Archive for the ‘Dongfeng Automobile Company’ category

Dongfeng Jing Yi MPV will be ready for the market in Oct!

Dongfeng claim their new MPV is a true international car as designers, engineers, and parts came from all over the world to make this bubbly little people mover. The big players in the Chinese auto-world mainly SAIC, FAW and Dongfeng are pouring millions of RMB into creating their own auto brands, so far its seems [...]

Dongfeng Monster, on the market next month

  So its not really called the monster, but hell, it certainly looks like one. We always wondered when we say this car at the Beijing Auto Show in 2006 if they would ever release this car, and it seems that Dongfeng have reasonably high hopes for this car. This car was designed by Dongfeng [...]

Dongfeng makes the ‘Crazy Soldier’ ready for civilian use

In news that people all over the world who are preparing for an all out urban assault on their local shopping precinct armed with a vehicle that is no doubt ready to take on the world, and maybe win will be happy to hear that Dongfeng are getting to release a civilian version of their [...]

Dongfeng to invest in a new production center

Dongfeng is a major player in the Chinese auto world, they have joint venture agreements with Nissan, Citroen, Peugeot, Kia, and last but not least Honda, as well as making their own range of MPV’s, light trucks, and heavy trucks. When it comes down to it, Dongfeng is one of the ‘silent players’ that dont [...]

Supermini fans, Rejoice! Nissan Micra coming to China!

Dongfeng Ri Chan, the makers of Nissan in the Peoples Republic have signed up with Nissan to produce the uber cute Nissan Micra in China. The bubbly little car that has seen at least two decades of service via different incarnations under the Micra tag is sure to be a hit with trendy fashionable Chinese [...]

Chinese Hummer to hit the market next year.

News fresh off the Chinese press – The Dongfeng Humvee that we talked about a few times previously will go on the market early next year, unfortunatly it wont be the full on army use one, but one aimed at the civillian population – so it will probably have leather seats, and a CD player. [...]

Dongfeng Hummer undergoing testing

We found these pictures of the Dongfeng Humvee like vehicle. We’ve posted about this before but didnt have such good photos to match up with the article. We hope you enjoy them. Click continue reading to see more! AshAsh came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he [...]

Dongfeng and Citroen make a new Xsara for China

Dongfeng, the Chinese partner of Citroen in China have created a new look Citroen Xsara for the China, Hong Kong and Taiwan regions. Basically the new Xsara has an updated grill to keep it in line with the rest of Citroen range that sport the same grill, nothing too exciting. Citroen also added bluetooth capability [...]

Chinese Trucking News: Dongfeng and Volvo in Talks

Chinese vehicle manufacturer Dongfeng or “Eastwind” in English today announced that they are considering selling a stake in its commercial vehicle unit to Swedish truck maker AB Volvo. The unit is part of Dongfeng’s joint venture with Japan’s Nissan Motor Co. The three parties were discussing whether Volvo would replace the Japanese company as Dongfeng’s [...]

Beefed up Dong Feng Xiao Wang Zi – The Muscular Little Prince

Hot on the heels of the last tuned up car we brought you, the souped up Cherry QQ, we bring you the Xiao Wang Zi! Dong Feng make the Little Prince, otherwise known as ‘Xiao Wang Zi’ in Chinese, they have a website for it but you hardly ever actually see the Little Prince out [...]

Dong Feng Coupe – Just what is that back part for?

China Car Time has been confused, confused ever since we first laid eyes on the above new Dong Feng Coupe. It looks okay I guess, nothing super special from the front, but once you start to move towards the rear of the car you see: Just what is the need for that plastic bellows? China [...]

Dong Feng Coupe!

I cant deciede if this car is cool or crap. I mean look at the front – it looks muscular, butch and just a tiny bit feminine. Then look at the rear and it looks like one of those foot pumps for inflating air beds, or one of those instruments – a whats it called [...]

The Chinese Humvee Copy – Eastwind EQ2050 Dongfeng EQ2050

The symbol of all things American, the overly big, resource wasting, road hogging SUV come monster truck jeep – the Humvee has an Asian copycat, in terms of the East Wind (Dong Feng in Chinese) EQ2050 and Shenyang Aircraft Industry Co’s SFQ2040 HMWWV (pictured below) Sinopec has actually bought real Humvees from the USA in [...]

Zhong Hua TV Advert

Check out this Chinese TV commercial for Zhong Hua, via Youtube, here’s another. Have to say, Zhong Hua’s cars are looking great – it must be the BMW input! AshAsh came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way [...]