SAIC and Dongfeng recently signed an agreement to supply Rover designed 1.8T K-Series engines to Dongfeng for use in their own brand automobiles. Dongfeng currently lacks any of its own engine designs for their own vehicles, and are relaying on third parties for engines. Dongfeng dropped a Cummins diesel engine in the Crazy Soldier, the sluggish Shengyang Mitsubishi unit in the Jing Yi, and possibly the same Mitsubishi unit in the Dongfeng Coupe.
The Jing Yi will be casting out that Mitsubishi unit over the next month, and installing the mighty fine 1.8Turbo Rover K-series via a deal with SAIC, the Turbo’d up Jing Yi is expected to sell from 120,380rmb and will rival the likes of the VW Touran in the mini turbo MPV market
Published by Ash November 13th, 2006
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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!
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