Archive for July, 2011
VW’s US market compact sedan to become China’s new Sagitar
It must be hard having two wives, I never really understood how one man can enter into polygamous marriages with multiple wives, one is enough work so why add to the list? VW has a similar headache in the Chinese market where its wives are First Automobile Works (FAW) in the North and Shanghai Auto [...]
Haima 3 gets Mazda3 upgrade
The relationship between Haima and Mazda is officially over, but with Haima still using Mazda parts, platforms and even taking Mazda design styling we do often wonder if the relationship is secretly on the go. Haima have updated their popular Haima 3 hatchback with obvious Mazda3 styling around the tail lights, however the front end [...]
Audi Q3 spotted testing in China
According to a recent on China Car Times it was stated that the Audi Q3 has already entered early production stage and maybe much closer to production than initially thought, earlier estimates indicated that the cute crossover might make it into production in late 2012 at the earliest. With the Q3 already being spotted out [...]
Pangda, Youngman and Saab officially tie the knot
Saab has finally converted its memorandum of understandings with Pangda and Youngman into proper contracts which will see the three work together to first save Saab from itself, and to also develop Saab in the potentially lucrative Chinese market. The big hurdle ahead for all companies involved are the governments of the Sweden and China, [...]
PSA upping the ante on DS lineup in China
PSA Peugeot Citroen is one of the oldest players in Chinese car market. Guangzhou-Peugeot 505 rolled off the production line in 1986, while Dongfeng-Citroen ZX hit the market in 1994. But PSA has not been a success in China. Peugeot and Citroen sold a combined 373,000 cars last year, which was a shame compared to [...]
Beijing may issue automobile consumption incentive policy soon
The spreading rumors about Beijing’s cancelation of the auto consumption restrictive policy recently are not groundless as previously reported. A source revealed that a small industry symposia, arranged by China’s cabinet the State Council and present with the officials from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, National Development and Reform Commission and China Association [...]
Analysis into market performance of Chinese homegrown automakers
The accumulative sales of Chinese own-branded passenger vehicles in Jan-May period totaled 1,629,000 units, up 6.6% from a year earlier, compared to the 11.5% growth of JV-branded passenger vehicles and the 9.1% growth of the passenger vehicle market, accounting for 32.6% of the total passenger vehicle sales in the period. It seems the Chinese homegrown [...]
Chinese prefer cheaper electric cars rather than greener ones
From 13 June to 24 June, Tongji University’s School of Automotive studies joined hands with Sohu Auto and conducted a survey to study potential Chinese electric car buyers. Tongji is a leading university in the field of electric cars based in Shanghai. Sohu is one of the top 4 Chinese portal sites based in Beijing. [...]
Hawtai preping luxury MPV for 2012 production
Hawtai maybe more famous for their failed buy in of Saab than their actual cars and their figure fudging ways, but they are still planning to soldier on with their car business with a new MPV which has been code named the C36. Previously Hawtai accidently leaked the C25 MPV (left) to the Chinese media, [...]
BYD E6 American Edition renders leaked
BYD maybe having some financial trouble at home in China but this has not deterred them from their plans to take on the American market. For the American market it looks like the E6 will be getting some minor changes to the front end and will also have an improved interior according to media reports. [...]
Santana driver in Kunming gets upset with traffic, drives up pedestrian footbridge to get to the other side of the road
Those of that take to the roads in China either in taxi cabs, chauffered vehicles (damn you expats and your big salaries) or even driving your own vehicle, be it two wheeled or four, know full well that most Chinese cities have terrible traffic. Shanghai and Beijing residents think nothing of sitting in traffic for [...]
Volkswagen to launch more R models in China
Volkswagen plans to launch Golf R and Scirocco R models in China this July, adding to E36, the R model already available in Chinese market. Volkswagen R GmbH also plans to launch more models under its R series, including R-line versions of CC and Touareg, and an Exclusive model in China soon.According to Volkswagen R [...]
Honda China lowers its full-year sales target to 650,000 units
Affected by the March 11 earthquake in Japan, Honda China lowers its full-year sales target from 730,000 units to 650,000 units, almost the same level as its 2010 sales. Honda China’s spokesperson Zhu Linjie said that the earthquake affected its production plan, and Honda will make up the losses by increasing capacity in the second [...]
Volkswagen’s Foshan and Yizheng plants gain approval from Chinese gov’t
Volkswagen’s Foshan and Yizheng plants gained approval from Chinese government when the Chinese and German leaders met in Berlin on June 28. Volkswagen Group’s chairman Martin Winterkorn, SAIC Group’s chairman Hu Maoyuan, and FAW Group’s chairman Xu Jianyi signed a joint statement on the same day on investment in the two plants. FAW-Volkswagen’s Foshan plant [...]
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