Archive for January, 2011
BYD to unveil S6 SUV DM in Detroit – DM standing for Dual Mode, aka Hybrid
BYD are staffed by a clever bunch of people, despite their set backs in the past few months which were largely out of their control they are still on track in producing tomorrows cars. One day when the rest of the world are fighting over the left overs of hydro-carbon deposits, BYD owners will be [...]
Britain’s boom to bust motor industry – are there lessons for China?
This article was written by guest writer, Martin Hayes. Martin is the Executive Chairman of AutomotivePR, one of the world’s leading specialists in public relations for the automotive industry. AutomotivePR now has a world wide office network that spans Europe, the USA and China. Think of country which halfway through the 20th Century was the [...]
E-drive vehicle becoming focus of China’s auto industry
HEV or BEV? That’s the question. Although many Chinese specialists believe hybrid vehicles are more technological feasible, the government is still giving the greatest impetus to the development of battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. New energy vehicles, are known as ‘Green Vehicles’ in the Western world, this is a heated topic in China, in [...]
GM’s China Sales Run Down
Shanghai-GM announced that they sold 2.35 million cars in 2010 – but 2.35 million of what seems to be the ultimate question. GM’s sales increased by 28% over the course of 2010. GM launched 11 new or upgraded models in 2010, and is expected to continue expanding the GM line up with some new products [...]
BYD’s sales fall short of target – again
At the end of 2009, a victorious and boastful BYD announced that they would be able to clear sales of 800,000 vehicles in China for 2010, by the middle of the year the goal was looking extremely far away with only 230,000 sales gained by June, BYD lowered it to a more attainable 600,000 vehicles [...]
Buick Regal 2.4L SIDI model launched
Buick have launched a new generation of engine with the Buick Regal – this time the Regal will be sporting a 2.4L direct injection model that will be able to improve power and lower consumption at the same time. Pricing for the new 2.4L model ranges from 221,900rmb to 274,900rmb depending on specification and the [...]
50,000 Beijing residents apply for license plates on the first day of the year
We’re just five days into the new year and the car market is already heating up the cold weather. Beijing City Government announced in November that they would ‘do something‘ about the traffic problems in Beijing in the new year which resulted in panic buying of automobiles in the final quarter of the year. This [...]
Nice try, Hyundai, Nice try!
Several days ago, Hyundai announced itself to be the second biggest car maker in China after Volkswagen and somehow managed to outsell GM who sold 2.35 million cars this year, verses Hyundai who barely sold 1 million units in China. An official article regarding the ‘miracale’ appeared in the Joon Gang Daily, a Korean newspaper, [...]
GM sells 2.35 million vehicles in China during 2010
From the Wall Street Journal: BEIJING—General Motors Co.’s sales in China grew 28.8% in 2010 to a record 2.35 million units, making the U.S. firm the first foreign company to surpass the two-million mark for annual vehicle sales in China, GM said in a statement Tuesday. The growth comes after the Detroit-based auto maker launched [...]
MG6 sedan on sale from 127,800rmb to 189,800rmb
The MG6 sedan was only recently shown off at the Guangzhou Auto Show but SAIC are not being slack about moving it into the dealerships ASAP to give MG’s sales a much needed boost. Whilst the MG6 sedan is just a Roewe 550 with a bout of rhinoplasty its clear that the MG6 sedan is [...]
Brilliance’ new sedan sighted out again
Brilliance have a great knack for making handsome looking sedans that manage to leap over price boundries, they have high end models in the 120,000rmb segment, and they have low end models in the 50,000rmb segment. The BS6 was the first full size model from Brilliance which seems to have won it many fans in [...]
The road map of the future: State Owned V’s Private companies
With China clearing 18 million cars from its dealership forecourts this year, it’s expected that the boom will last forever, of course this is highly unlikely to be the case and the market will slow down considerably by 2015 but will continue to grow. I personally predict sales of around 12-15 million per year on [...]
Guangzhou Auto takes 50% stake in motorbike manufacturer
China’s motorbike manufacturers are itching to become car manufacturers, car manufacturers seem to be itching to become bike manufacturers – enter Guangzhou Auto. Guangzhou Auto spent 30.96 million RMB on buying a 50% stake in WuYang-Honda, a joint venture company between Wuyang Motorbike and Honda’s motorbike division. Wuyang-Honda Motors Guangzhou has registered capital of 30 [...]
Happy times in Korea: Hyundai-Kia top 1 million car sales in China in 2010
Hyundai Motor Co’s rise to the top has been a painful road, but one that it has traveled rather fast since the introduction of the Hyundai Pony, by 2010 they had become the second largest car maker in China after selling a combined 1.1 million vehicles via its Hyundai joint venture with Beijing Auto and [...]
2011 – the year of the joint venture sub brand
2011 is the year of the rabbit, but in actual fact it’s the year of the Treasured Horse, or the morning star, or the Everus. These strange sounding names are not the 12 animals of the Chinese star system, what they are in fact are the self-developed brands from GM, Nissan and Honda. At the [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-02
Back in QD at long last. GZ Auto Show = awesome. Then Christmas, now back to work on CCT # AshAsh came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese [...]
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