Archive for the ‘Chinese Car News’ category
Ricardo’s Gary Tan: Chinese car manufacturers will catch up with the competition
Ricardo is probably just as famous a name as any car manufacturer in automotive circles, the engineering consultancy that was founded by Harry Ricardo in 1915 has grown from being a small consultancy working on early diesel engines into being a worldwide multi industry consultancy for anything that requires engineering, technology, project innovation and strategy. [...]
GM wont support Saab reorganizing in new plan
Saab’s days as a non car making car maker are looking considerably bleaker by the day, GM has denied a second plan submitted to it by Saab that would allow the Chinese partners of Youngman and Pangda take over the company. Later today a Swedish court in Vänersborg will decide Saab’s fate, the court will [...]
Next generation Audi A6L to launch with 12 powertrain options in China
Audi’s biggest market in China, and one of the best selling models in the Chinese market is the A6. Who buys the A6? Nearly always its government buyers but also many business users that like to be chauffeured around in the back end of the car. The current A6 is favored owing to its bland [...]
Guangzhou Fiat: performance price ration win the market
With China’s auto market cooling down, the domestically produced cars are under greater pressure. How does the joint venture between Fiat and Guangzhou Automobile (Hereinafter refer to as Guangzhou Fiat) respond to the competition, a reporter from the Shanghai Securities interviewed Jiang Ping, the vice president of Guangzhou Fiat. Reporters: Guangzhou Fiat will launch its [...]
Geely to launch Emgrand EC7 in the UK
The UK has become the target landing ramp for several Chinese automotive manufacturers, MG was of course the first to land in the UK, but Greatwall and now Geely are poised to enter the British marketplace with the Emgrand EC7 leading the charge. The Emgrand EC7 was recently awarded a 4 star Euro NCAP crash [...]
For all students, all for students, for students all
“For all students, all for students, for students all.” Beijing Times reported on December 12. “A fundamental solution to the problem is to bring the school bus safety issue into the legal system, so as to attract people’s attention.” Premier Wen Jiabao said on the fifth national Conference on Women and Children, November 27th, “I [...]
Domestic passenger cars to face a long cold winter
According to the statistics released by National Passenger Car Information Exchange Association in November, Rao Da, the General Secretary， said production and sales of passenger cars in November both show a negative growth, the domestic passenger car brands’ share fell 2%, if removed the export incremental amount, the domestic market sales experienced a negative growth [...]
Next Generation BYD F3 spotted testing
BYD’s rise from local car manufacturer to a worldwide phenomena came on the back of the humble BYD F3, the compact car which looks rather like a last generation Toyota Corolla, was one of the best selling cars month on month in 2009 however in 2010 quality concerns from consumers that bought the car emerged [...]
Continental set ups new factory in China for bike industry
From China Daily: German tire manufacturer Continental, a world-leading auto parts provider, kicked off the construction of a two wheel tire plant in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei on Friday. The plant, expected to be put into operation in December next year, will mainly manufacture tires for mountain bikes and racing bikes for China [...]
JLR: no time to hesitate
When Jaguar Land Rover and Chery joint venture submitted an application to the National Development and Reform Commision earlier this year, informed sources were able to reveal to reporters that Chery and JLR are going to build a luxury car based on the Jaguar platform and possibly put the Chery, or the Jaguar logo on [...]
Pang Da Group to watch Saab go – or not
Pangda’s problem: ‘The bride to be married, the groom is not me.‘ According to the report of December 4th of Reuters, Saab Automobile will be jointly held by a Chinese bank (not Bank of China) and Youngman Automobile, with holding shares less than 50%. Saab’s new ownership structure is that the Swedish car company SWAN [...]
SouEast V5 Concept spotted out testing
What is happening at SouEast? Nobody knows. The once famous partner to Mitsubishi is obviously falling behind in the race for a slice of the China market pie, SouEast and Mitsubishi once had a fairly good stranglehold on the Chinese market with the Freeca, Delica, and old Lancers. Mitsubishi injected some life into the joint [...]
GM overwhelm Pang Da and Youth to cut down equity ratio
Stuck in an impasse, the takeover of Saab by Pangda and Youngman lotus might usher in a new turn. Recently, a source close to Pang Da Group was quoted by the First Financial Daily, regarding the acquisition of Saab, Saab Automobile restructuring officer Guy Lofalk went to Detroit for a face to face talk with [...]
Qoros: Say no to Chery, Say Hi to Volkswagen and Toyota
Aiming to be an “International Brand”, Qoros, a joint-venture established by Chery and an Israeli group with half-half ownership ratio, held its unveiling ceremony in Shanghai earlier this week. After the failed alliance between Subaru, and an unclear joint venture with Jaguar Range rover, Qoros, may be a incentive to thrust Cherry into the premium [...]
Smart ForSpeed concept leaks from leaky Chinese patents office
The Chinese patent office seemingly has more holes than the Titanic, this time the Smart ForSpeed concept has been leaked ahead of a possible launch. However, let’s think about this in real times – the Chinese market is now the world’s biggest market and also the world’s most notorious market for having your car ripped [...]
China: 80 Billion RMB to be spent on imported luxury cars
After two years of rapid growth and expansion, the Chinese car market is calming down. According to the statistics released by National Passenger Car Information Exchange Associationin 7th November, the sales volume of Chinese car is 1,216,500, which is a decrease of 7.6% on a month-on-month basis, and increased 1% compared with the same period [...]
Geely’s Emgrand EC7 and the MG6 both achieve 4 stars in Euro N-Cap
Chinese car manufacturers are improving from the days when zero stars were the norm in European crash tests, however MG and Geely are changing the stereotypes of Chinese cars with new crash test results that put them on par with new Jaguars and Jeeps. MG obviously owes its crash test success to its UK design [...]
Zotye Z300 spied ahead of GZ Auto Launch
The Zotye Z300 is Zotye’s latest mid size car, although the car looks like a completely new car it does have some interesting technology under it. Power comes from a 1.5L Mitsubishi engine owing to Zotye’s lack of self developed engine technology, but the platform itself comes from the Lancia Lybra platform, although thankfully the [...]
Chinese made electric Honda Fit to be shown in Guangzhou
A recent foot in mouth announcement by an American Senator over GM’s proposed production of the Chevy Volt got right wing American press riled up over the possibility of giving technology to the ‘commies on the other side of the Pacific, in the meantime Honda came out and announced it was going to build an [...]
QQ3 sports out in the open
The QQ3 is undergoing a reinvention in the form of a new generation of vehicle, of course this means that the current version that is nearly ten years old has to hang around for a bit longer. So what do you do with an old car? You facelift it and hope the car buying public [...]
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