Archive for the ‘Chinese Car News’ category
BYD E6B out in the open
BYD is about to start private sales of its flagship EV the BYD E6, previously the fully fledged electric vehicle was only available to company and government buyers but now the company is moving to sell the car to private buyers. The E6 will be known as the E6B for private owners and has undergone [...]
Sports style in, frumpy business style out
Cars with overly sporty styling are gaining popularity in China’s auto market. Either small cars like Smart, Beetle, and Minicooper or luxury cars like Ferrari and Bentley define their new models as featuring passionate sports style. Such a trend also prevails in the B-class car segment It’s quite apparent in the newly-launched B-class models in [...]
What are Michelin doing with Double Coin in China
From Tire Review: Following confirmation of the news that Groupe Michelin and Double Coin Holding have entered into a China-based tire production joint venture, financial analysts shared their views about how this fits into the French tire giant’s wider strategy. According to Deutsche Bank, the new joint venture-run plant is already being built and is [...]
Demand for Chinese cars makes exports surge
Chinese car brands may not have landed in the West, but they are encircling mature markets in developing countries where the demand for low cost cars is at an all time high, of course Chinese car manufacturers have been wise to step in to fill the demand. Markets such as Brazil, Chile, Egypt and Turkey [...]
Maserati recall 56 cars in China
Italian super car manufacturer Ferrari will begin the recall of 56 Maserati’s in the Chinese market over the next month, the recall is being held in partnership with the Chinese quality watchdog. The recall includes 37 Quattroporte and 19 Gran Tourismo’s that were sold between July 2008 and Sept 30th of 2008, the recall is [...]
Peugeot RZC arrives in China
Peugeot have launched their flagship RCZ sports car in the Chinese market earlier this month, the small two seater sports car is priced in the middle of the range at 328,800rmb to 356,800rmb, priced below it are the Mazda MX5 and Hyundai Coupe 2.0T whilst ahead of it are the R-Line series from VW and [...]
BYD E6 gets make over – becomes more handsome
In the face of ever increasing oil prices some companies stepped up and produced EV’s, GM produced the Volt, Nissan made the Leaf, Honda tried another route with a hybrid sports car that the everyday man could afford, Tesla threw caution to the wind and made a super car for super salary owners. BYD on [...]
VW Jetta to get new platform and to be called Jetta NF in 2012
The VW Jetta as we know it in China maybe finally going to the scrapyard in the sky, although Chinese manufacturers always demand the latest technology and engines from their joint venture partners they tend to loath to throw out the older platforms, especially if they are still road worthy. Which is pretty much how [...]
Harman going after Chinese consumers, will help Geely with sound systems
From China Daily: “Our sales goal is to achieve $1 billion a year by 2015 in the Chinese market, which means we have to grow our business here by 35 percent every year,” said Dinesh Paliwal, chairman, president and chief executive officer of the US company. “We also plan to triple our head count by [...]
Trouble on the roads, trouble in the sky – Junyao Airlines pilot refuses to let Qatari plane with no fuel land first
From Hindustan Times: A Chinese pilot’s refusal to give up his landing slot to a passenger plane that issued a distress call to say it was running out of fuel almost caused a disaster, state media reported on Thursday. China’s privately-owned Juneyao Airlines confirmed that one of its pilots refused to giveway when a Qatar [...]
Luxgen 7 SUV hits the market in China
Taiwan’s Luxgen 7 SUV has finally hit the market in China where it is bound to win a great deal of sales, the SUV was aired at the Shanghai Auto Show and has now been priced at 180,000rmb and rising. The SUV is a rolling, driving, Taiwan on wheels, Luxgen have really gone all out [...]
Hyundai to launch Sonata 2.0T next year
The Hyundai Sonata was never the top of any drivers new car list when it came to car shopping, it was always the second or third option to the Honda Accord or the Toyota Camry but that seems to have changed in 2011. The new Sonata is a thing of relative beauty when compared to [...]
Infiniti chasing Audi and Lexus in China
Good luck Infiniti, you are going to need it: From Bloomberg: Nissan Motor Co. plans to quadruple Infiniti’s share of the Chinese luxury-auto market within five years as it rushes to make up a “ridiculous” amount of time lost to Volkswagen AG’s Audi and Toyota Motor Corp. (7203)’s Lexus. Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn has [...]
Audi A1 readying for launch in China, to be priced from 220,00rmb and rising
The Audi A1 has already hit the market in certain Western countries, but it has yet to take to the roads in China, but thanks to a material leak it appears that the A1 will be hitting Chinese roads in mid October. The A1 sits on the PQ25 platform which is already shared with the [...]
China’s fuel prices stay unadjusted while New York crude oil futures fall
New York crude oil futures fell more than 9% last week. Some Chinese people don’t understand why China’s fuel prices are not lowered accordingly, and thus cast doubts over the country’s fuel price adjustment system. Due to US’ debt crisis and market worries about second bottoming of Europe and US’ economy, the oil prices in [...]
China going RV Crazy (?!)
We know the SUV lifestyle is taking off in China, you have the real offroaders that go mud plugging and boulder crawling at the weekends, and you have the soccer moms that wobble all over the roads with their little emperors bouncing around on the back seats, but what we didn’t know is that the [...]
The Greatest Small Car GM ever made – 2012 Chevrolet Aveo (Sonic) in review
Are you a young car buyer? Do you want a funky looking car with plenty of personality? Did you just get your license? Do you want to lose your license in record time? If you said yes to the above, what you need is the new 2012 Chevrolet Aveo. The original Aveo was not a [...]
Its time to fall in love again – Check out MG’s new brand advert for Europe here
This short advert is not exactly new, but it is certainly new to us. MG hired RSA which is made up Tony Scott and his slightly more famous brother, Ridley Scott (think the Aliens movie franchise) to put together this fantastic two and a half minute advert explaining what the MG brand is all about [...]
Chinese EV’s are worse for the environment than their petrol equivalents
According to Environmental Finance: Running an electric vehicle in China would emit more greenhouse gases than its petrol-fuelled equivalent, according to an expert in emissions reduction projects. Despite the country’s expertise in electric vehicles and its growing manufacturing base – Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn only this week said it is ready to build an electric [...]
Jeep Patriot hits the market in China – priced at 230,000rmb and rising
Chrysler are aiming to up their so far mediocre efforts in the Chinese market with the introduction of a series of new vehicles. Chrysler’s Jeep brand has so far performed very well in the Chinese market especially the Wrangler series, but with introduction of the facelift Compass and today’s launch of the Patriot Jeep sales [...]
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