The unstoppable Ford Fiesta and Suzuki Swift are going to get some stiff competition over the next few months as a myriad of new small cars launch in China, specifically the Hyundai Verna. The Verna will launch on August 23rd and will be built via the Beijing-Hyundai joint venture in Beijing, it’s addition to the market is likely to further spur on deals on the Ford Fiesta and the Suzuki Swift which are already highly competitive in China.
The Verna will launch with the choice of a 1.3L and a …

Hyundai’s i40 sedan has been spotted on the back of a car transporter sparking rumors in the Chinese automotive press that the mid size sedan will launch at the Guangzhou Auto Show later this year.
Hyundai currently have a joint venture with Beijing Automotive works (BAW) which has seen some major growth in the last 18 months as Hyundai surge in the sales alongside its partner Kia.
The i40 will be sold alongside the last generation Sonata which will be sold as an entry level mid sized car, whilst the i40 is …

The Chinese governments automotive stimulus has served both domestic and international car makers well, small compact sedans and hatchbacks have performed extremely well, all thanks to government intervention.
Korea’s top automaker, Hyundai, along with its joint venture partner Beijing Automotive have successfully increased their sales by 83% in China this year, which resulted in their market share jumping from 8.1% to 9.9%. Hyundai’s subsidiary, Kia also saw sales rise by 55% in the first 10 months of the year. Sales for both Hyundai and Kia stood at 570,000 and 230,000 …

Beijing Auto sold just over 121,000 vehicles in September this year, and an impressive 913,878 vehicles from January to September this year, however this is not good enough for the state owned company which was recently denied entry into Europe via an Opel buyout.
Beijing Auto’s September sales surged 108 percent from the same month last year to121,340 vehicles. In the nine-month period it sold 913,878 vehicles, up 48.6 percent from a year earlier. Beijing Auto’s top man Mr. Xu He Yi believes that Beijing Auto can pull off the 2010 …

Hyundai have had a complete turn around in China over the past two years, it was only a few months ago that they appeared to be struggling in the Chinese market with out of date products that were hardly catching the attention of local consumers, that seems to have completely changed for 2009.
By July 2009 Beijing-Hyundai, the JV between Hyundai and Beijing Auto Works had already sold more cars from January to July 2009 than they did in the whole of 2008. Beijing-Hyundai saw sales of 43813 cars from …

From Reuters:
SEOUL, July 14 (Reuters) – Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS), South Korea’s top carmaker, on Tuesday said it has raised its 2009 target for sales in China for a second time because of stimulus measures by the Chinese government to boost demand and as the company plans to launch new models.
Hyundai, the world’s No.5 carmaker along with affiliate Kia Motors Corp (000270.KS), said in a statement that its Chinese unit aimed to sell 450,000 cars this year, 12.5 percent higher than its previous target.
In April, an executive of Beijing Hyundai …

Hyundai launched their new coupe in China earlier today, except it has dropped the Genesis branding and opted for the Rohens Coupe moniker. The Genesis name was dropped for China, and replaced with the Rohens name, the sedan went on the market in August 2008 priced from 390,000rmb to slightly over 500,000rmb.
The Rohens Coupe starts at a rather cheap 190,000rmb for the base 2.0 Turbo manual model, price are as follows:
2.0T Manual 190,000rmb
2.0T Automatic 220,000rmb
2.0T Luxury Automatic 250,000rmb
3.8 Luxury Automatic 300,900rmb
3.8 Flagship 320,500rmb
The low pricing, which is on par …

The Hyundai Genesis is set to launch onto the Chinese market on September 23rd, in just over two weeks time.
The Genesis is Hyundais first shot at the upmarket luxury sedan segment in China, and they’re not coming empty handed. The Genesis will be sold in China with either a 3.3l engine, or a 3.8l engine (Chinese reports say a V6 engine). The Genesis has actually been renamed for the Chinese market, it is to be called the Rohen within the borders of the PRC, although the Chinese media refer to …

Since 2007, Beijing Hyundai, have been busy working on developing the current Hyundai China’s line up. Beijing Hyundai (BJ) have already updated the current Hyundai Elantra to bring a fresh updated Elantra to the Chinese market, giving the Chinese marketplace a choice of two Elantras, the new (above), and the old.
The Elantra was not the only model that received a makeover for the Chinese market, the Hyundai Sonata also received an update for the Chinese market.
Beijing Hyundai have received 5.1 billion RMB in funding for research and development from Hyundai …

The Hyundai i30 is expected to be produced in China very soon according to media reports. The i30 is well regarded by foreign motoring automotive outlets, who often favorably comment on the i30′s fashionable design and reasonable handling.

The i30 is expected to go into production in Beijing in the second half of 2008, and may well go some way in turning around Hyundai’s rather dismal sales performance in 2007 and 2008. This car may just well be the injection of style and performance that Hyundai needs the most in China, …

Beijing Hyundai have been struggling of late, their models in China are rather dull compared to their overseas models. Beijing Hyundai have been designing their own models in China, such as the new Sonata, but sales cannot be compared to the runaway success of the Accord or the Camry. The Elantra sales could be described as average when compared to the Focus and the Buick Excelle, Hyundai hopes to counter the aging Excelle and Focus with an updated Elantra for 08.

The exterior has had a minor face lift, but the …

Beijing Hyundai havent been doing too great over the past few years, their old Sonata was just plain ugly, the new Sonata is visually appealing but it just wont sell at all, not like the Camry or the Accord does. Hyundai have decided to wheel out the big guns, and bring the Korean 5 series killer to China.

The Korean car maker Hyundai are planning to launch their upmarket luxury car in China later next year with the aim of getting into the ever expanding luxury car market and carve out a portion of the pie that has long been with the likes of Mercedes and BMW.
Sales have been going down hard and fast for Beijing Hyundai over the past few years, this year they were forced to lower their sales forecast amid intense pressure from other brands that have newer, nicer looking models. BMW and Mercedes have …

It seems the Korean giant is going to hit its sales targets for 07:
HYUNDAI Motor Co, South Korea’s largest car maker, has cut vehicle prices by as much as 13 percent in China and curtailed its sales target after introducing new models.
Beijing Hyundai Motor Co, the company’s Chinese venture, cut prices for its Accent subcompact, Avante compact and Sonata sedans by seven percent to 13 percent from September 1, Seoul-based Hyundai Motor said yesterday.
Hyundai Motor slashed its annual sales target in the world’s second-biggest auto market by 16 percent to …

Beijing Hyundai have come from behind, to being one of the market leaders in China. Before on China Car Times we talked about how the ‘QQ Killing’ Hyundai Getz is coming to China. Hyundai plan to have the car in production as early as January 2008, in addition, Beijing Hyundai also plan to produce the Hyundai Coupe in China to keep it competitive with up and coming Chinese coupes such as the MGTF, Brilliance Coupe etc etc. Currently the Hyundai Coupe is made in Korea and imported into China making …

Oh dear, the Korean auto giant that came from no where in China to making quite a large brand but seems to have tapered off in recent years with regards to sales, that seems to stem from what appears to be a rather really dull product line up in China. Hopefully the Getz will turn them around.
HYUNDAI Motor Corp may miss its sales target in China for a second straight year due to a lack of new models and the popularity of Chinese-made, price-competitive models.
Beijing Hyundai Motor Corp, a joint …

Beijing Hyundai are planning on creating a QQ killing car – Beijing Hyundai honestly really doesnt make any interesting mid size or small family cars here in China, so the newly proclaimed ‘Hyundai Getz’ (thats with a z) is likely to kick up some price wars in China, especially as the Chery A1 has just gone on the market.
The Hyundai Getz is Hyundais smallest car to date and comes with the choice of 1.1, 1.4 and 1.6 economy engines. The Getz is already selling well around the world.
Making the Getz …