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Why Chinese automakers are setting up shop in Brazil
Exports: A Possible Solution Chinese brands struggled at home in 2011, losing market share to foreign brands. The outlook is rather bleak, so the answer to some is to expand outward. They have been slowly making inroads into new markets everywhere in the world. It goes without saying that the most important foreign market would [...]
High-speed rail in China and its impact on cars
China is about to start commercial operation of their newest high-speed rail line, the Beijing-Shanghai line. The 1318 km (819 mi) long line is the world’s longest and will feature Chinese-made rolling stock. China Railways’ CRH380A is capable of zipping through at speeds of up to 380 km/h (236 mph), which would make this also the world’s [...]
Competition between VW’s 2 Chinese partners
Friend or foe, that’s a difficult question for VW’s two Chinese joint ventures, Shanghai Volkswagen and FAW-Volkswagen. Although VW always claim that they are good partners without frontal competitiveness, everyone can realize that their relationship is uneasy. Established in Oct 1984, Shanghai Volkswagen only produced Santana B2 and the updated version of the Santana 2000 [...]
High resolution pictures of the new MG3
SAIC recently posted a series of pictures of the new MG3 on its own blog, however we completely missed them until now. The MG3 is expected to make its official launch at the Guangzhou Auto Show later this month where it will be unveiled with a 1.5L engine and the promise of a 1.3L engine [...]
Chery planning new compact SUV
Chery are planning yet another compact SUV for the Chinese auto market, although there were rumors that Chery were planning to build a Darcia Duster fighter for the European market for when they eventually arrive in the area. The new SUV is expected to be the Riich X3 and will be powered by 1.3S and [...]
1.6 Mitsubishi ASX flying into China soon
The ASX has gotten off to to a good start in the Chinese market, it maybe an imported model and thus subject to rather harsh import taxes but it seems to be doing well against the locally made Nissan Qashqai in which it shares its segment. Currently the ASX is sold in China via the [...]
Chinese Fire Trucks through the ages
The Culture section on China Car Times is still rather bare, so in a bid to bring more Chinese auto culture to the English speaking sphere of influence we thought it would be a great time to have a look at Chinese fire engines through the ages. In recent years the Chinese fire service have [...]
BAW’s new SUV spotted out, looking harsh
BAW’s first self developed SUV in the past 40 years was spotted out testing recently, perhaps it was the harsh light or the low quality of the pictures, but it appears that this SUV really isn’t quite as nice as the concept car that came before it in Beijing. According to information received, this SUV [...]
Greatwall’s Tengyi C50 sedan spotted out testing
Greatwall Motor’s Tengyi C30 sedan has already gotten off to a great start in the compact motor segment (despite the initial complaints), GWM plans to expand the line up to include the larger C50 and then an even larger model at some point in the future. Spy pictures of the C50 have already been leaked [...]
FAW to revive Hong Qi brand with five new sedans
It seems that in the rush to produce joint venture cars with Audi, Toyota, GM and Mazda, FAW left its trusty Hong Qi (Red flag) brand by the wayside, although that is set to change under a new Hong Qi revival program that FAW is about to instigate. FAW first debuted the Hong Qi brand [...]
Chery’s heavy trucking dreams
As well as a compact pick up truck, Chery also has plans to introduce mid size flat bed trucks and also heavy trucks into its Chery and Karry line ups. The Karry brand was set up to become Chery’s super cheap, super economical trucking range in the Chinese market, although these spy shots and also [...]
Chery’s big truckin dreams – spyshots
Chery have long wanted to produce a compact pick-up truck, in fact spy shots of one pick up truck have already been leaked to the internet. According to sources, this truck carries a 1.9l diesel engine from its own ATECO range. According to internal sources from Chery, Chery is working working on a whole range [...]
Beijing Auto to produce C30 sedan
Beijing Auto may have become a staid old dinosaur in the past few years, punching out a few Soviet era jeeps here and there for the People’s Liberation Army use but they have had an awakening and plan to become once again one of the major players in the Chinese market. With their recently purchased [...]
BYD S6 SUV to launch this month at Guangzhou Auto Show
Having seen many BYD M6 MPV’s on the roads in recent days, its safe to say that BYD’s plan to take their brand further up market appears to be taking off in the early stages. The next few additions to their brand raising campaign are going to be the G6 sedan and also the S6 [...]
JAC working on super safe super mini
JAC have been aggressively pushing their small car line up for the past two years and are also planning to push forth their own self developed DSG gearbox. In addition to their soon to launch Yue Yue hatchback, JAC are proposing a super safe two seater city car that will carry an 800cc or a [...]
MG3 spotted out again in red, blue and silver
In all of our recent postings on the MG3 we have by far and large only seen the MG3 in yellow, but this time other colors have been sighted out: The MG3 will make its official launch at this months Guangzhou Auto Show and will be powered by a 1.5L gearbox to start with, although [...]
Mazda8 launched in China
Earlier today the Mazda8 officially launched in China and is set to make a big splash in the MPV segment. The MPV market has increased by over 60% in 2010 alone, the Mazda8 will be competing against the Buick GL8 in the higher end MPV segment, until now the GL8 has had a free run [...]
New Chevrolet Spark to launch in Guangzhou
With the launch of the BaoJun brand and BaoJun 630 sedan it appears that Chevrolet maybe going slightly more up market and is expected to import the latest generation of the Chevrolet Spark into China soon. The new generation of Spark is produced in Korea and will therefore be a fairly cheap import into China [...]
Its not a Merc – Its BAW’s latest MPV
For those that are thinking “the new B-Class looks different”, well think again as this is the new MPV from BAIC, who also happen to be major partners to Mercedes. From what we have learned so far, the first BAIC C30 MPV will be powered by 1.3L and 1.5L engines from Mitsubishi. The 1.3L engine [...]
Chery’s Six Speed CVT to launch next year
Chery have been working very hard on developing their own engine and gearbox line over the past 5 years, their ATECO engine range is starting to bare fruit after several years of hard toiling in the form of 2.0T engines that are used in the current G5 and G6 sedans and will soon be found [...]
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