Archive for the ‘Chinese Car News’ category
Beijing expects to keep automobile consumption restrictive policies in a short term
The Secretary General of China’s Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) Dong Yang, denied the news reports saying that China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has proposed to revoke Beijing’s automobile consumption restrictive policy. The media discussion about the automobile consumption restrictive policy is getting popular recently. Some media reports say that the policy is [...]
Sichuan Yema use Austin Maestro platform to make Kia Sportage, Audi A3 and Honda CRV clones
Remember Sichuan Yema? They bought the Austin Maestro platform from FAW who bought it from the Qingdao based ETsong Tobacco Company when they decided to get into the car making game when cig sales started going south, of course they bought it from a Bulgarian firm who bought it from MG-Rover. Those Austin Maestro toolings [...]
Chinese made Mercedes GLK to get 3.0L V6 engine
Mercedes are eager to push their brand in 2011 and 2012 to catch up with the runaway train that is Audi, of course the best way to do this is to introduce a new range of made in China vehicles that lower the prices and makes the product open to a wider range of potential [...]
US Honda Odyssey to come to China
The Japanese market Honda Odyssey has been in China for quite a few years now and has continually been a market leader in the MPV segment, the sleek long MPV is more wagon than MPV but it has proven to be a major hit with business users across China in the past 5 years it [...]
Chevrolet Captiva to be made in China
The Chevrolet Captiva is currently made in South Korea and imported into China, despite its imported status the Captiva is priced very competitively at 240,000rmb and rising, the latest facelift version has just been introduced into China and will no doubt prove to be a hit. However, Shanghai-GM are planning to move Captiva production into [...]
Chang-an’s mid size sedan spotted out testing
The problem with self developed mid size sedans from Chinese auto makers is that they lack the branding ability and marketing ability to push their vehicles from being economy boxes into mid size sedan fighters. Only Brilliance and Roewe appear to have the ability to make a mid size that sells but they started in [...]
Volvo’s Daqing factory receives approval
According to Chinese media reports from early this morning Volvo’s proposed factory in the frozen hinterlands of DaQing has already received approval from State Legislators and regulatory bodies. The factory will cover 84 hectare of land and will produce Volvo’s high end SUV range and also an unknown MPV, initial production ability will be limited [...]
Beijing to play host to the biggest fight of the decade: Tumbling car industry V’s The Environment
In mid 2007 the Beijing Municipal Government lead the way in China by forcing drivers off the roads on certain days depending on the last number in their registration plate, this system was run an odd/even basis and did go a long way to improving air quality prior to the Beijing Olympics in 2008, however [...]
China to introduce Chinese IV emission vehicles this month with new policy
Gasoline powered passenger vehicles under Chinese III emission standard will be phased out of China’s auto market soon according to new policies that will come into affect on July 1st. China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection announced recently that gasoline cars, dual-fuel (LPG/Gasoline mix) cars and pure LPG vehicles made, imported or sold after July 1 [...]
BAIC’s Saab based T60 spotted out testing in Beijing
Saab maybe stealing the headlines for all the wrong reasons this week but BAIC are working hard on their own Saab based cars, in late 2009 Saab sold the last generation IPR for the Saab 9-3 and 9-5 to BAIC for around 193 million dollars. Since then BAIC has been busy putting its own finishing [...]
GWM’s Hover H6 to launch in August
The Hover H6 was unveiled at the Shanghai Auto Show earlier this year and will hit the market in August 2011 according to Chinese media reports. The H6 is GWM’s first ‘real’ compact SUV, other members of the Hover series of cars rely on chassis rather than lighter platforms, the H6 will be aimed at [...]
Next Generation Mazda3 to be made in China, to be called Xing Cheng
The next generation Mazda3 sedan will hit the Chinese market in October this year and will be known as the Xing Cheng, it appears that Chang’an Mazda will continue to sell the last generation Mazda3 alongside the new generation which has lead to the introduction of the Xing Cheng name. The Xing Cheng will be [...]
BAIC’s Saab 9-5 based cars to see production at years end
Beijing Auto Industry Corp (BAIC) bought the rights to the last generation Saab 9-3 and Saab 9-5 in late 2009 in a deal that was worth some 193 million USD, however this amount of money was clearly not enough to assist Saab in its hour of need. Although Saab is currently circling the plug hole [...]
Saab in the proverbial yet again – lacks funds to pay workers
Despite the recent major deals with Youngman and also Pangda Saab has advised its workers that they may not get paid this month due to a lack of funds in the Swedish company’s kitty. The deals with Pangda gave the company a brief loan of 30 million Euros which likely wasn’t enough to satisfy the [...]
China’s MIIT Putting Together Proposal for China’s New Energy Car Industry
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced on its official website on June 22 that it has basically completed the drafting of the development planning for energy-efficient and new energy vehicle industry (2011-2020). It will make in-depth research into the concerned automakers, key parts suppliers, and institutes in the country, so as to [...]
Facelift Renault Koleos testing in China
The facelift Renault Koleos was unveiled to Indian automotive journalists yesterday at a press conference in India, but the car is already out testing on the roads in China according to the below spy pics. The Koleos revived the Renault brand in the Chinese car market when it was imported into China last year, the [...]
Volvo to produce 100,000 Volvo’s in Daqing City
Information leaked from the Chinese Ministry of Environment Volvo China have put forth their plans for Chinese production to the central government. The Swedish brand, which is owned by Geely, is aiming to crack the Chinese market in a major way over the next decade to offset losses made in Europe and the USA over [...]
BaoJun 630 launch scheduled for July
Three years ago Shanghai-GM and its partner Wuling Auto (SGMW) put forward a plan to set up a new joint venture which would see GM’s design might paired with Wuling’s production capacity to put together a new brand of car which would further GM’s growth in second third and fourth tier cities with a range [...]
Guangi Honda’s Chen Miao promoted as deputy managing director of Guangqi Hino, responsible for sales business
Guangqi Honda announced recently that Chen Miao, the company’s former director of executive office, had been transferred to GAC’s subordinate joint venture Guangqi Hino as deputy managing director, responsible for sales business. Du Zhijian will succeed him as Guangqi Honda’s director of executive office. Guangqi Hino is an equal-equity joint venture between GAC and Hino [...]
Chery plans low-profile ceremony for three-millionth car
Compared with the previous high-profile ceremony for two-millionth car, Chery is planning a low-profile one for its three-millionth car when the company is in the critical period for its strategic transformation, i.e. to shift its focus from extensive growth relying on output and sales amount to the intensive growth relying on product quality and brand [...]
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