Archive for the ‘Guangzhou Honda’ category
Honda begins selling Chinese made Fit in Canada
One of the first Chinese cars on Canadian roads? From the New York Post: Chinese-made cars have quietly arrived in North America for the first time, but without the bamboo dashboards and quirky names that have adorned them at recent auto shows. The cars, in fact, are not even from the myriad Chinese automakers whose [...]
Guangzhou Honda to introduce 2.4L Crosstour
The Crosstour has not been a successful car for Honda China, the 3.5L V6 Crosstour was introduced in to the Guangzhou-Honda joint venture and saw initial sales in the high hundreds but quickly tapered off into the 100 cars per month area, it seems that demand for the V6 is just not there – especially [...]
Next generation CRV slightly naked in China
When Janet Jackson had her minor nip slip at the Superbowl a few years back the American public went wild, but will they go wild for the new CRV? Of course official renderings have already been released of the popular compact SUV, but this is the first time that a production model has been spied [...]
US Honda Odyssey to come to China
The Japanese market Honda Odyssey has been in China for quite a few years now and has continually been a market leader in the MPV segment, the sleek long MPV is more wagon than MPV but it has proven to be a major hit with business users across China in the past 5 years it [...]
Everus S1 officially on sale priced from 70,000rmb to 100,000rmb
The Everus S1 has finally launched and will be available to buy in dealers soon – which dealers we are not entirely clear as of yet, will Guangzhou-Honda be building a new dealership network for the brand or selling them out of the current GZ-Honda dealership network? Either way the Everus S1 is now priced [...]
Guangzhou Honda Fit to get minor facelift for 2011
The Guangzhou built Honda Fit is about to get a minor update for 2011 both inside and out judging by these spy shots that surfaced earlier today: The Honda Fit has proven to be a popular car in the Chinese market for Honda, and they are keen to continue development of it to keep the [...]
Honda Crosstour to launch in fourth quarter
The Honda Crosstour was unveiled to the Chinese public in April this year at the Beijing Auto Show, where it seemed to attract a small niche crowd of car fans. The Crosstour will be built by the Guangzhou-Honda JV, and Guangzhou Honda CEO Mr. Yu Jun is eager to see the Crosstour launched in China [...]
Honda Crosstour spotted out testing, possibly to be produced in China
The Honda Crosstour caused a storm in the USA when it was initially launched, American consumers really couldn’t place the car in the Honda line up, was it to be an SUV or was it to be a wagon or somewhere in between. It does have the AWD system from the Honda CRV, but it [...]
Honda SR-9 to take on Audi A4
Honda SR-9 The recently launched Honda SR-9 is set to take on the popular Audi A4 in the Chinese car market place after its initial launch at the Shanghai Car show last month. The SR-9 will be powered by a 2.0 and a 2.4l engine, which is the same as the Acura TSX. Pricing of [...]
Honda Accord SR-9 – Makes me wish I was a salary man
Black is the color of choice for the majority of salary men across China, they roll to work in black Audi’s, Regals, Passats, and even Santanas, now there will be something new (and black) for them to buy this year in the form of the SR-9: The SR-9 may look like an Acura TSX with [...]
New Honda City Ad on the Internet
The new Honda City has been causing quite a bit of a stir on the internet lately in both India, and China, where the car is widely popular with younger people that require a small saloon. The previous Honda City was a rebranded Honda Fit saloon, however, the new Honda City looks to have taken [...]
Honda City – clearest photos yet!
Spy photos of the Honda City have surfaced only a few times, mostly in India, but it looks like China is getting in on the act too. Guangzhou Honda are most probably getting ready to show off the Honda City, but they may not have to do so, Chinese car fans are finding pictures of [...]
New Honda City spotted out in China this time
The new Honda City has been spotted on the back of a truck in China, previously it was only seen in rendered form in India, which made Chinese consumers wonder if it really would come to China. These pictures, taken from pcauto.com show the Honda City being taken around Chengdu on the back of a [...]
Massive news: Guangzhou Auto to take over Changfeng Auto
Last weeks First Economic Daily newspaper reported that Guangzhou Auto and Changfeng Auto were in take over talks. This week, the talks have turned into facts: Guangzhou Auto plans to buy Changfeng Auto and will take control in the fourth quarter of 2008. The Changfeng-Mitsubishi joint venture will continue under Guangzhou management, just as Mitsubishi [...]
New Honda Fit launched in China
The Honda Fit has been a top seller in China for the past few years, it has proved to be popular with those that live in an inner city environment and need an automobile that combines good looks, with fuel economy and at a low price. The new Honda Fit was launched in China earlier [...]
Massive storms in South China – Honda has issues.
Massive rain storms have severely affected automotive output in Southern China over the weekend. Guangzhou Honda have been forced to stop production at two car factories, and one engine factory due to flooding, Guangzhou Honda have also cut their sales forecasts considerably for the coming months. Guangzhou Honda believe that they will be on target [...]
Honda to go truly global – may sell Chinese Hondas in the USA
These days, the difference between a multi national and a global company is massive. Global companies seem to have only an origin, but dont truly define themselves as a certain nationality. Nike, for example, has its origins in Oregon, USA, but after 50 years of global expansion with factories in Asia, and outlets in seemingly [...]
New Honda Accord – sells 21,000 cars in March alone
Honda bosses must have a great smile on their face this week after hearing the news that they have sold 21,068 eighth generation Honda Accord in March 2008 alone. Hondas factories in Southern China are reportedly churning out 800 Accords per day to keep up with the demand. Late last month, Honda launched the 3.5 [...]
Guangzhou Auto and Hondas own brand to be shown off next month
Guangzhou Auto and Honda have been in business for a few years now, Guangzhou Auto originally teamed up with Peugeot to bring French motoring to the Chinese masses, unfortunately Peugeot didn’t want to bring all their cars to China and offered up a tatty old 504 instead. We guess they thought if the Santana is [...]
USA 0 – China 2. China gets the better looking car, again.
Previously Buick Lacrosse lovers became quite upset when they realized their friends in China were getting a better looking motor, and now it seems to the turn of the Honda Odyssey. China Car Times was just reading good old Autoblog, especially an article about the 2008 Honda Odyssey being released onto the market, our first [...]
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