Archive for the ‘Spy Shots’ category
Chang’an CD101 Sighted Out Testing
As mentioned several times on China Car Times before, Chang-an are the silent horse of the Chinese car industry, the vast majority of the Chinese automotive media are very much focused on Changchun, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou based manufacturers and often overlook the Sichuan based automaker. In recent years Chang-an have slowly but surely built [...]
Next generation Roewe 750 naked at last
The next generation Roewe 750 isn’t due to be unveiled until the 2012 Beijing Auto Show in April, but by the power of our friends at Auto Sohu, spy pictures of the car have already been revealed: The 750 rides on the Epsilon II platform which is also underpinning the Buick Regal and Buick Lacrosse [...]
BYD Daimler’s First Car Spotted Out Testing
BYD’s tie up with Daimler came as a big surprise to the automotive world, how would one of the companies with the greatest perceived quality levels in the world want to make a new business with one of China’s lesser known automakers? The answer of course being electric. BYD’s advances in the area of electric [...]
Honda CRZ for China
The CRZ’s main goal was to be a fun, compact, sporty hybrid, when the car officially launched in the USA it seemed that the media did not take to it straight away but the model has proven to be a success – sales in Japan reached over 10,000 units in the first month, US sales [...]
Third Generation Prius readying for China production including sports model
The Prius was originally made between FAW and Toyota in cold Changchun, sales were not good. FAW-Toyota pulled the car from the market and are now coming back with the third generation and are hoping that sales might be better than the first generation. The new Prius is already in production in China and will [...]
Another look at the Youngman Lotus SUV
Youngman are busy trying to buy Saab yet again, but their own car project has not been held back. Proton signed a deal to supply Youngman with parts, platforms and cars to develop their own brand which was originally called Europestar but swapped over to the Lotus name. Youngman’s involvement with Lotus/Proton has obviously moved [...]
Ford Kuga Readying for the Chinese Market
I don’t particularly like using the phrase “Game Changer” but in all honesty, I cannot think of another phrase that sums up the introduction of the Ford Kuga into the Chinese market. The Kuga is currently road testing in the Chinese market ahead of being put into production via the Chang’an-Ford joint venture in Chongqing, [...]
Great Wall Hover testing in Goa
Chinese car companies are salavating at the thought of entering the Indian market, India has a population to rival China but has fewer domestic car manufacturers and thus less competition, of course foreign manufacturers have already set up shop in India but their products remain out of the reach of the common man. Chinese manufacturers [...]
The ‘Ford F150′ from JAC
The JAC 4R3 truck seems similar to a truck we’ve seen before, could it be the Toyota Tundra? Could it be a Ram? No, of course its a Ford F150. Spy pictures of JAC’s future 4R3 truck were leaked to the internet earlier this morning and seem to be shooting around the Chinese automotive websites [...]
VW Up! 5 door appears in Chinese patent office
The VW Up! city car was revealed in 2011 at the Frankfurt auto show and quickly made it to the market in the UK, Germany and France with models such as the Move Up! Take Up! and Black Up! Now it seems that the Up! could be coming to China. VW has filed for design [...]
New Beetle Getting Ready for China
The new VW Beetle is already on the market in other world markets, and now it seems the rehash of the iconic car will be making a headline for the Chinese market. The new Beetle was unveiled to Chinese audiences at the 2011 Shanghai Auto Show and was highly welcomed by consumers and media alike, [...]
SouEast V5 to launch within the year, spied out testing
What is happening at SouEast? The Fujian based company seems to have been on a slow march over the past few years despite the market going from cool to warm to red hot and back to cool again, despite the firey sales record for all Chinese companies over the past three years nothing much seems [...]
JAC Starts Crossdressing its Yue Yue
The Yue Yue small car from JAC has not been a top seller when compared to the BYD F0 or Chery QQ, both of which regularly see sales of over 10,000 units per month. So how do you get a car to sell more in China? you increase the suspension height, attach plastic cladding and [...]
First look at Luxgen 5 hatch testing in China
Taiwanese car maker, Yulong, may have hit a home run with their new Luxgen brand. Luxgen haven’t yet entered other countries other than the Taiwan-China markets but will likely do well when they expand outside of China’s borders. The first Luxgen to be made in China was the Luxgen7 SUV, the sedan is expected to [...]
Next Generation Roewe 750 Seen Again (and again, and again…)
The next generation 750 is still firmly under its camo wrap but the final shape and style of the vehicle is finally starting to take place. The 750 is reportedly riding on the same Epsilon II platform which came from Shanghai Auto’s joint venture partner, GM. This same platform underpins the majority of GM’s best [...]
Luxgen M7 MPV spotted out testing
Luxgen’s rise has been interesting to watch, they have so far followed the ‘Roewe Formula‘ which is of course to come in with high priced cars and then make lower priced cars later, its easier to come in as a high level brand with an expensive car first and then move into cheaper cars at [...]
MG6 Turbo Diesel Spotted in China, sporting six speed gearbox
If you listen to European MG fans all they want is a diesel, and perhaps an automatic gearbox, the current MG6 made in MG UK from kits sent from China offers neither, and thus there hasn’t exactly been Apple-like queuing to buy the MG6. Europeans love their diesels, UK’ers love their diesels even more, so [...]
Besturn B90 Sunning Itself in Hainan Ahead of Launch
The Besturn B90 is heading into production soon, or so we hear, but in the meantime the Mazda based sedan is testing down in the sunny climes of Hainan rather than the frigid tundra of FAW’s hometown in Changchun. Rumor has it the B90 will be using a 2.0L and 2.5L engine from Mazda, and [...]
MG5 naked from all corners
The MG5 is probably one of the more anticipated compact cars in 2012, the small car has already been seen a number of times on the great pages of China Car Times but this is the first time we’ve seen it in a color that actually suits the cars styling. The MG5 was reportedly designed [...]
Hyundai’s first Shou Wang sedan is old Elantra
Concept cars are great, they show the full design capabilities of a companies internal or contracted design studio and sometimes they show where a car company is heading, be it more up market or more down with the kids. When Hyundai launched their Shou Wang brand and also the first Shou Wang sedan the Chinese [...]
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