electric car standards which will cover manufacturing specifics in a bid to consolidate the electric car industry into one standard within China. China is planning to become one of the big ‘electric car states’ in the next few [...]
Ford China sales strong in August
Ford had a strong month in August this year, with Ford seeing a 24% sales increase in sales over August 2009. Ford delivered a grand total of 368,103 new passenger vehicles from January to August this year, a 42% increase over 2009 sales. The Ford Focus continues to be Ford’s big seller in China with [...]
Guangzhou Auto’s first passenger car to launch soon
Guangzhou Auto, like Beijing Auto, have been left behind in the State Owned Automakers great race to develop strong self developed brands for the Chinese market and beyond. Guangzhou Auto recently bought in Alfa-Romeo platforms and engines, on which to build its own cars, which will give them an impressive leap over their counterparts in [...]
Roewe W5 sighted again – expected to launch at the end of the year*
*Perhaps The W5 SUV recently appeared in the central governments list of cars that have been granted production rights for this year, which should mean that we will finally see the Ssangyong based Roewe on the roads before long. The W5 will be equipped with a 2.4L Ssangyong petrol engine, or SAIC’s 1.8T engine and [...]
Audi A3 Sedan to be built in China
The Audi A3 was recently succesfully introduced into China with 1.4TSI and 1.8TSI engine, but joint venture partners Audi and First Automobile Works are planning to capitalize on the A3′s recent media popularity by producing the yet to launch A3 Sedan in the Chinese market. Audi have been without a compact sedan offering since they [...]
Beijing Auto’s C30 MPV spotted out again
Beijing Auto have been left out in the cold when it comes to self developed brands, and they are eager to catch up with the market leaders at SAIC who invested early and produced the Roewe and later MG series of cars. Beijing Auto are aggresively developing their own range of cars, some of which [...]
FAW to launch electric B50 and other models this year
First Automobile Works are planning to launch their first pure electric vehicle this year, the Besturn B50, and will be FAW’s first mass produced electric vehicle. At the same time, FAW’s Tianjin subsidery, XiaLi, are also planning to launch a pure electric vehicle. An initial production run is set to happen soon in small numbers [...]
Kia recalling 18,000 vehicles, 8000 in China
Kia are planning to recall 18,000 vehicles globally of which 8,000 vehicles are located in the Chinese market. The extent of the issue is not entirely clear, however the cars that are being recalled are the new Kia Sorrento and also the Kia Borrego SUV. The scope of the cars being recalled is quite small [...]
Get an an apprenticeship at MG in the UK
Are you young enough for an apprenticeship? Would you like to have a stab at working at one of the worlds most famous car companies? Well it seems that if you answered yes to the above then an apprenticeship at MG Motor UK in their Longbridge factory is the way forward for you. MG have [...]
FAW-VW to launch sports Bora with 1.4TSI and 7 speed DSG gearbox soon
The VW Bora has been on a roller coaster ride in the Chinese market since its original introduction in the Chinese market several years ago, the fourth generation Bora was later given a hatchback version which was actually the fourth generation Golf with a new set of bumpers. The latest generation of Bora, known as [...]
August auto sales over 1.2 million units sold. Energy saving vehicles see sales incease.
For those of us that drive in China on a daily basis, we’re really starting to feel that China really is moving over 1.2 million units per month off the dealership lots, traffic is crawling to a halt in many places and traffic jams of over 30km are starting to happen. August car sales reached [...]
Jiangnan Auto back from the dead with old Suzuki Alto – to be sold at 18,000rmb
The Suzuki Alto has been sold in China under many different names and brands and not in an entirely legal fashion either. Jiangnan Auto was bought out by Zotye, a then aspiring SUV company that recently branched out into other models, they plan to resell the Jiangnan Alto for a mere 18,000rmb which is a [...]
Chevrolet Volt lands in China, sales to begin next year
The Chevrolet Volt was unveiled to an assembled crowd of journalists and potential consumers yesterday in Shanghai, the Volt has gained a Chinese name as is customary for any car wishing to sell in China, its adopted Chinese name is 沃蓝达 (Wo Lan Da) Why the Volt is getting an airing now, but no sales [...]
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