Archive for the ‘Hafei Motor’ category
Hafei’s electric future
What ever happened to Hafei Auto? It seems that after 2007 they disappeared from the headlines, their Saibao sedans dropped from the sales charts and only their Lobo and mini vans seem to be keeping them alive, in December 2011 they cleared sales of just 565 units, which doesn’t seem like enough to keep a [...]
Hafei-PSA to set up Joint Venture?
Hafei and the French automaker PSA have long been rumored to be putting together a joint venture in China that would probably see Hafei and PSA building Citroen MPV’s in the Chinese marketplace, but talks seem to have been on going since mid 2007 with not much in the way of action since then, The [...]
Hafei working on pure electric vehicle
Hafei are apparently working on a pure electric sedan according to todays media reports in Chinese language media. The news does not come as a suprise to CCT, as it is well known that Hafei, and Miles Electric, a US electric car company have been working together for several years on electric car projects. Hafei [...]
Dongfeng and Hafei to become one?
Hafei Automobiles actually make some of the nicest cars we’ve seen from a Chinese manufacturer, the cars are understyled, yet modern, somehow these cars just look good. The above Saibao 4, is just one example of their saloon range, Hafei also make mini MPVs (mian bao che) and two mini cars, the Lubao, and the [...]
Hafei believes it can sell 270,000 motors in 08
Its no secret on China Car Times, that one of our favorite Chinese made saloons is the Haifei Saibao, however, sales in the East Coast boom towns of the Haifei Saibao range do not appear to be good. The lower Hafei range, such as the Lobo (below) and the Saima (pictured above) do sell very [...]
Hafei Lobo Crash Test
The Hafei Lobo is a self designed and researched model from Hafei Autos from Harbin City. Hafei have recently signed an agreement with Citroen to make a range of commercial vehicles in China. 100% frontal impact The frontal impact shows the dashboard collapsed, pinning the drivers knee. Oddly the steering wheel seems to have [...]
Hafei Berlingo
A while back Citroen teamed up with Hafei, a car and minivan maker from Harbin city in the cold North East of China. It seems Hafei have wasted no time in knocking out the Citroen Berlingo van: More news as we get it! AshAsh came to China at 18 on a whim and never [...]
PSA, Hafei, finally hook up to make vans
It seems Peugeot are wanting to slash some jobs at home, and make some more jobs in Shenzhen, China. PSA Peugeot Citroen has tied up with Harbin Hafei Automobile Industry Group Co to form its second Chinese joint venture, part of the French car maker’s plan to boost sales in emerging markets as it tries [...]
PSA partners up with Hafei motors
Hafei motors, the almost unknown makers of a beautiful range of ‘Saibao’ cars, and also one of the big players in the mini van world have landed what must be their dream deal – a link up with PSA, owners of Citroen and Peugeot. The deal is said to be a 50/50 deal based on [...]
Electric Cars That Have Zing!
Forget that electric milk float that the milkman used to drive on his morning rounds (perhaps only British people can appreciate that) electric vehicles have come a long, long way from the days of 2 pints of skimmed milk and 1 full cream. American company Miles Automotive have come up with a range of electric [...]
We’re all going to Peru
LIMA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) — Chinese auto brands Great Wall, Hafei, Geely and Faw debuted in the Peruvian car market, importing company Zona Motors announced on Wednesday. “Our plan is not to hide the cars’ origins, but instead to show them off as a sign of (Chinese) innovation (which is) constantly advancing its technology with [...]
A New HaFei
This new model from HaFei, named ‘Sai bao’ meaning Race Leopard (hope they dont use that English name though) was released today in Shenzhen China. The car was designed with the helpful input of both French and Italian design companies, so it doesnt look half bad! It comes with a 1.8 litre engine as standard, [...]
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 [...]
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