Published by Ash July 18th, 2008
in Geely Automobile.
According to Geely, the FC-2 is expected to exported out of China to European and American markets in 2009. The FC-2 is actually one of Geely’s finest cars to date in terms of design, and was first unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show rather than in the Chinese domestic auto exhibition which goes some way in showing Geelys commitment to the overseas market place. The FC-2 was unveiled again at the Beijing Auto Show in May this year, and received a large amount of interest from the crowds and media alike.
The Chinese media reports that the FC-2 will sell for around 100,000rmb in foreign markets, equivlant to 9,273 Euros or 14,441USD, which is impressive for a car that will be upto Euro 5 emissions specifications and is built to pass the NCAP test at 5 stars. Geely are reported to be planning to use their 4G-N series of engines, which are D-CVVT equipped. A diesel engine that is upto Euro 5 specification is also expected to be created for the European market.
Published by Ash July 8th, 2008
in Geely Automobile.
The Geely Panda will be going on sale from August onwards for the rather low price of 40,000rmb and rising.
The Geely Panda has been on China Car Times several times before, commenters on CCT were not overly friendly towards the panda influenced design. The Geely Panda is the first Geely car to carry the new Geely logo, and Geely plan to build a brand around the Panda series, the way Chery have done with the QQ series.
Despite the cars outer design being an acquired taste, under the hood the engine specification look rather interesting; a 1 litre CVVT engine, so it will be small and a gas saver to boot.
Published by Ash June 23rd, 2008
in Geely Automobile.
Everyone loved the Geely GT concept when it came out in Beijing earlier this year, but what about the original Geely GT? It appears to have been assigned to the history books, but not for China Car Times!
The 1.3l mini car had a number of design features merged into one little package, it has sports coloring (either red, or yellow), with a matching interior, and sport alloys.It also appears to have SUV style bumper protectors. On the engine side of things, the Jaguar Wind GT has a 1.3l engine which is supposedly economical (although only achieving Euro 2 emissions standard), and sporty.
Sadly the Jaguar Wind GT is now out of production, but when it was in production it was 50,000rmb on the road
Another one for the Chinese automotive history books, sadly. We still love the Geely pick up truck that was based on the same car.
Published by Ash May 29th, 2008
in Geely Automobile and Chinese Car News.
The Geely King Kong hatchback is set to be one of the cheapest, and best looking, Geely automobiles on the road when it is launched in July this year.
The engine of the Geely HRV is known to be a 4 cylinder, 16 valve, 1.5l model, paired to a 4 speed automatic, or a 5 speed manual.
China Car Times has heard rumors that the above hatchback will be around 70,000rmb when launched, making it one of the cheapest automatics on the road, and one of the best looking Geely production cars to date! Would we have one? Of course we would!
More pictures of the Geely hatch here.
Published by Ash May 21st, 2008
in Geely Automobile.
Geely and London Taxi maker, Manganese Bronze, struck a deal early last year to produce the iconic London taxi cab in China for Asian markets. The cab is nearing production, but British built cabs have been assigned the task of aiding disabled or invalid Olympians and visitors around Beijing.
30 of the cabs are in operation in Beijing as of Monday this week. Beijing based CCT readers will hopefully see them first.
Published by Ash May 19th, 2008
in qingdao auto show and Geely Automobile.
The Qingdao car show didnt get the bevvy of Geely concept cars that were shown at the Beijing Automotive Show, instead, Geely wheeled out the Geely Beauty Leopard (Presumably they drove it in with bags over their heads)
We all know that Geely is quite capable of producing some good looking cars as of 2007 and 2008, so why do they continue to push this Frankenstein monstrosity? Please, Geely, kill it and bring out anyone of the superb looking coupe prototypes that you’ve teased us with!
Published by Ash April 21st, 2008
in Beijing Car Show and Geely Automobile.
No doubt those that will read this article and link to it will make the usual Chinese car jokes “Will it come with lead paint?” “Will it fold up like a Cola can in a crash?” but just for a moment take in the lines of Geely GT. Note the lack of a Geely badge, which may hint at a potential upmarket brand from Geely, the way that the big Japanese brands made separate brands (Infiniti, Lexus, etc) back in the 90’s.
This GT alone, should go some way in persuading the naysayers that believe Geely is not ‘serious‘ about making cars. The cars that they’ve shown off at the 2008 Beijing Auto Show are by far their best yet. For more on the Geely GT check out our previous article on the Geely GT
Published by Charlie April 18th, 2008
in Geely Automobile and Chinese Car News.
Geely Vice President Frank Zhao gave an exciting opening speech at the Automotive News China Conference in Beijing Thursday evening providing a wealth of inside information about Geely’s strategies to continue their stellar growth. According to Mr. Zhao Geely intends to “bring Chinese culture into auto Culture” which appears to translate into a desire to do things China BIG.
Mr. Zhao revealed Geely’s plans to triple engineering staff by the end of 2010 and build a new twenty story R&D center in Hangzhou where they will design award winning Geely products. With this giant engineering powerhouse Geely plans to design five core technology platforms from which they will build 15 production platforms and new 42 models by the end of 2015.
Mr. Zhao also unveiled the new models Geely will exhibit at the Beijing Auto Show next week:
Panda Subcompact
Panda Electrical Car
King Kong HRV
China Dragon
Vision Wagon
FC-2 Hatchback
FC-3 Sedan
GC-1 Luxury Sedan
NL-1 SUV
HL-1 MPV
HL-2 MPV with suicide doors
CE Subcompact
Geely GF Formula Race Car
Geely GT
See artist concept drawings below:
Published by Ash April 17th, 2008
in Geely Automobile.
Geely are getting serious about cars. They’ve made lots of cars in the past, some excellent cars that have become the back bone of the low cost motor industry, and then theres the odd few cars which leave us thinking ‘what?’ then theres the recent renderings, and Geelys plan to enter the executive market.
Geely have also been working on a range of engines that will fit into the GC range, such as 3.5l and 3.0l CVVT models, it is also rumored that Geely will launch an even bigger engine at the Beijing Auto Show or later in the year. The Geely GC is rumored to be around 4.9m long, making it on par with the Toyota Crown and a bit bigger than a BMW 5 series.
Published by Ash April 10th, 2008
in Geely Automobile.
We’ve gone a bit of a Geely love-fest over the past few weeks with all of these Geely renderings that have been on CCT, we promise it will stop soon! Just one last rendering though!
Rumors of a Geely SUV have been going around for a year or more now, information about the SUV has been thin on the ground, but we have since learned that is expected to be a hybrid SUV which would be a first for a Chinese automobile company. Check our Geely archive for more on the other Geely renderings! Will these cars be launched at the Beijing car show? Our sources have hinted as such, but we are not entirely convinced - Only time will tell!
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