Archive for the ‘Spy Shots’ category
Fiat C-Medium prowling Chinese roads again
The Fiat C-Medium, named after its compact medium status, has been spotted several times in China already. Apparently the C-Medium is essentially a reworked Dodge Dart that will get a Fiat badge for the Chinese market. When the ‘Dart’ finally hits the market in early 2013, it wont be behind the competition at all, and [...]
Qoros first car out testing
Qoros is a mysterious company, they have money, they have production capacity, they have plenty of ideas but they don’t yet have a car to show as their own. They have revealed a concept car at their brand launch in 2011 but the Chinese and Israeli media in attendance didn’t really understand what was going [...]
Dongfeng-Honda’s CIIMO brand to hit the headlines on April 22nd
The race to make sub brands is certainly on, Hyundai and Kia are the most recent converts to the sub brand band wagon and follow in the foot steps of GM, Guangzhou-Honda and Nissan all of whom have made their own sub brands to convert older cars into profit making machines once again. The first [...]
Citroen DS5 arrives at port, ready to hit the market
The DS series are going to be made in China in the next year, but in the meantime imported models will be called upon to pick up the slack and get the brand out there. Imports are never cheap, so we can expect the DS5 to be north of 300,000RMB when it hits the market [...]
Buick Encore doing more testing in China
The chunky mini SUV from Buick is still doing road testing in China ahead of a potential December 2012 launch, the American version receives a 1.4T engine but the Chinese version is likely to call a 185bhp 1.6T unit its powerplant when it launches. Pricing is expected to be from 150,000rmb to 200,000rmb. Will it [...]
Brilliance FRV gets major update for 2013
The FRV has quickly become a bread and butter car for Brilliance, the hatchback first aired in late 2008 and quickly became popular thanks to its low cost but spacious interior. Over the course of the past 4 years the FRV has been given several minor updates and also a Crossover version. The latest facelift [...]
JAC’s compact SUV gains 1.5T and Dual Clutch
JAC’s SUV offerings have so far been based on the first generation Hyundai Sante-Fe, hardly the most exciting vehicle in 2012, however JAC have come up with a new compact SUV that will likely take the market by storm when it eventually launches. The new SUV is apparently codenamed ‘B-SUV’ in JAC’s product line up, [...]
Fiat’s C-Medium is a Dodge Dart/Fiat mashup
Guangzhou-Fiat are readying a new compact sedan for the Chinese market, Chinese automotive websites are already publishing spy shots of the sedan which they believe will be a Dodge Dart with a Fiat badge. The Dart is based on Fiat’s C-Medium platform that already under pins the Alfa Romeo Giulietta, and will be the first [...]
Kia Sportage, Austin Maestro and Subaru Forrester in three way tie up – Yema F12
The car you see below is a Sichuan Yema F12, the car itself is based on the world tested Austin Maestro platform that first aired in the early 80′s and quickly became the car to have in the UK*, owing to their fantastic quality and rust proof architecture*, under the MG-Rover era the British company [...]
Roewe 95 to launch in April
There was a little confusion over the role of the Roewe 95, the Epsilon II based vehicle will hit the market in April via a Beijing Auto Show airing and will be a major vehicle for SAIC over the next two years. The Roewe 750 will continue to be sold, but only in 1.8T hybrid [...]
Suzuki WagonR continues its life in China, still looks odd
The Suzuki WagonR was a funny little box when it first came out, but the facelifts given to the microbox after it first aired are making look even worse. Although its exterior asthetics may not please us, it seems to be on a winning streak in the Chinese countryside where demand for cars such as [...]
Toyota GT86 to land in China soon
The GT86 is Toyota’s new halo car without actually following the halo concept, instead of being a top of the range car which has V’s coupled with turbos coupled with expensive running bills that only website operators lottery winners, captains of industry and football stars can afford to run, the GT86 is apparently going to [...]
SouEast V5 gains wacky camo for faux spy shots
SouEast are gearing up to take back their lost market share this year, the Fujian based company had an early lead in the Chinese market but seemingly lost a great deal in the past four years, the company has not kept up with market changes and still concentrates on producing compact sedans in a market [...]
Kia K9 Testing in China
Kia’s big dog, the K9, is apparently testing in China ahead of a possible launch later this year. Our inside sources have not yet ruled out the possibility of a Beijing Auto Show launch next month in April. Hyundai already sell the Hyundai Genesis in China but under the Rohens nameplate to differentiate the car [...]
Roewe’s Electric E50 City Car Spied
Shanghai Auto have unveiled the Roewe E50 electric car before, specifically it was on show at the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2011 and then again at the Guangzhou Auto Show in November 2011 but this is the first time that we’ve seen clear shots of a road going (well, perhaps not). It seems the [...]
Next Generation QQ3 Naked
The QQ3 was the car that got China motoring way back in 2003 and since then the QQ has become the bread and butter car for Chery, despite the car getting on in age and after nearly 10 years on the market the QQ can still rake in some 10,000+ sales every month. The Riich [...]
BAIC’s C70G ready to roll, details inside.
BAIC’s first car, the E-Series hatchback which overly looks like a Mercedes B-Class will hit the market in March according to media reports. Media testing is already underway in Hainan with media being able to test drive the car around the island, initial reports seem to be overly in favor of the car. The second [...]
Next Generation Jetta NF road testing
The Chinese love their mark 2 Jetta, the car has been in production for what feels like forever which has meant that a generation has grown up with the car and remember it fondly. It’s a taxi, its a police car, its a cheap low cost indestructible vehicle that costs pennies to fix, but VW [...]
Cadillac XTS Prowling Chinese Roads
The Big Caddy is back, the SLS is sold and made in China but its sales figures are depressingly low when compared to what the CTS and the SRX bring in, so Cadillac are eager to bring the XTS into the Chinese market. The XTS rides on the same platform as the Buick Lacrosse which [...]
BAIC C70G showing promise with Saab platform
So you want a Saab? Tough luck, unless of course you can find a dealership that still has 9-3 and 9-5′s for sale, but then perhaps you can forget the warranty, the good news is that you will be able to pick up a Saab 9-5 based car from Beijing Auto Works in the next [...]
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