Archive for November, 2010
Mitsubishi and Guangzhou Auto sign JV agreement
Mitsubishi and Guangzhou Auto have officially signed an agreement that will see the two parties set up a joint venture in China within the next year. Originally Mitsubishi had an SUV building JV with Changfeng, but when Changfeng was taken over by Guangzhou Auo Mitsubishi went direct to Guangzhou Auto to set up a new [...]
JAC working on double clutch gearbox
JAC are quickly establishing themselves as technological leaders in the Chinese market, they were rumored to be forced into a marriage with neighboring Chery, but this seems to have been shelved as JAC becomes quite a powerful car maker. JAC has turned itself around and has left its traditional roots as an MPV maker behind [...]
Jiangling’s SUV ready to launch – official pictures
Jiangling are a major partner to Ford in China, and as a result they get some fairly decent technology from the blue oval, the engine for the new SUV is from the Ford Duratorq range and will make for a steady power plant base for the new SUV, which is also set to come in [...]
Mercedes A-Class to launch today
Mercedes are eager to boost their small car line up which they believe is making it popular with small families and younger buyers who want to get a taste of the premium brand but without spending premium amounts of cash. The launch will be the first time that the A-Class has been officially sold in [...]
BYD’s Sales GM: “I will apologize four times”
Mr. Xia Zhi Bing is BYD’s Sales GM, a Hainan person by birth but a Beijing University graduate, in 1999 he was assigned the role of BYD’s Financial manager, but he moved over to be the sales manager before he was 30. Many people believed that Mr. Xia didn’t have the skills or the experience [...]
Volvo CEO upbeat about China
From Xinhua: Stefan Jacoby, president and chief executive officer of Volvo Cars, said he was positive about the future of a joint venture his company runs in cooperation with China’s private automaker Geely. “We are looking for joint cooperations with our sister company Geely.We will have access to the supply base Geely has in China [...]
2011 SX4 spotted out
An usual thing has happened with this SX4 sedan – it has become smaller. Usually in China cars get stretched, but for some reason this 2011 SX4 has shrunk by a mere 2cm, of course this going to have no bearing on any purchase, but an usual start to a new car none the less. [...]
VW to produce EV’s in China by 2014
VW has officially comitted itself to producing EV’s in China by 2014 according to the below media report, VW has been working closely with its partners FAW and SAIC, to develop a series of small pure electric vehicles. The results of this joint R&D session has been the pure electric VW Lavida from SAIC and [...]
Chang’an launches new Niu Jin Xing mini van and new logo
Chang’an have launched another mini van that is expected to perform well in rural markets where demand for such vehicles is still running extremely high. Chang’an initially had great success with its original mini van which recently hit its one millionth vehicle produced, the Niu Jin Xing is a higher end model and will be [...]
Jaguar asking management to serve time in developing markets
Jaguar are keen to get ahead in developing markets such as China, Brazil, and India due to the intense competition they face from their traditional German rivals, Jaguar is now forcing its managers to take to these developing markets in a bid to learn more about the world outside of their HQ in green Warwickshire, [...]
Luxgen’s mysterious new sedan heading for production in China soon
Taiwan’s Yulong Auto and Dongfeng Automotive recently signed an agreement to set up production and sales of Yulong’s new luxury brand, Luxgen, in China. The first vehicle to be produced will be the Luxgen SUV which is likely to see production in China during 2011 and will be powered by a 2.2T engine that Yulong [...]
Let the fun start – Russian and Indian car companies to follow China’s M&A lead
From 2008 onwards the Western car industry was turned on its head as a result of the economic instability in world wide markets which allowed cash rich Chinese companies to take over failing subsidaries or entire companies in one fail swoop. The most famous case would be Geely’s take over of Volvo and also DSI [...]
Nissan Leaf not coming to China just yet due to lack of EV charging standards
When it comes to pure electric vehicles, China is the wild wild west – you have everything from small scale farm factories pumping out fiberglass based electric cars with lead acid batteries providing the power to the rear wheels, then you have pretty much every official car manufacturer in China working on some sort of [...]
Low car buying tax to be scrapped for 2011?
Car sales in China have shot up since 2008 and has made China the worlds biggest car market whilst the rest of the world has suffered in relative silence and watched the Chinese car market increase month on month. At the end of 2008 the world financial markets began to fall to bits, even Chinese [...]
The Chinese Car Industry in the 80′s
Prior to reading, please check out our other parts on the history of the Chinese car industry that spans the 50′s, 60′s and 70′s. With the political turmoil of the 70’s over, the 80’s was looking to be bright. In 1984 the now defunct AMC would sign a partnership with Beijing Auto Works to produce [...]
Chinese Car Industry in the 70′s
In our first two parts we looked at the Chinese car industry at the dawn of the new China under Mao’s rule in the 50’s, and then at the swinging 60’s which of course were not quite so swinging for a China under the Great Leap Forward. The 70’s was a very quiet time for [...]
More Buick GL8 pictures, including interior
The handsome new Buick GL8 is set to launch later this month but earlier today we got to have a look at a new set of pictures of the forthcoming people carrier thanks to some official pictures from GM as a follow up to pictures that were posted on China Car Times last week The [...]
Huanghai’s FAST SUV facelift to launch soon
Huanghai are a small time car maker in North East China with a large conglomerate parent that thought it wise to branch out into car manufacturing as a way to diversify their product line up. The FAST SUV (its name translated from its Chinese name of Fa Se Te, which we believe is supposed to [...]
VW’s New Mid Size Sedan spotted out testing in China
For VW, China is the world’s biggest market and that is why they are putting some considerable time into testing the new mid size sedan that will eventually fall into Shanghai-VW’s lap. FAW-VW is expected to get the new Passat and legend has it that SAIC turned its nose up at the current Passat (B6 [...]
Hawtai to launch B35 SUV at years end
Hawtai slipped a major surprise into the Beijing Auto Show earlier this year when they showed off their new sedan range and also their new Porsche Cayenne inspired SUV, the B35. The B35 may have the Cayenne’s looks but it is actually riding on the last generation of Hyundai Sante-Fe platform that Hawtai purchased from [...]
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