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Is the New Jetta Heading to the Taxi Market?

Geely’s Gleagle GV5 MPV

Geely are planning to push their sub brands hard this

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Is the New Jetta Heading to the Taxi Market?

The New VW Jetta has been out on Chinese roads

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Former GM Engineer Receives Prison Sentence for Espionage

From Reuters: A former General Motors Co engineer was sentenced

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2013 RAV4 Wheeled Out For China

The Toyota RAV4 was finally put into local production in

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Geely’s Gleagle GV5 MPV

May 17, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chinese Car News, Spy Shots Tagged Geely Gleagle, Geely GV5, Gleagle GV5, GV5, spyshots Comments 0

Geely are planning to push their sub brands hard this year, the Emgrand brand has already proven itself to be a popular brand with Chinese consumers as has the Gleagle but the Gleagle is lacking somewhat in terms of products. This year the economy brand focused Gleagle range will receive the below GV5 MPV:

Is the New Jetta Heading to the Taxi Market?

May 8, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chinese Car News, Industry News, Spy Shots Tagged 2013 VW Jetta, China Taxi, FAW-VW, Taxi Car, VW Jetta Comments 1

The New VW Jetta has been out on Chinese roads for a few weeks now along with the New Santana which look virtually indistinguishable from each other and look fairly similar to the larger Bora and Lavida, the only real differences being the FAW-VW and SH-VW badging on the rear of the car. Autohome.com.cn are running with spy pictures of a ‘poverty specification’…

Former GM Engineer Receives Prison Sentence for Espionage

May 3, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chinese Car News Comments 0

From Reuters:

A former General Motors Co engineer was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and her husband was sentenced to three years for conspiring to steal trade secrets for use in China, federal prosecutors said.

Former engineer Shanshan Du, 54, and her husband Yu Qin, 52, each received sentences well below the roughly eight…
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2013 RAV4 Wheeled Out For China

Apr 23, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chinese Car News Comments 0

The Toyota RAV4 was finally put into local production in 2009 in the Chinese market for the first time, previously it was only available as an imported vehicle but that was no problem as many local manufacturers moved into position to produce their own RAV4 style (or often based!) models that cost a third of the price and lasted only a third the length…

Jeep Cherokee To Become Zi You Guang in the Chinese Market

Apr 11, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chinese Car News, Shanghai Auto Show Comments 0

The name for the Chinese market Jeep Cherokee has been leaked via the Chinese media according to reports aired earlier today, rather than wearing the traditional Jeep Cherokee name the Chinese name has become Zi You Guang which means something along the lines of Total Freedom – a strong name for a company that has focused its entirety on being a go…

Ford Launches New Mondeo In China

Apr 3, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chang'an Ford, Chinese Car News, Industry News Comments 0

Ford’s new Mondeo launched in China late yesterday evening with much fanfare from the Chinese automotive media. Ford’s new Mondeo has become a flagship for the Blue Oval in the Chinese market and comes at a night when Ford are placing more impoteus on the Chinese market to boost growth outside of the EU market.

Marin Burela, President and CEO of…

Chinese Market Nissan March Gains 1.2T

Mar 26, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chinese Car News, Dongfeng Nissan, Spy Shots Comments 0

The Chinese market hasn’t taken to the Dongfeng made Nissan March in a major way, it still lags behind its competitors in the sales leagues, but will the introduction of a 1.2T engine change consumer perception?

Guangzhou-Honda’s Concept C Sedan Sighted Yet Again

Mar 25, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chinese Car News, Spy Shots Comments 0

The Concept C sedan was unveiled at the Shanghai Auto Show last year and is in an interesting position, its not quite Accord sized and not quite Civic sized. The ‘C’ is being developed in cooperation with Guangzhou Auto to take on the popular compact sedan segment in China where the Honda Civic, made by Dongfeng-Honda, is already a popular choice.

Mc Donalds Double Burger Double Sausage is More Dissapointment Than Hunger Busting

Mar 25, 2013 Posted by Ash In Chinese Car News Comments 0

The LA Times, The Herald Sun, the Shanghaist,…

Chevrolet Beat: The Compact Car Revolution

Mar 19, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chinese Car News Comments 0

India and China share a similar length of history, similar religions and similar development goals, but our roads are different. Not different in that India drives on one side and China on the other, different in the fact that two markets seem to receive two very different types of car. In the Chinese market the Beat, or rather the Spark, as it is known,…

Seeking: Operation Manufacturing Director and Sr. Manager Communications in China

Mar 14, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chinese Car News Comments 0

Looking for a job? The China Car Times Career Center is officially open for business. If you want your resume in the system please register here, headhunters and corporations will be given access to your details on request. HR Agencies, headhunters and internal HR Departments are welcome to use the CCT Career Center to post their China/Automotive focused…

BAIC’s E-Series sedan seen testing

Mar 13, 2013 Posted by Nathan Y In BAIC, Beijing Auto, Chinese Car News, Spy Shots Tagged BAIC, beijing Comments 0

BAIC’s E-series hatchback launched last year signaled Beijing Auto’s ambitions to start selling cars under their own brand. It has seen modest sales numbers so far, but a sedan version is very close to hitting the market.

The sedan follows the same basic design of the hatchback, which some say closely resembles styling from BAIC’s partner Mercedes-Benz….

Guangzhou Auto’s GA3 spied, to be listed later this year

Mar 13, 2013 Posted by Nathan Y In Chinese Car News, Guangzhou Auto, Spy Shots Tagged GA3, gac, guangzhou Comments 0

Guangzhou Auto (GAC) is churning out new products under its own brand. The smaller sibling of the GAC Trumpchi, which had been previously seen was spotted out testing again.

The GA3 is expected to receive a 1.6L naturally-aspirated…

Audi A3 Sedan to See Chinese Production Along With Hatch

Mar 11, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chinese Car News Comments 0

According to the below spy shots the Audi A3 sedan has already entered into basic levels of production in FAW-Audi’s factory in Foshan. It was previously rumored that the A3 would be stretched like the A4L for the Chinese market but Chinese media are now reporting that the A3 will come in a regular sedan format and hatchback and should be on the market…

Johnson Selling Electronics Arm, Chinese Thought to be in the Bidding

Mar 8, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chinese Car News Comments 0

Johnson is about to part with its electronics arm according to a terse press release issued earlier today, the unit itself is no small cookie and brings in over 1 billion per year for Johnson and has over a 1000 engineers within its organization.

The Motley Fool is speculating that the Chinese manufacturers and parts companies maybe interested in…

Chang-an’s XT Hatch Has a 150bhp Turbo, a Manual Gearbox and Potentially Low Price

Mar 7, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chinese Car News, Spy Shots Comments 0

The Chang’an XT is quickly becoming the car the MG5 could have been, and shows the strong design rise that Chang’an have had in the past few years. The former truck manufacturer hit a high point with the introduction of some strong models in recent months, especially with the introduction of the Eado sedan and then the larger Raeton sedan. This new…

Chinese cars set to gain traction in international markets

Mar 5, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chinese Car News, Industry News Comments 0

The words ‘made in China’ are almost a given these days as the country has become synonymous, and hugely successful, with manufacturing. Why, then, is it a surprise when Chinese cars are released onto the fiercely competitive motoring market? The truth is that Chinese cars are actually rather good. So much so that they’re set to gain impressive…

The Next Big Thing in China: Independent Auto Repair Shops

Mar 5, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chinese Car News, Industry News Comments 0

As anyone who has lived in China and bought a car from new in the PRC knows, Chinese dealerships charge an absolute fortune for simple repair services. How much does it cost to change 4 spark plugs on a 2007 VW Passat at a VW dealerships? 1200RMB (192USD) according to one of my friends who is lamenting having to pay so much. The problem is that dealerships…

Guangzhou Honda’s Concept C Sedan Road Testing

Mar 2, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chinese Car News, Spy Shots Comments 0

The Honda Concept C aired at the Beijing Auto Show in April 2012 and was set to give China a peak preview of what a future Honda developed specifically for the Chinese market might look like for the Chinese market.

The…

As Predicted, Toyota February Sales Tumble 45.7%

Mar 2, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chinese Car News, Industry News, Toyota China Comments 0

The Chinese New Year dates have again played havoc with sales statistics. Chinese New Year goes by the lunar calendar and as such rebounds between January and February each year, last year CNY fell in January so January 2013 sales were at an all time high. This year CNY fell in February which means sales are going to be down considerably as the country…

GAC’s Trumpchi GA5 Gains 1.8T Engine

Feb 25, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chinese Car News, Industry News Comments 0

Guangzhou’s Trumpchi brand hasn’t lifted off in the ways that many people expected, despite the strong design and Alfa Romeo based platform the Trumpchi GA5 hasn’t sold in major numbers as of yet. The GA5 sedan initially launched with 1.8L and 2.0L engines but has now been joined by a range topping 1.8T.

The 1.8T produces 177BHP and 237Nm of…

Cadillac XTS To Launch Tonight, Pricing Expected to be 380,000RMB to 600,000RMB

Feb 25, 2013 Posted by administrator In Cadillac China, Chinese Car News, Industry News Comments 0

Cadillac will launch their flagship XTS model tonight and hope to go head to head with the Audi A6L in the Chinese market. The new XTS has been much awaited by the Chinese press whom have reported on the new model considerably over the past 8 months since its launch in the USA, the XTS will first be imported into the Chinese market and then see production…

Porsche Designer Heads to Shanghai for Chery

Feb 25, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chinese Car News, Industry News Comments 0

The designer of classics such as the Porsche 918 Spyder, Boxster and Cayman sports car models has accepted a position at Chery Auto and will be based in Shanghai according to a recent…

Jesus Drives a BMW in China

Feb 25, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chinese Car News, Culture Tagged bmw, China, Christianity, Culture, Spotted Comments 0

Perpetually smiling guitar salesmen and media mogul Ian Burns spotted this devout 5-Series on the mean streets of Beijing. Religion was put aside in China from the 50′s to the 90′s, but now that China is more open than ever more people…

ZX Auto’s TUV Confuses Itself With a Ford Raptor

Feb 24, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chinese Car News, Industry News, Zhongxing Comments 0

ZX Auto have proven themselves on the battle field as part of Libya’s unofficial cavalry, we even had a review of one ZX Auto by a Libyan user who took part in the Civil War to rout Gadaffi from his thrown. Chinese media were told to scale back their reporting on the role of ZX Auto in the Libyan civil war which didn’t give ZX Auto the big boost it…

MG6 Gains Six Speed Dual Clutch and Electronic Brake

Feb 20, 2013 Posted by FrankF In Chinese Car News Comments 2

The MG6 has been selling quite well in the Chinese market, although it is priced on par with products from international manufaturers. The MG6′s biggest draw backs were the ancient 5 speed automatic gearbox and the perculiar hand brake that seemed to pop out at a strange angle. Both are gone for 2013 – a six speed dual clutch gearbox is on its way as…

And We’re Back!

Feb 20, 2013 Posted by FrankF In Chinese Car News, Industry News Comments 0

Did you miss China Car Times through the Chinese New Year Celebrations? We did. The initial plan was to take the site off line for a day or two to update the site design with a new one but we hit upon a few issues. Firstly the server kept filling up due to a lack of caching software (so many var/tmp errors) but we didn’t realize this until too late,…

Facelift Buick Regal Showing Its Face in China

Feb 8, 2013 Posted by Ash In Chinese Car News Tagged Buick, Buick China, Buick Regal, China The Regal, face, facelift, Lacrosse, major changes Comments 0

The Regal has been a big hit for Buick China and managed to reignite Chinese interest in the brand, then came the Lacrosse and Buick hit the big time. The Regal has been on the market for a while without any major changes, a new facelift is due later in 2013 along with the Read More →

Alfa Romeo Giulietta Coming to China

Feb 6, 2013 Posted by FrankF In Chinese Car News Tagged Alfa Romeo, Alfa Romeo Giulietta, car, China, Giulietta, hatchbacks, November 2011, stylish cars Comments 0

Over the last 100 years, Alfa Romeo have established themselves as a brand with real integrity when…

Brilliance H120 Pops Up in Shenyang

Feb 5, 2013 Posted by FrankF In Brilliance Auto, Chinese Car News, Industry News Tagged a change in direction, car, cars, cheaper cars, Cherry QQ, Chery, Chinese manufacturers, design language, F0, H120, H120 Pops, QQ, race to the bottom, Shenyang Comments 0

Over the past few years we have seen a change in direction with Chinese manufacturers, for a time it seemed that they were in a continual race to the bottom with ever cheaper cars, see the BYD F0 and Cherry QQ series for strong examples. Cheap cars don’t provide too much in terms of profit, but they do provide volume. If BYD and Chery didn’t have vehicles…

Fiat Launches in Korea

Feb 5, 2013 Posted by FrankF In Chinese Car News, Industry News Tagged Asia Pacific region, Fiat, Fiat 500, Fiat 500c, Fiat Launches, gm, Korea Korea, local brands, South Korean market, ssangyong, The Korean market, tough market Comments 0

Korea is a tough market for imported brands, but Fiat is more than up to the task. The Korean market, as you would expect, is dominated by local players such as Hyundai and Kia as well as GM’s local arm, and to a lesser extent Ssangyong. Japanese manufacturers have tried to tap the market but Korean’s remain loyal to local brands, Fiat is hoping to…

Freelander To Be Made in China, Use Chery 2.0T Engine and Have 7 Seats

Jan 29, 2013 Posted by FrankF In Chinese Car News Tagged Chery, China, engines, Freelander, JLR, joint venture, Land Rover Freelander, Seats The Chinese media, vehicles Comments 0

The Chinese media are pushing around various stories regarding the forthcoming third generation of Land Rover Freelander. The Freelander is expected to be one of the first vehicles to be made in China under the new joint venture arangement between Chery and JLR, the two companies are expected to carry out considerable amounts of R&D together to…

How I am Surviving the Great Smog-oloypse of 2013

Jan 29, 2013 Posted by Ash In Chinese Car News Tagged Air Quality Index, beijing, central Beijing, China, Chinese cities, city building, foggy weather, killer smog, local government, Qingdao, weather Comments 3

Opening the curtains in the morning to check on the days weather has become a fruitless task, the weather largely stays the same: “Gray, with a hint of gray” This is not smog central Beijing, this is Qingdao – reportedly one of the cleanest cities in China and a long time member of the “Top Ten Most Livable Chinese Cities” lists that come out…

What Happened to the Proposed Volvo China Boom?

Jan 21, 2013 Posted by FrankF In Chinese Car News Tagged Chinese consumers, joint venture, Volvo, Volvo dealership, Volvo S40, Volvo S60 Comments 4

In 2010 Geely acquired Volvo, and then in 2012 the government announced it would buy more locally made cars rather than Audis. It was largely thought that Volvo, as a Chinese owned company, would get a major leg up in the 2012 sales market, but the opposite has happened, sales fell.

Ford established its joint venture with Changâ€™an Automobile…

China No Longer The Cheap Option

Jan 11, 2013 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged China Comments 1

This article takes a look at the issues at the heart of the Chinese export economy, namely rising salaries and a shrinking labor pool which were once the biggest asset for China’s factories. The article was written by Read More →

Sighted in China: First Gen Renault Twingo

Dec 31, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged 2007 in France, China, Europe, first Generation Twingo, mainland Europe, Renault Twingo, Twingo Comments 2

20121230_210036 After an evening of stuffing my face with spicy hotpot meat and drinking cold Qingdao beers I ~~staggered~~ came out of a fine establishment smelling like a…

Facelift Nissan Livina to Launch in March 2013

Dec 10, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged brand, configuration, Crossover, CVT, date, Dongfeng, engine, face, facelift, favor, form, fuel, gallery, gearbox, Genesis, guise, hood, launch, line, link, Livina, Livina whilst, March, March 2013, month, nissan, Nissan Livina, Nissan Note, note, petrol, petrol engines, pricing, replacement, Seat, speed, stalwart, Strong Sales, version, Western Europe, whilst, wont, year Comments 8

Dongfeng-Nissan’s…

2013 Subaru Forester to Hit Market on December 19th

Dec 7, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Chinese Car News Tagged auto, base, December, end, grills, Guangzhou auto show, guise, interesting vehicle, Market, meat, model, naturally aspirated, November, on December 19th, pricing, RMB, show, step, Subaru, Subaru Forester, the Forester, turbo, turbo guise, vehicle, year Comments 0

Baojun SUV heading to China Soon

Dec 6, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Chinese Car News Tagged baojun, basis, brand, Buick, buy, Captiva, car, chevrolet, Chevrolet Captiva, China, compact, Crossover, Excelle, generation, gm, hand, hatchback, line, model, platform, production, range, rebirth, rumor, sedan, Spark, speed, suv, tech, territory, the old Chevrolet Spark, vehicle Comments 0

The Baojun brand is made up of two vehicles, the 630…

Let’s Take a Look at Beijing Auto’s â€œWrangler”

Dec 5, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged auto, B40, beijing auto, brand, company, date, diesel, door, end, engine, gallery, Gasoline, gasoline engine, gasoline engines, gearbox, Guangzhou auto show, housing, imitation, IPR, IPR Beijing Auto, last, launch, Look, Market, month, mystery, nissan, pricing, range, Saab, semi, Shen Bao, show, speed, succession, suv, take, Tangshan, technology, version, Wrangler, year Comments 5

Beijing Auto’s B40 SUV has been spotted out many times, it was initially expected to launch towards the end of 2011 but was effectively delayed until the the launch of the company’s own Shen Bao brand late last month at the Guangzhou Auto Show. Shen Bao will be housing an entirely new range of vehicles all of which are thought to be launching within…

Here’s your New Taxi – The 2013 Volkswagen Santana

Nov 27, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged auto, chance, China, China Bora, China Jetta, choice, crowd, date, display, engines, Euro, gallery, Guangzhou auto show, Jetta, Lavida, leg, Magotan, nbsp, New, New Bora, new Jetta, New Santana, New Taxi, part, Passat, plan, platform, Polo, pricing, RMB, room, Sagitar, Santana, sausage, show, taxi, tier, top, upto, US Jetta, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Santana, VW Comments 3

The Guangzhou Auto Show gave us a chance to get up close with the new Santana. Volkswagen is using its tried and tested “Same sausage, different lengths” throughout its China models, from the Passat (US Passat) to the Magotan (Euro Passat) to the Sagitar (US Jetta) to the New Bora (China Bora), to the VW Lavida (China only) to the all new Jetta…

We’re at the Guangzhou Auto Show

Nov 23, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged attendance, Audi, auto, bmw, Bora, brand, business, Chery, China JV, Club, Consumer, cool, couple, Day, executives, Fall, Fiat, floor, friend, ghost, grass, guangzhou, Guangzhou auto show, hairline, Hot, introduction, Japanese brands, JLR, Joint, Lavida, money, month, option, part, partner, Reely, Riich, run, Santana, Seriously, show, slide, stand, stride, sub, Subaru, sweaty executives, taxi, Thankfully, time, tomorrow, Toyota, tree, venture, Viaggio, Volvo, VW Santana Comments 6

Expect major updates from tomorrow onwards.

What we’ve seen so far:

Very sweaty people – Why did the organizers choose not to turn on the AC on the first day? So many sweaty executives, PR people and journalists.
Taxi drivers complaining its cold – It’s 25 degrees in Guangzhou. Hot for the swarms of media that came in from…
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SAIC-GM-Wuling Adds New Capacity in China For Baojun Sales

Nov 19, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News, Industry News Tagged Asean, baojun, base, benchmark, Bob Socia, business, capacity, car, center, Chief, Chief Country Operations Officer, China, Country, Expansion, facility, Factory, foundation, Global, GM China, Group, Growth, Guangxi Province, Investment, line, Liuzhou, Manufacturing, Market, milestone, mixture, New, officer, opening, Operations, part, Passenger, passenger car, Phase, Plant, production, production line, RMB, SAIC, SAIC-GM, SAIC-GM-Wuling, sedan, SGMW, space, strategy, system, technology, the Chinese market, tie, tier, today, vehicle, venture, way, world, Wuling Comments 0

The three way…

Lavida Hatchback Dressed Up As a Skoda For Road Testing

Nov 15, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged admiration, box, brother, car, China, Design, Dressed, example, future, gallery, Golf, hatch, hatchback, issue, joint venture companies, last September, Lavida, Market, middle, model, month, nissan, number, platform, Polo, populace, popular cars, Power, product, sedan, sedean, September, Shanghai, Shanghai VW, Skoda, Skoda Fabia Wagon, Sportback, testing, the Chinese market sales, tiida, train, TSI, venture, volume, VW, wallet, Wolfsburg Comments 0

It seems that when joint venture companies are left to their own devices to design, develop and produce cars for the Chinese market sales volume is sure to be had with a product that is able to capture the admiration and wallet of the local populace. See the VW Lavida for such an example, Wolfsburg apparently provided a platform and power train and…

Ford Fiesta Sedan Reveals New Face in Spy Shots

Nov 13, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged Aston, auto, cannot, change, chevrolet, Chevrolet Sail, China, clutch, comparison, cylinder, dual clutch gearbox, end, engine, face, Fiesta, Ford, Ford Fiesta, Ford Fiesta Sedan, Ford Fusion, Fusion, gallery, gearbox, hood, Market, mojo, Mondeo, naturally aspirated engine, New, New Face, popular small cars, Sail, sedan, Shots, show, side, spy, styling, thinking, Thinking Mans Aston Martin styling, version, way Comments 0

The Ford Fiesta is one of the more popular small cars in China, not quite as popular as the all conquering Chevrolet Sail with over 23,000 cars sold, in comparison the Fiesta hatch sold 2246 and the sedan version sold 1078 units, but these are different priced cars with the Fiesta sitting at the higher side of the market and the Sail at the lower end….

Refreshed 2013 Subaru Forester Heading to Guangzhou Auto Show

Nov 9, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged auto, Baby, baby brother, body, brother, Chinese consumers, Chinese media, CVT, exterior, gearbox, generation, Guangzhou auto show, Guangzhou Auto Show Subaru, Interior, model, month, nbsp, Refreshed, show, speed, Subaru, Subaru Forester, Subaru XV, the Forester, The new Forester Comments 0

Subaru’s all new…

Im Considering an MG3

Nov 5, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged Aveo, bicycle, boy, brand, breath, buy, car, Chang, chevrolet, Chevrolet Aveo, circa, CNCAP, course, date, Day, Design, dream, exhaust, face, father, Flea, goal, goofy, hand, history, home, Hyundai Veloster, instigate, insurance, Ive, job, law, license, Market, mazda, MG3, model, money, month, MSG, MSG Flea, nissan, Nissan Tiida, nothing, onset, pricing, punch, quality, racer, result, RMB, savage, size, staff, star, suicide, suspension, test, tiida, Toyota, turbo, Veloster, Week, weekend, weight, wheezy, while, wife, winter Comments 21

A while back…

VW Jetta GLI Readying for Production

Oct 26, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News, Spy Shots Tagged bhp, boy, circa, company, cost, course, engine, English, Euro, FAW-VW, GLI, Golf, Golf GTI, GTI, indpendent, Jetta, line, Market, model, non, plenty, Polo, Polo GTI, price, production, range, Readying, rear suspension, RMB, Skoda, Skoda Octavia VRS, suspension, The Chinese media, turbo, verge, VW Jetta GLI Comments 0

FAW-VW’s GLI has been spied plenty of times in China, but is it any nearer production? The Chinese media seem to think it is on the verge of rolling down the Jetta production line complete with indpendent rear suspension and of course the much required 2.0T engine that is shared with the Golf GTI, which FAW-VW also make.

BYD Invents “Watch Key”

Oct 23, 2012 Posted by In BYD Auto, Chinese Car News Tagged access, addition, air, antenna, Aston, bag, base, board, business, BYD, Cant, car, car owner, car owners, circuit, company, conditioning, drive, engine, engineer, Expansion, frequency, future, interference, Invents, Jaeger, key, LeCoultre, maker, mechanism, metal, MOTO, Nokia, OEM, owner, part, plastic, point, problem, Property, proximity, quartz, radio, recognition, recognition technology, SBID, signal, situation, solution, standing, stone, system, technology, time, USD, Watch Comments 0

We’re…

Chinese Testing Driverless Vehicles on Beijing – Tianjin Route

Oct 19, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged addition, automobiles, beijing, calculation, Chinese, Chinese Testing Driverless Vehicles, city, cognition, conference, Country, development, distance, drive, Driverless, environment, expert, Fact, foundation, GPS, head, help, Information, Jiaotong, level, major research project, National, National Natural Science Foundation, Natural, onboard, panel, part, presence, president, press, process, project, radar, research, route, Science, series, test, test drive, testing, Thursday, Tianjin, University, variety, Xinhua, year, Zheng Comments 0

From Xinhua:

Chinese unmanned automobiles will embark on a test drive from Beijing to its neighboring city of Tianjin next year, covering a linear distance of some 120 km, according to the National Natural Science Foundation.

Without an onboard human presence,…
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Classic Ford Focus To Receive Dual Clutch and 1.5L engine.

Oct 19, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged are, auto, autobox, Classic, Classic Ford Focus, clutch, December, decision, Design, drive, engine, Fiesta, Flagship, Focus, Ford, Ford Focus, gearbox, line, Market, model, offering, Receive, reliability, ride, sedan, September, side, speed, the Classic Focus, today, year Comments 0

Two generations of Ford Focus’ are on the market today in China, the newer Focus is aimed at those that want the latest toys and design, the older one has been named the Classic Focus and is aimed at those that want solid reliability for a model that’s been on the market for the past 5 years or so.

The Classic came with a 4speed autobox or a 5 speed…

Citroen C4L To Be Shown at Guangzhou Auto Show

Oct 19, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged auto, being, Citroen, class, competition, Fact, Fiat, fun, Guangzhou Auto, Guangzhou auto show, lifestyle, Market, model, month, naturally aspirated, nbsp, offer, PRC, press, pricing, product, RMB, segment, sell, selling, show, Shown, size, Specification, speed, turbo, vehicle, version, wheelbase Comments 0

Chinese Back Out Deal, A123 Goes Bankrupt

Oct 17, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged A123, A123 Systems Inc., Bankrupt, Bankruptcy, Battery, blow, Chapter, Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, China-based, Commission, company, control, Controls, court, deal, Elgin, Exchange, filing, firm, Government-backed, Inc, Johnson, Johnson Controls, Johnson Controls Inc., maker, Monday, offer, pressure, protection, technology, transaction, Tribune, Tuesday, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, wake, Wanxiang Comments 2

From Chicago Tribune:

Government-backed battery maker A123 Systems Inc. backed out of a deal Tuesday that would cede control of the company to a Chinese firm in the wake of mounting political pressure from…
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And Comments Are Back!

Oct 17, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged ability, afar, alternative, amount, area, basis, benefit, bugger, CCT, comment, comments system, couple, course, Day, Disqus, hand, mark, naughty, network, page, pain, reading, rear, server, side, spam, stress, system, traffic, while Comments 2

Our traffic keeps growing and growing, mostly because you guys keep reading us on a daily basis. For a while we were knocking over 4000 comments per day, although they were mostly spam

That amount of comment traffic tripped over the CCT server on a near daily basis, it was a pain in the rear to have to log in to the server every couple of hours…

Qoros Still Road Testing, Still Set For March Launch

Oct 17, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News, Qoros, Spy Shots Tagged anyone, auto, auto industry, BYD, Changshu, Chery, Chinese, company, downtown, engine, facility, gallery, Industry, Israeli, launch, Luxgen, March, Market, model, partnership, pitch, player, point, press, product, production, Qoros, sedan, self, selling, set, Shanghai, Shanghai Auto Show, show, Still Road Testing, tech, testing, Track, weather, Weibo, world, year Comments 1

Qoros are still on with their plans to become a major player in the auto industry, the Israeli-Chinese JV are still on track with their plans to launch their first model in March next year. The company has set up its HQ in downtown Shanghai and also has a joint production facility in Changshu, 100km from Shanghai, in partnership with Chery.

The…

What?! No Comments?! and Happy Holidays!

Sep 29, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged amount, basis, care, CCT, Chairman Mao, comment, content, cripple, Day, Demand, error, event, feature, Festival, founding, GizChina, government, Happy, Happy Holidays, Holiday, Holidays, Jiaonan, Management, message, New, October, road, section, server, server management, shame, Shi, Shi Yi, side, software, spam, spam comments, spam messages, speed, task, time, traffic, trip, Week, whilst, year

CCT has had to close its comments section for a short while. The amount of spam comments we were receiving on a daily basis was more than enough to cripple the server and it bring it down for hours at a time, last week we were receiving over 2000 spam comments per day, throw in the traffic generated from GizChina and were cracking somewhere between…

Interview with Professor Emeritus Garel Rhys CBE, University of Cardiff

Sep 20, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged Global Auto Forum, industry news, Interview Comments 0

Professor…

Sighted in China: Baby Blue Porsche

Sep 19, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Chinese Car News Tagged Porsche, Sighted in China Comments 5

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SAIC-GM-Wuling Cracks 1 Millionth Sale in China

Sep 18, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News, Industry News Tagged China, gm, industry news, Wuling Comments 1

Wuling continues to be a world beating car, in the first 9 months of the year Wuling has managed to sell 1 million vehicles in the Chinese market. In the 244 days from January to Sept, Wuling sold an average of 3,500 vehicles every day, which was up 15.2 percent from the same period in 2011. Domestic sales of its Wuling mini-commercial vehicles this…

Japanese Automotive and none Automotive Business Closing For Breaks

Sep 18, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged Association, automotive, Breaks, car, China, China and Japan, China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, Incident, island, Japan invaded China, Japanese Automotive, Japanese vehicles, Japanese workers, Massacre, Panasonic, Qingdao, range, Rao, squabbling Comments 0

Today is the 81st anniversary of the Mukden Incident, when Japan invaded China and started a chain of events that passed through the Nanjing Massacre to modern day squabbling over island territories. Over the past 4 days we’ve seen a range of protests from throwing eggs, bottles and rocks at Japanese consulates and embassies and destroying of Chinese-owned…

Fisker Coming to China in November

Sep 17, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged car, China, com, Henrik Fisker, launch, Market, November Fisker, Operations, pricing, range, Shanghai Auto Show, show, sort, type Comments 0

Fisker held their China premier in 2011 at the Shanghai Auto…

Focus ST Due Within The Year

Sep 5, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged bhp, Chinese media, Ford, Ford dealerships, Ford Focus, fun, GTI, hot hatch, News, par, pricing, slushbox, version, year Comments 1

“Brakes are your enemy” Sorry for the lack of updates!

Sep 5, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged Andi, Andi Sykes, bike, blast, bronco, car, com, finest mountain bike, mountain, Saturday, series, Slalom Comments 5

At the weekend I was at Dalian’s finest mountain bike park with GizChina.com‘s editor, Andi Sykes. We spent Saturday flying around, taking the cable car to the top and doing it all over again, we did 21 runs on Saturday alone. From the cable car we had a great…

Prof. Dr. Jochem Heizmann Takes The Reigns at VW Group China

Aug 31, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News, Industry News Tagged industry news, Volkswagen China, VW Comments 0

Professor. Dr. Jochem Heizmann will be taking the reigns at Volkswagen Group China from September 1st and will take over management and oversight of VW’s joint ventures and independent brands in the Chinese market.

Prof. Dr. Heizmann will bring a wealth of executive, strategic and industrial engineering and production planning in his 30-year serve…

Citroen’s DS3 Hits The Mark At Chengdu Auto Show

Aug 31, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged Audi, bhp, bmw, Chengdu Auto Show Citroen, China, Citroen, DS3, line, MINI, model, par, range, series, stiff competition, version Comments 1

Citroen’s flagship DS range are making…

Green Porsche Panamera Spotted in Qingdao

Aug 30, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged Porsche, Spotted in China Comments 3

Qingdao, the so called Green Island City, is actually a peninsula. Trapped in this peninsula is a rather green Porsche Panamera that is living upto its home town name. Qingdao is also the home to Tsingtao Beer, famed for its green beer bottles which is exactly what this Panamera looks like.

In the good old PRC the Panamera weighs in…

Rumor Mill: VW Phaeton to See Chinese Production in 2015

Aug 30, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged Chinese media, Chinese Production, com, drop, DSG, flagship vehicle, gearbox, joint venture partners, Mill, Phaeton, range, See, Shanghai Volkswagen, vehicle, vehicles, Volkswagen, VW, VW Phaeton Comments 2

According to Chinese media reports at Auto.163.com, Volkswagen are planning to put their flagship Phaeton into production at Shanghai Volkswagen in 2015. The two joint venture partners currently produce a range of VW branded vehicles, but most are low to mid range priced vehicles.

Auto.163 are citing VW’s new DSG gearbox factory in Tianjin as the…

Spyker and Youngman Return to Make New JV Focusing on Premium Cars

Aug 27, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged amount, Crossover, Euro, joint venture, JV, Manufacturing, Premium Cars Youngman, Saab, share, Spyker, Spyker Phoenix, technology, today, transaction, Youngman Comments 0

Youngman and Spyker, once famed for their attempted take over of Saab, have returned to the negotiating table and announced the formation of a new joint venture. In 2011 Youngman received the rights to the Phoenix platform as part of its aborted take over of Saab, the new platform was apparently developed independently of GM and as such Youngman were…

FAW Stocks Slide As It Reveals Govt Support

Aug 22, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News, Industry News Tagged FAW, industry news, Subsidies Comments 2

On August 15th a series of rumors emerged from Shanghai media circles, FAW had apparently managed to rope in the local government in its home town of Changchun into offering subsidies for Besturn branded vehicles bought and sold in the city, Changchun apparently agreed with every Besturn B50 being given 5000RMB, B70 6000RMB and the B90/SUV models 7000RMB,…

Landwind Comes Back With Handsome SUV

Aug 21, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged landwind, new suv, Spy Shots Comments 2

Landwind’s first vehicle was the Opel Frontera which itself was the Isuzu Wizard, a heavy vehicle with terrible fuel consumption but became relatively popular with Chinese AWD fans. Of course its hard to forget that Landwind tried to export the model to Europe after the Opel was long gone from the market and sales results were less than stellar, as…