Archive for the ‘Chinese Car News’ category
Geely’s MPV readying for production
Geely maybe a major Chinese automotive company, but they do lack MPV and SUV models, for 2011 Geely are aiming to rectify this issue by launching the EX7 SUV and also the below EV8 model under the Emgrand brand. Emgrand was set upto carry Geely’s mid to high range models. The EV8 was originally codenamed [...]
Mitsubishi to abandon big mouth Outlander?
The Mitsubishi Outlanders’ gaping mouth design maybe destined for the trash can if these spy shots are to be believed. The below shots show an updated Outlander without the big mouth that the Outlander has been rocking for the past year. The above pictures are very similar to the 2009 Outlander before the ‘big mouth’ [...]
Lotus APX sports SUV spotted in China
Lotus NYO may have just launched in China, but the Lotus APX is likely to see production in China under the Youngman groups management as a Lotus branded vehicles. The APX has been spotted out testing in China and according to Chinese media reports the APX is likely to be based on the Youngman L5 [...]
Hong Qi C131 spotted out again
The Hong Qi C131 has made it to China Car Times several times before where we believed it to be an Audi based product owing to the fact that FAW and Audi had collaborated on the Hong Qi brand previously by using older Audi platforms as the basis for Hong Qi’s, but according to the [...]
Chery’s T21 SUV sighted out testing ahead of launch
Chery maybe one of the leading Chinese car companies in terms of volume sales, but its actual line up is very confusing to the automotive analyst, however this strategy seems to be working as its giving consumers a major choice in vehicle once they venture inside the Chery dealerships. The below SUV has been codenamed [...]
Chinese auto makers can now ship 5000 cars per time
The biggest issue for Chinese car makers when exporting to overseas markets was quality, the second was the number of cars they could send at one time. Often it was a couple of cars squashed into a container at jaunty angles, but that is going to be a thing of the past now that Chinese [...]
Driven by stimulus policies, Pangda bids to become dealer of Zotye’s EV range
The all-electric car buyers in Beijing will get a total subsidy of 120,000 yuan in the second half of this year. The buyers won’t need to join the license plate lottery drawing. Besides, the latest news says that the government will exempt the travel taxes for all-electric vehicles, fuel-cell vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles to [...]
China’s auto market still sluggish in June
A sales person working at Guanggu Automobile Square in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei province, complained that the customers visiting their sales outlet started to reduce from March, and sometimes not a single customer comes to their outlet now due to the rainstorms that are lashing the economically important southern provinces. June and July are usually [...]
Ford to improve Chinese market offerings
From Reuters: The head of Ford Motor Co (F.N) operations in Asia said on Thursday that the company will meet its ambitious goals for growth in China and India by greatly expanding its product offerings. Over the next several years, Ford executive Joe Hinrichs said, the automaker will have more cars that are smaller than [...]
BYD’s Chinese IPO started today, share prices may drop below opening
From Xinhua, scroll down for latest reports: Investors started on Tuesday to subscribe to new shares of BYD Co. Ltd., the Chinese car maker backed by U.S. billionaire investor Warren Buffett, after the company set its Shenzhen share offering price at 18 yuan (2.8 U.S. dollars) per share a day before. The company, which already [...]
Mitsubishi to set up automotive GPS joint venture in Changshu
From the Nikkei Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (6503) said Friday that it will join forces with a subsidiary of major Chinese automaker China FAW Group Corp. to set up a company aimed at developing, manufacturing and selling car navigation systems and other auto multimedia products in China. The joint venture, called Changchun Qiming Lingdian Automotive Electronics [...]
Aston Martin is loved in China
So your friend has a red Ferrari, your other friend has a snot green Lambo, you could buy something similar, or you could buy class and performance at the same time. Rich young Chinese are flocking to the British super car brand more than ever according to Aston Martin’s Asia Pacific Managing Director, Matthew Bennet: [...]
Are Youngman the best bet for Saab?
Saab’s make or break future seems to reside on the backs of two Chinese companies and the red hot Chinese car market, but can Saab find its saviour in China? The proud Swedish brand has been producing cars since 1944 when it made its first automobile went into production as the Second World War was [...]
Shanghai license plates reach 48,855RMB (that’s $7,543USD)
The quota for Shanghai’s private vehicle license plate totals 9,000 this month, same as the number last month. There are 22,474 actual bidders, slightly less than the May number, with the bid-winning rate to be 40%. The lowest bid-winning price this month is 48,500 yuan, up 1,100 yuan from last month, and the average bid-winning [...]
Hyundai Veloster scheduled for September launch
The funky little Hyundai Veloster is heading for the Chinese market later this year when it finally launches in September. The Veloster has already said Ni Hao to Chinese consumers at the Shanghai Auto Show earlier this year where it gained a lot admiration from strong crowds. The Veloster will first be imported into China [...]
Hawtai denies media report saying that it manipulated its sales figures
Hawtai Motor Sales Company’s deputy managing director Bai Yonghua denied on June 16 the news reports saying that Hawtai is investigated by China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) for reporting false sales. According to the media report, the registration of Hawtai vehicles in 2010 totaled 15,950 units, compared with its reported 81,435 units; the registration [...]
Pangda confident about getting approval for three way Saab deal
Pang Qinghua, chairman of Pangda Group, said during an interview on June 16 that the due diligence on its partnership with Saab is coming to an end, and he is confident that their three-party deal will get government approval after checking the due diligence report. It’s a procedure for Chinese companies to conduct due diligence [...]
Haima’s new compact sedan
Haima love the Mazda 323 that they inherited from former joint venture partners Mazda, so much so that they have kept it in production well past its original best by date, the car transformed into the All New Family for 2011 and became the ugly duckling that turned into a prince. Now Haima are working [...]
Dongfeng’s crossover in dealerships now
When Dongfeng launched the oddly named Joyear MPV it did not sell too well, but as soon as it relaunched it with the choice of a 1.5L and a 1.8T engine the Joyear flew out of the door. Now Dongfeng have prepared a crossover version that sits some 4cm higher than the original thanks to [...]
Chryslers to come back to China via Guangzhou-Fiat
Guangzhou-Fiat, the recently sealed joint venture deal between Guangzhou Auto and Fiat, are planning to bring Chrysler to China under a deal which will see the American car company having its cars made locally in China. It was previously believed that the conditions for Chrysler to reenter the Chinese market were not an advanced enough [...]
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