The WagonR is still in production in China – other world markets received the Opel based model a few years back but Changhe Suzuki still make the older generation for the Chinese market. The WagonR has actually undergone a minor face melting change in early 2010, but now they are making it a little long for 2011/12 and there still seems to be no plan…

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The Suzuki Kizashi was a much heralded vehicle in the Chinese automotive press prior to its launch in China, an AWD vehicle that came in at a price lower than the equivalent Subaru Legacy but without the lashings of internal fake wood, but after actually hitting the market the Kizashi has been as popular as a case of herpes.

Gasgoo is reporting that…

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Kei car fans in China needn’t wait much longer for another kei car fix, Suzuki have already launched the Suzuki Alto (and have an order book of 20,000 vehicles per month already) and will launch a new generation of Suzuki WagonR in the first quarter of 2010.

The WagonR is available in China with a 1.4L engine, making it perfect it for city life,…

Is it that Chang’an are not yet ready for North American, or is it that North Americans are not yet ready for Chang’an?

Reuters tells us like it is:

GUANGZHOU (Reuters) – Changan Automobile Group, China’s No. 3 automaker, said on Monday it had slowed down plans to set up a Mexican plant but remained committed to breaking into the North…

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The Suzuki Kizashi is the first big Suzuki sedan to be built in China (unless of course you count the Suzuki Verona, which was the last generation Chevrolet Epica) and will be built by Chang’an-Suzuki sometime in 2010. A sports model oKizashi has been spotted out testing in China, and has proven to be a hit online:

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Despite being a healthy, hetrosexual male, the soon to be pink Suzuki Swift is looking rather cute!

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The Citroen ZX has been in production for as long as CCT can remember, although it did go out of production in 1998 in Europe according to Wikipedia, although it continued to be produced until now in China. The Dongfeng Elysee was produced after the ZX was introduced to give the PRC a small sedan to go along the ZX, Read More →

The Suzuki Alto was one of the first affordable kei cars (or Wei Cars) to hit the Chinese roads, the first generation of Alto was…

CCT has a very large soft spot for the Suzuki Swift, it maybe getting on a bit in its current guise, but we’d still buy one if we had the spare cash, and perhaps somewhere to park it. The Chinese Swift went from being a mere 1.3l to a 1.5l offering, and now a further upgrade has been made.

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Suzuki are the kings of revamping their motors to give them an extra bit of shelf time on the market. Previously they upped the excellent Swift from a 1.3l to a…

The SX4 is one of the more popular small crossovers on sale in China. The latest model has been slightly updated for 2008, the updates are quite tasteful and really enchance the looks of the car.

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Chang’an Suzuki make some great little cars, currently limited to the SX4 and the Swift, but we do like their abilities to re-invent the same car and keep it on sale no matter what! Truly ingenious!

Swift:

The Suzuki Swift has been on the market in China for roughly 4 years, in that time the engine has been increased from a 1.3…

 

Chang’an have been making Bread Vans – aka Suzuki Carry style vehicles for ages now, they Read More →

China Car Times always wanted a Suzuki Swift for himself, but unforunatly the 1.3 engine is a tad (very) puny for our long distance driving needs, however, Changan Suzuki have finally seen the terrible error they have made and have started to put 1.5 engines into the Swift. 1.3l engines are great for inner city travel but arent so great for doing repeated…