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JMC’s Qu Sheng Gets Major Early Life Overhaul

Jan 15, 2013 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged automatic gearbox, diesel engines, Ford, Ford engines, Ford Explorer, Gasoline, JMC, Major Early Life Overhaul, Qu Sheng, seats Comments 2

When JMC’s Qu Sheng SUV first launched it looked a little rough around the edges especially on the interior, JMC initially launched the vehicle with the option of 5 or 7 seats with 2.4L gasoline or 2.5T diesel engines mated to a 5 speed manual only. The next model will include…

Spy Shots Reveal Venucia’s Latest Car Is a Livina

Jan 14, 2013 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged Dongfeng Nissan, Livina, Nissan Note, Nissan products, product range, seat version Comments 1

Venucia-R60 Venucia, the sub brand from Dongfeng-Nissan, is quickly ramping up its product range with the introduction of older Nissan products that are either out of production or quickly…

Buick Lacrosse Facelift Spy Shots: More Grill, More Black

Dec 28, 2012 Posted by In Buick China, Spy Shots Tagged Buick Lacrosse, Chinese consumers, Da Qi, Facelift Spy Shots, Lacrosse, price point, the Chinese market Comments 1

The Buick Lacrosse has been a hit on the Chinese market, business users and personal users have taken to the cars oversized bulk with much glee making it a regular sight on Chinese roads. The Lacrosse hit the perfect price segment with the launch of the current generation, Chinese consumers love the idea of a ‘Da Qi‘ car that is able to command…

VW Sagitar GLI Readying for China

Dec 28, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged China, GLI, Golf, manual transmissions, Sagitar, sales figures, the Chinese market, torsion beam rear suspension, VW, VW Sagitar Comments 1

The pu-tong (regular) Sagitar has been on the market for a few months already and seems to be holding its ground in the sales figures as per usual for a VW vehicle in the PRC. Powered by the choice of 1.6L or 1.4TSI engines mated to DSI or manual transmissions the new Sagitar is a regular sight on Chinese roads, alongside the current Golf which…

2014 Mercedes CLA Appears in Toy Form Ahead of Car Launch

Dec 28, 2012 Posted by In Beijing-Benz, Spy Shots Tagged appearance, CLA, Mercedes CLA, Motor Authority, Norev, Taobao, Taobao.com, Toy Form Ahead Comments 0

CLA-Spy-Toy The Mercedes CLA is a much talked about car, just a few days ago images…

Shanghai Volkswagen to Launch New Car Between Lavida and Passat

Dec 11, 2012 Posted by In Industry News, Spy Shots Tagged A-Plus, car, fastback, FAW-VW, ground, hatchback, joint ventures, launch, Lavida, MINI, model, nbsp, New, New Car, Passat, Passat CC, Passat Chinese media, Sagitar, sedan, segment, Shanghai, Shanghai Volkswagen, Shanghai VW, size, Style, suv, Tiguan, vehicle, Volkswagen, VW Jetta, VW Lavida, VW Sagitar Comments 1

Chinese media are eagerly reporting on a new…

BYD’s Qin Hybrid Spied – 316BHP and 440Nm of Torque

Dec 5, 2012 Posted by In BYD Auto, Spy Shots Tagged April, auto, auto-show, bhp, BYD, BYD F3 DM, BYD Qin Hybrid, car, circa, clutch, Concept, donor, dual clutch gearbox, Electric, engine, Focus, form, gallery, garage, gearbox, generation, half, hybrid, Hybrid Electric Vehicle, hybrid engine, kph, link, Market, output, Plug, Power, pricing, Qin, quality, RMB, Rui, sedan, show, Spied, Su Rui, torque, Toyota, train, USD, vehicle Comments 7

The BYD Qin Hybrid is an entirely new hybrid from the makers of the original BYD F3 DM, the Qin was aired in concept form at the Beijing Auto Show in April where it was well received by media and consumers, however the real focus of that auto show was on the Su Rui sedan, the donor vehicle for the Qin’s electric hybrid engine. The F3DM was criticized…

BAIC New SUV Concept Channels Next Generation Defender

Dec 3, 2012 Posted by In Industry News, Spy Shots Tagged are, auto, BAIC, Beijing Jeep, Channels, China, Concept, copy, cost, Defender, Design, Dimensions, engine, favor, form, generation, Information, Jeep, Land, Land Rover Defender, Market, model, need, New, Next, Next Generation Defender BAIC, nothing, range, Rover, Santana, self, service, sight, Sino, Soviet, split, suv, town, tractor, uprising, vehicle, Western China, Zhan, Zhan Qi Comments 2

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First Vehicle from Chang’an-Ford Sub Brand is the….

Nov 27, 2012 Posted by In Chang'an Ford, Spy Shots Tagged an, brand, car, Chang, China, cost, DCT, engine, Excellence, Focus, Ford, Ford Focus, gallery, gearbox, generation, Jia Yue, line, MINI, model, name, nothing, Old, range, sub, This, time, vehicle Comments 0

… Old Ford Focus.

A sub brand from Ford in China…

VW Golf 7 Caught Naked in China

Nov 19, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Spy Shots Tagged 7th Generation, appetite, Audi, Caught, China, China The VW Golf, choice, Crossover, engine, Foshan, gallery, gen, generation, Golf, GTI, hatchback, headline, hit, introduction, June, June 2013, life, major, Market, model, models, MQB, Naked, News, part, platform, plenty, PRC, production, Series models, share, spy, the Chinese market, topic, TSI, VW, VW Golf, Wagon Comments 4

The VW Golf has been a major hit in the Chinese market, VW followed it up with the introduction of the GTI as a locally made model and also imported the wagon, crossover and R Series models to satisfy Chinese appetite for the hatchback model. The 7th generation Golf has been a headline inducing topic for the past few months, questions about when it…

First Audi Q3 Rolls Down Production Line at FAW-VW Plant in Foshan

Nov 16, 2012 Posted by In Industry News, Spy Shots Tagged area, Audi, Audi Q3, Audi Q5, bhp, DCT, drive, engine, FAW-VW, Foshan, Foshan Volkswagen, gallery, Gear, Japanese brands rule the roost, line, Market, option, par, plan, Plant, price, pricing, product, production, production line, production lines, RMB, Rolls, southern Chinese market, speed, step, today, unit, Volkswagen, wheel Comments 0

Volkswagen’s plan to capture the Southern Chinese market where Japanese brands rule the roost took a step forward earlier today when the first Audi Q3 came off the Foshan production lines.

The Audi Q3 is currently imported into China from Europe and is nearly on par with the Audi Q5 in terms of pricing thanks to import taxes which boost…

Chang’an-Citroen’s DS5 Road Testing in China

Nov 15, 2012 Posted by In Industry News, Spy Shots Tagged an, Audi, auto, bmw, box, Buick, CAPSA, car, Chang, Chang-an, Chang-An Di Yi Shi, China, Chinese consumers, Chinese name, Chinese regulations, Citroen, dealer, diesel, DS5, emperor, Flagship, gallery, joint venture, link, Mercedes, middle, name, network, official, partnership, Power, Premium, president, price, range, rear, RMB, road, sale, semi, spy, term, testing, underway, venture, Volvo Comments 0

The new joint venture between Chang-an Auto and Citroen (CAPSA) is quite possibly one of the more exciting ones in China, rather than producing the usual three box sedans that Chinese consumers were once so fond of, CAPSA are eager to bring in their flagship DS5.

The DS5 is already sold in China but the DS dealer network is spotty at best, the DS3,…

Sichuan Yema’s Electric Audi A4 Taxi Shows its Face

Nov 15, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged Audi, Audi A4, Austin Maestro, auto, auto range, automaker, car, drivetrain, Electric, electric motor, face, Face Sichuan Yema, future, gallery, goods vehicles, Maestro, motor, nbsp, platform, plucky, Power, production, Question, range, Restrictions, series, service, service taxi, sichuan, Sichuan Yema, suv, taxi, time, Wagon, wheelbase, yema Comments 1

Sichuan…

BMW 3-Series GT Road Testing in China

Nov 12, 2012 Posted by In BMW China, Spy Shots Tagged Audi, base, bmw, China, China Audi, Consumer, entry, form, future, GT Road Testing, hump, introduction, launch, line, Market, market entry, market plans, Mercedes, PRC, Question, road, sale, series, testing, time, version, way, wheel, wheelbase Comments 2

Audi, BMW and Mercedes are battling it out for the Chinese…

Peugeot 3008 Gets Styled Up in China, To Launch Soon at Dongfeng-Peugeot

Nov 12, 2012 Posted by In Industry News, Spy Shots Tagged ASX, AWD, Cant, car, China, competition, Concept, concept car, Design, diesel, Dongfeng, engine, exterior, face, facelift, favor, fish, introduction, launch, Market, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi ASX, model, month, mouth, News, option, Peugeot, Peugeot 3008, Peugeot models, Peugot, Power, product, production, range, RMB, sale, spy, Styled, suv, the Chinese market, top, update, weekend, wont Comments 0

The Peugeot 3008 was a handsome car in concept car, but the…

Haima’s New Sedan Looks Well Polished Ahead of Launch

Nov 9, 2012 Posted by In Haima Autos, Spy Shots Tagged Ahead, auto, beam, Beijing Auto Show Haima, car, China, Chinese, Concept, date, December, Design, engine, gallery, Guangzhou Auto Show launch, Haima, Hotel, house, independent suspension, inspiration, January, launch, link, Looks, manufacturers, mazda, model, month, New, point, pre, production, ride, road, rush, sale, sedan, show, southern China, start, surface, suspension, testing, the, torsion, torsion beam suspension, turning, unique design, weather, whilst, yao, year Comments 2

Earlier this year at the Beijing Auto Show Haima showed off a concept named ‘Yao’, after months of seeing the ‘Yao’ road testing around China getting acclimatized to different weather conditions we can say the car is ready to hit the production lines. A pre-production model was recently spotted outside a hotel in…

Last Gen Mazda 3 Becomes the Changa CINTURX

Nov 1, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged announcement, attention, baojun, Becomes, Besturn, brand, brand names, car, Chang, Changa, CIIMO, CINTURX, cooperation, engine, Everus, Focus, Ford, gallery, generation, hell, howler, introduction, Market, matter, mazda, model, number, offer, ownership, partner, party, Question, range, rebrand, Roewe, start, sub, tax, tech, technology, the, tie, vehicle, Venucia, version, way, whilst Comments 6

The Chinese market has some howler brand names, we can point at Roewe, Besturn, Venucia, Ciimo, Everus and now we can welcome CINTURX to the party.

Ford and Mazda produce a wide range of vehicles with Chang’an, but with increased attention on the Chinese market by both companies has lead to greater technology cooperation between the three way tie…

Beijing C70G to Launch in December, Three Engines on Offer Including 250BHP 2.3Turbo

Oct 30, 2012 Posted by In Beijing Auto, Spy Shots Tagged architecture, auto, automotive history book, Bangle, beijing, beijing auto, bhp, bmw, book, box, brand, car, choice, Country, Day, December, end, engines, entry, executive, Flagship, gallery, Gear, generation, government, high, hint, history, Hong, Including, launch, link, Mercedes, nation, new Saab, nothing, offer, partner, potential, pricing, pride, rise, RMB, Saab, side, something, sort, speed, tech, turbo, upto, whilst, wrinkle Comments 1

Saab maybe an entry in the automotive history book but the brand sort of lives on in Beijing, when Beijing Auto bought the rights to the last generation 93 and 95 as well as the engines.

Although the C70G is based on Saab architecture it looks nothing like a Saab, its side has more of a BMW Bangle wrinkle…

JAC Eagle II Details Surface: 2.0T and a Nice Design

Oct 30, 2012 Posted by In JAC Motors, Spy Shots Tagged auto, bhp, body, business, car, Chery, Chinese, company, December, Design, Details, Eagle, engine, foothold, frame, Geely, generation, ground, Hyundai, jac, JAC Eagle II Details Surface, Market, model, monopoly, Nice, Nice Design JAC, Passenger, pricing, production, Rei Feng MPV, RMB, Sante, self, structure, surface, time, torque, whilst Comments 2

JAC have…

Skoda Rapid Pops in China, Yeti and Fabia Wagon Expected Soon

Oct 26, 2012 Posted by In Skoda China, Spy Shots Tagged addition, answer, bulk, China, company, displacement, engine, Expected, Fabia Wagon, family, Gasoline, generation, Group, half, hatchback, Market, miro, platform, Polo, Pops, Power, Rapid, RMB, salary, Santana, sedan, segment, shape, Skoda, Skoda Rapid, speed, suv, taking, VAG, VW, Wagon, whilst, Yeti Comments 0

Skoda…

VW Jetta GLI Readying for Production

Oct 26, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News, Spy Shots Tagged bhp, boy, circa, company, cost, course, engine, English, Euro, FAW-VW, GLI, Golf, Golf GTI, GTI, indpendent, Jetta, line, Market, model, non, plenty, Polo, Polo GTI, price, production, range, Readying, rear suspension, RMB, Skoda, Skoda Octavia VRS, suspension, The Chinese media, turbo, verge, VW Jetta GLI Comments 0

FAW-VW’s GLI has been spied plenty of times in China, but is it any nearer production? The Chinese media seem to think it is on the verge of rolling down the Jetta production line complete with indpendent rear suspension and of course the much required 2.0T engine that is shared with the Golf GTI, which FAW-VW also make.

Acura NSX Prepping for China Launch

Oct 25, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged Accord, Acura, Acura NSX, air, American, Audi, auto, Bumblebee, car, China, China Launch Ironman, Concept, Detroit Auto Show, effect, engine, European, Fact, flick, gallery, halo, honda, Ironman, January, Land, launch, link, Luxury, Market, MDX, NSX, piece, Post, Prepping, production, Pudong, purchase, race, Republic, Rover, show, Spirror, star, torque, traction, TSX, washout, ZDX Comments 0

Ironman was a popular flick in the People’s Republic, and with all popular automotive slanted flicks that air in China the cars are ultimately the star, just ask GM about the halo effect of Bumblebee. Ironman’s then concept Acura NSX is going to be turned into a production car at the Detroit Auto Show in January and should be on the market in China…

Roewe E50 to see Production Line on November 2nd

Oct 19, 2012 Posted by In Roewe, Spy Shots Tagged E5, Roewe, Roewe E5, Spy Shots Comments 0

SAIC’s first mass produced electric vehicle will be seeing production lines on November 2nd and should be on the market in early 2013 according to media reports.

The E50 has been aired at several different auto shows to date and will likely have a real launch at this years Guangzhou Auto Show. Small changes have been made to the exterior…

Ford Fiesta ST Shows its Big Face in China

Oct 18, 2012 Posted by In Chang'an Ford, Spy Shots Tagged bhp, big, cannon, China, China after Ford, door, engine, face, facelift, family, Fiesta, Ford, Ford China, Ford Fiesta, Ford Fiesta ST, iron, launch, Market, model, queue, road, seller, spy, ST Fiesta, testing, version Comments 0

The Ford Fiesta has been a hot…

Besturn SUV Reveals its Face

Oct 18, 2012 Posted by In Besturn, Spy Shots Tagged answer, arrival, auto, Besturn, brand, burst, Chinese consumers, compact SUV, company, competition, competitor, course, creation, date, engine, face, FAW, form, gallery, Industry, launch, life, lot, mazda, mistake, platform, player, Power, Roewe, sedan, suv, update Comments 1

FAW’s Besturn brand suddenly burst into life with the creation of the Besturn B50 in 2008, before that they created the B70 and recently the B80 midsize sedan, all of which use the Mazda 6 platform. FAW are hoping that Besturn can become a major player in the Chinese auto industry, but the brands late arrival when compared to Roewe and MG, has left…

JAC’s New Compact Sedan Sighted

Oct 17, 2012 Posted by In Industry News, JAC Motors, Spy Shots Tagged bhp, Chery, compact, company, CVT, date, Demand, Design, engine, gallery, Geely, jac, launch, multitude, New, option, Power, recipie, right, sedan, Sighted, speed, Tong Rui, torque, use, vehicles, warpath, wheelbase, whilst, year Comments 0

Whilst other manufacturers such as Geely and Chery have been on the warpath with a multitude of models, JAC seems to have got the recipie right from the get go, they did not start making cheap vehicles, they started making good vehicles which have slowly morphed into good vehicles. The aesthetic demands from Chinese consumers is greater than ever, whilst…

Qoros Still Road Testing, Still Set For March Launch

Oct 17, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News, Qoros, Spy Shots Tagged anyone, auto, auto industry, BYD, Changshu, Chery, Chinese, company, downtown, engine, facility, gallery, Industry, Israeli, launch, Luxgen, March, Market, model, partnership, pitch, player, point, press, product, production, Qoros, sedan, self, selling, set, Shanghai, Shanghai Auto Show, show, Still Road Testing, tech, testing, Track, weather, Weibo, world, year Comments 1

Qoros are still on with their plans to become a major player in the auto industry, the Israeli-Chinese JV are still on track with their plans to launch their first model in March next year. The company has set up its HQ in downtown Shanghai and also has a joint production facility in Changshu, 100km from Shanghai, in partnership with Chery.

The…

Buick Encore Launches, Chevrolet Trax on its Way

Oct 11, 2012 Posted by In Industry News, Spy Shots Tagged addition, are, Aveo, bhp, brand, Buick, Buick Encore, car, chevrolet, Chevrolet Aveo, Chevrolet models, Chevrolet Trax, Chevrolet Version, China, Chinese, Cruze, Encore, engine, forefront, GM China, GTI, hand, Hover, Hyundai, launch, Launches, leak, line, Market, moment, month, nbsp, nissan, number, office, pad, par, patent, Polo, qashqai, RMB, Sail, September, series, suv, the Chinese SUV sales, The Encore, Tiguan, Trax, TSI, unit, version, way, Yesterday Comments 1

The Buick Encore launched yesterday in the Chinese market,…

Daihatsu Back to China? Spy Shots Say Maybe Yes

Oct 10, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged arrangement, auto, body, brand, car, car companies, center, Chang, Charade, China, city, Clone, colony, company, Daihatsu, Daihatsu Charade, ebola, FAW, FAW-Toyota, frame, gallery, gold, hafei, home, Idea, Japanese market, launch, level, license, Market, model, number, outbreak, parent, parent company, PRC, presence, Shots, spy, stage, start, story, suv, technology, Terios, the Chinese market, tie, time, Toyota, wealth, weight, Wind, Wuling, Xiali, Zotye Comments 1

Daihatsu is one of those car manufacturers that made massive early gains in the Chinese market only to proverbially piss it all into the wind just as the market began to really open. The Japanese company played upon early warm relations between Japan and China when Japan was all about investing its new found wealth into its former colony, Daihatsu hit…

Next Generation Land Rover DC100 Pops Up Via the Chinese Patent Office

Oct 10, 2012 Posted by In Jaguar-Landrover China, Spy Shots Tagged auto, car, Changshu, Chery, China, Chinese, Chinese Patent Office Jaguar Land Rover, circa, com, company, Consumer, consumption, Defender, due, Evoque, February, fuel, gallery, generation, home, info, Information, internet, Jaguar XF, JLR, Land, Land Rover Defender, Luxury, Market, model, Next, office, patent, perculiar, Pops, price, production, project, range, Range Rover Evoque, reason, record, Rover, site, Sohu, story, success, Via, way, West, wheelbase, XJ, year Comments 0

Jaguar Land Rover have big plans for China thanks to their new JV with Chery, the Indian owned British company has had a fantastic record in the past four years of making cars that consumers actually want rather than making cars that it thinks the consumer wants, we only have to look at the success of the Jaguar XF, XJ and Range Rover Evoque in the…

Ford Fiesta Saloon Gains Aston Style Grill

Oct 9, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged Asia, Aston, Aston Martin, Blue, business, company, developing, Ecosport, engine, facelift, Fiesta, Ford, Ford Fiesta, Ford Fiesta Saloon Gains, Ford Fusion, Fusion, gallery, Gear, Grill, launch, link, Market, model, mouth, Operations, Oval, plenty, PRC, saloon, Style, suv, testing, the Chinese version, time, version, world Comments 0

The US market Ford Fusion has already been aired in the states, the Chinese version has not yet been officially aired but we have seen it plenty of times out testing and we do enjoy its thinking mans Aston Martin looks, we’re quite sure it will shake up the market when it does arrive in the PRC in early 2013. The Ford Fiesta is likely to be…

Haima’s ZM2 Starts to Look Like a Car Ready For Market

Sep 26, 2012 Posted by In Haima Autos, Spy Shots Tagged Haima, New Car, Spy Shots, ZM2 Comments 0

Haima are readying their latest car, the ZM2, for production. The compact sedan has been undergoing testing for the past few years and has already seen airings at the Shanghai Auto Show in concept form under the V30 name.

Power for the above ZM2 is to come from Haima’s own self developed 1.5L VVT engine which…

The 2013 QQ gets Naked

Sep 25, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged 2013 Chery QQ, Chery, QQ, Spy Shots Comments 0

The QQ is China’s answer to the original mini, to the Beetle and all those other cult classic cars. The QQ ushered in the Chinese automotive era and all that it stood for in the early days, which was mostly cloned cars, the QQ kick started the cloning days with the introduction of a car that looked exactly like the Daewoo Matiz/Chevrolet Spark but cost…

Chang-an’s New Minivan Shows Interesting Side

Sep 21, 2012 Posted by In Chang'an Motors, Spy Shots Tagged changan, minivan, Spy Shots Comments 0

Strange things are afoot at Chang-an Autos, the company seems to be rapidly building cars that are able to take on the established automotive players with interesting designs and also some interesting tech. The recently launched Eado was aired at the Frankfurt Auto Show before it was aired at the Beijing Auto Show in April this year, the Eado came packed…

Toyota IQ Spied in China

Sep 18, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged China, Spied, Spy Shots, Toyota IQ Comments 4

The Toyota IQ has been spotted on Chinese roads. The sighting has led Chinese automotive media to speculate that Toyota maybe pushing for the IQ to be made or sold in China at some point, as Toyota has made considerable claims regarding its plan to sell hybrids and pure EV’s in the Chinese market. The Shanghai Auto Show in 2011 played host to the first…

Suzuki Swift Saloon Heading to China

Aug 31, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Spy Shots Tagged China, Chinese consumers, Dzire, gallery, glory, notchback, office, patent, saloon, show, stage, Suzuki Maruti Dzire, suzuki swift, Swift Saloon, taste Comments 1

Is the Suzuki Swift Saloon heading to China? We know that Chinese consumers have a taste for the small notchback sedan, but will they have a taste for Suzuki’s mini saloon? The Swift Saloon is already on sale in India as the Suzuki Maruti Dzire, these leaked pictures from the Chinese patent office show the Swift…

2013 Facelift Mercedes E-Class Road Testing in China

Aug 31, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Beijing-Benz, Spy Shots Tagged Beijing Benz, Facelift E-Class, Spy Shots Comments 0

China is the target of all luxury car makers, each and everyone of them are trying to figure out the Chinese consumers psyche in developing its new range of products. Should we make it bigger, should we make it longer? Should we keep a Baiju cabinet in the back? Should we make the leather gray/cream/white or black? The questions seem almost…

Peugeot 3008 Readying For China

Aug 27, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged China, Chinese media, Chinese Production, Dongfeng-Peugeot, Peugeot 3008 Comments 7

The Peugot 3008 is on its way to China, technically it’s already been here for a while but it was an imported model and thus priced way beyond its competitors, now the refreshed model is preparing itself for Chinese production lines. The crossover model will be produced via the Dongfeng-Peugeot joint venture and should hit the market at the end of the…

China Market Kia K3 Has Subtle Differences With Overseas Models

Aug 23, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged China, Kia K3, Spy Shots Comments 5

The Chinese market is under going a round of ‘Chinese-ification’ ahead of its launch later this year, the K3 is expected to be Kia’s answer to the Buick Excelle/Verano in the Chinese market and should bring Kia some much needed competition in the compact sedan segment which so far seems to be controlled by the VW Sagitar and the Ford Focus. The most…

2013 BMW 760Li Sighted in China

Aug 21, 2012 Posted by In BMW China, Spy Shots Tagged 2013 760Li, BMW 760Li, Spy Shots Comments 3

BMW’s 7 Series has been a big hit in the Chinese market, without actual statistics to hand I will have to rely on my own observations: I can safely say that the 7 series is quite popular but most of the models seem to be the 730, sometimes I’ll see a 740 but the flagship 760Li remains as rare as hens teeth.

BMW…

Beijing Auto’s New Mini SUV Outside

Aug 21, 2012 Posted by In Beijing Auto, Spy Shots Tagged beijing auto, mini SUV, Spy Shots Comments 0

After decades of producing dusty old Soviet Jeeps and trucks Beijing Auto have finally gotten into the swing of making new cars. Their recent purchase of Saab platforms seems to have reignited the car design ignition within the company that has led to some rather nice cars emerging, take the C70 for example. This new mini SUV from Beijing Auto seems…

FAW’s Besturn SUV Turns Out Rather Handsome – Spy Shots

Aug 13, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Besturn, Spy Shots Tagged Besturn, Besturn X80, spyshots, suv, X80 Comments 2

FAW are not known for their stylish cars, the Besturn B70 was a blockish affair even though it was penciled by Giorgetto Giugiaro, who seemingly sold the same drawings to Dongfeng for the Fengshen series, it was an odd looking car, the smaller B50 wasn’t much of an improvement, but this new SUV could be considered a masterpiece in the Besturn showroom…

Cadillac XTS Rolling on Chinese Roads

Aug 13, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Spy Shots Tagged Cadillac, Spy Shots, XTS Comments 0

The Cadillac XTS is going to be the next launch for Cadillac in China, the SRX is already flying out of showrooms but the Chinese made SLS is languishing bad. Although on paper the SLS seems to tick all the right boxes with its 2.0T producing 270bhp (the first 4cylinder Caddy), the looks department are letting the car down. The XTS is supposed to replace…

Chery’s First Pick Up Truck Channels Inner Chevrolet

Aug 9, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Spy Shots Tagged Chery, China, Clone, karry truck, Spy Shots, truck Comments 8

Chery’s first pick up truck has been revealed, and it looks a lot like a Chevrolet Colorado. Chery have been quietly entering the light and heavy truck industry for a while now, the big interest for a car maker entering the truck game is volume, whilst sales prices on Chinese trucks are not high they make it up in the million unit per year volume.

The…

Chery Tiggo 5 Struts its Stuff Ahead of Launch

Aug 9, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Chery Automobile, Chinese Car News, Spy Shots Tagged Chery, FrankF, Spy Shots, Tiggo5 Comments 3

The Chery Tiggo5 has been coming for a long time, it was first thought that the Reely X5 would be the next edition to the Tiggo range but that went off to be a full size SUV that saw little sales. The Tiggo3 has been a stronger sales machine for Chery to date, even though it was one of Chery’s first cars it has continued to be updated. The next model…

Chang-an’s Bull F101 Minivan Spied

Aug 8, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Spy Shots Tagged changan, mianbao, spyshots Comments 0

Chang-an introduced their bull minivan a few months back as an upmarket version to the regular Chang-an van range, at first it was thought to be a one off but the prancing bull has spread over to the F101.

In recent years there has been a trend for Mian Bao Che’s to lose their sliding side doors in favor of a car like door, front ends…

MG5 1.5T Spotted Again

Aug 7, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Nanjing MG, Spy Shots Tagged 1.5T, MG5, MG5 Turbo, Spy Shots Comments 0

The MG5 has already been released with a 1.5L engine but the Chinese media rightfully slated it for being a little too slow off the mark when compared to its more powerful rivals. The power issues might be solved with the introduction of the 1.5T engine, this little unit has 135BHP on tap and 200Nm of torque, more than enough to spin the wheels at the…

Citroen C4L Appears on Radar

Aug 3, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Spy Shots Tagged 1.6T, C4L, Citroen C4L, Dongfeng Citroen, spyshots Comments 0

The Citroen C4 became the C-Quatre in the Chinese market due to the Chinese aversion to the number 4 which sounds a lot like the word for death – not that it stopped Suzuki from launching the SX4 or Audi the A4L. Now PSA are actually taking the Chinese market seriously, they have once again focused their attention on building cars that Chinese consumers…

Next Generation Note/Livina Enters the Chinese Patent Office

Aug 2, 2012 Posted by In Dongfeng Nissan, Spy Shots Tagged 2013 Nissan Livina, 2013 Nissan Note, China, Livina Comments 0

The Nissan Note was only just announced in late July, but that hasn’t delayed Nissan in putting the mini car through the Chinese patent office, which spits them out online as soon as they are entered. The last generation Note became the Livina for the Chinese and other developing world markets, the Livina may not have been much of a looker but it offered…

Beijing Auto’s SC20 SUV Shows Its Sides

Aug 2, 2012 Posted by In Beijing Auto, Spy Shots Tagged beijing auto, new suv, Spy Shots Comments 1

Beijing Auto produced a few SUV’s before the Saab based vehicles hit the production lines, the oddly named 007 was no looker from any angles but the SC20 might just fix that. When the 007 came out perhaps Beijing Auto thought they had the market for large SUV’s for low prices cornered, but the BYD S6 took the market by storm and Beijing Auto’s spotty…

Has Mini Lexus Already Been Aired Via Chinese Patent Office?

Aug 2, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged China, Lexus, Lexus mini car, Spy Shots, Toyota Comments 1

Ford Fiesta Gains 2013 Ford Fusion/Mondeo Grill and 1.0T for China

Jul 30, 2012 Posted by In Chang'an Ford, Spy Shots Tagged 2013 Ford Fiesta, Chang'an Ford, Spy Shots Comments 1

Luxgen 5 Sedan Becomes the S5 Sedan – Latest Spy Pics Show All.

Jul 30, 2012 Posted by In Luxgen, Spy Shots Tagged Luxgen, Luxgen S5, Luxgen Sedan, Spy Shots Comments 1

Luxgen are…

Are Toyota preparing a Super Yaris for the Chinese market? Chinese Patent Office Seems to Think So

Jul 20, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots, Toyota China Tagged Spy Shots Comments 3

The Chinese Patent Office often gives away secrets that wouldn’t otherwise be known until an auto show swings into town. This time PO has given up drawings of what is thought to be a three door Toyota Yaris, or what the Chinese media are calling a ‘Super Yaris’ In fact this Yaris is very much on par with the WRC version or B-Spec models that used in…

Want an Escalade Truck? Dont have the $$$? Want a Four Cylinder? Come to China.

Jul 20, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged Escallade, Shanxi Victory Group, Spy Shots Comments 2

Shanxi Victory Group are a new company to us, but they’ve shot straight into the limelight with the release of their new Escalade truck. My old neighbor used to have an Escalade truck, the sweet sound of the V8 ripping along the narrow apartment complex roads were simply fantastic, but it seems that this Victory Escalade wont be pumping out much of…

Qoros Compact Sedan Testing on Chinese Tarmac

Jul 19, 2012 Posted by In Qoros, Spy Shots Tagged Qoros, spy pics, testing Comments 6

Qoros, the Chinese-Israeli project to make mid to high end range cars for Chinese, Euro and North American roads, is gaining traction with its plans to launch its first model at the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2013. The brand has been working tirelessly to develop its own production facilities in Changshu, near Shanghai, and to bring its own design…

Opel Zafira Running on Chinese Roads

Jul 18, 2012 Posted by In Industry News, Spy Shots Tagged industry news, Opel, Zafira Comments 0

Opel desperately wanting to…

Changfeng-Mitsubishi Gets To Work on ASX

Jul 17, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged ASX, Changfeng-Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi, Spy Shots Comments 17

Mitsubishi are in a bit of a muddle, along with Suzuki their global sales have slightly tanked but Mitsubishi’s engine business is basically running the Chinese car industry and Suzuki’s long fingers in the Indian market mean that they are both making plenty of cash in certain areas. In the Chinese market Mitsubishi have recently signed up with Guangzhou…

Golf GTI Soft Top Arrives in China

Jul 17, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged Golf GTI, Spy Shots Comments 0

The Golf GTI is a slow but steady seller for VW in China, the ‘cannon ball’ (as hot hatches are referred to by the Chinese press) is made locally via the FAW-VW tie up in Changchun.Â The VW Group recently added the 1.4TSI Cabriolet to the imported lined up and are currently planning to bring the GTI version to the China market as well. Sales of the…

Electric Saabs Still Rolling on Beijing’s Streets

Jul 17, 2012 Posted by In Beijing Auto, Spy Shots Tagged BAIC, C70G, Spy Shots Comments 7

Although…

Next Generation Ford Fusion/Mondeo Road Testing in China

Jul 15, 2012 Posted by In Chang'an Ford, Spy Shots Tagged 2013 Ford Fusion, 2013 Ford Mondeo, Chang'an Ford, Ford, Mondeo, Spy Shots Comments 1

China seems to be on the receiving end of all…

Facelift Audi A4L Spotted on Chinese Roads

Jul 15, 2012 Posted by In Audi China, Spy Shots Tagged A4L, Audi, Audi China, Changchun, facelift, spyshots Comments 3

The A4L was a car that turned Audi’s above…

Next Generation VW Santana Enters Test Production Stage – Spy Shots

Jul 15, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged Santana NF, SantanaNF, Spy Shots, VW Comments 1

The VW Generation is to Chinese as to what the Ford Crown Victoria was to North Americans, a car that was seen basically everywhere from private owners to taxi fleets to cop cars. Sadly, the Crown Vic is out of production and the Santana will be joining it shortly, however the Santana nameplate hasn’t quite been killed off as it will be coming back…

Cabriolet Murano in China

Jul 6, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Spy Shots Tagged Convertible, Murano, Spy Shots Comments 4

The Murano is not exactly a favorite of the…

Facelift Mazda Miata/MX5 Roaming Chinese Roads

Jul 6, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged 2013 Miata, 2013 MX5, Spy Shots Comments 1

Despite China being the largest car market in the world,…

Roewe 350 To Gain 1.5T and Six Speed Gears

Jul 5, 2012 Posted by In Roewe, Spy Shots Tagged 350, facelift, Roewe, Roewe 350, spyshots Comments 2

The MG5 (which I have still not seen on the road) has just been launched with a 1.5L and a four speed auto gearbox, but the Roewe 350, which beat it to the market by a good 18 months, is getting ready to receive the 1.5T that was thought to be destined for the MG5 as well as a six speed gearbox.

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Citroen C4L Road Testing, to see Production at Years End

Jul 3, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged C4L, Citroen, PSA, Spy Shots Comments 5

A few months back I was sitting in a bar and starting up casual conversation with the Frenchmen next to me, being a friendly sort I asked him where he worked, PSA was the answer. He was an engineer. I told him the Citroen C5 was the classiest sedan on Chinese roads (this was early 2012, before the Kia K5 launched) but he went on a tirade about how it…

Another Small Car From Chery – The Chery E2

Jul 3, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged Chery, E2, Spy Shots Comments 1

Chery thinks it needs a small car, despite having six small cars under the Chery name and a further two under the Riich name the Anhui based Chery has plans for another new car, apparently named ‘E2′ and will sit under the Chery logo. The E2 has been spotted out testing in the vicinity of Wuhu and looks to be a smaller version of the Chery A3 hatchback…

Jetta NF Out Testing Yet Again

Jul 3, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Spy Shots, Volkswagen Group China Tagged JettaNF, NF, Spy photos, VW Comments 1

VW’s love for compact cars is on par with the Chinese love for rice, the German company has already produced the Polo sedan and has the last gen Jetta and Santana on the market as well as the Lavida and Bora, but that is not enough to satisfy Chinese demand so VW are planning to introduce the Skoda Rapid, Jetta NF, and Santana NF all at the same time….

Ford Fiesta to gain 1.0T engine and Powershift Gearbox

Jun 25, 2012 Posted by In Chang'an Ford, Spy Shots Tagged 1.0T, Fiesta, Fiesta 1.0T, Fiesta turbo, Ford, spyshots Comments 5

The Ford Fiesta has been a popular model for Ford, the Fiesta represented a change of direction for Ford China and showed that the company was serious about its small car range in the PRC. The previous Fiesta came in a saloon only mode and was a dumpy, small vehicle that hardly impressed, the current Fiesta changed everything thanks to its sporty appearance…

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