Archive for the ‘Haima Autos’ category
Haima’s new sedan spotted out testing
Haima were the original partners to Mazda in China, later FAW took over the island based car company and the Mazda partnership became a licensing deal between First Automobile and Mazda. Although the direct partnership between Mazda and Haima Autos has ended, the two still continue to work on an indirect partnership where Haima is [...]
Haima’s future mid size sedan sighted out testing
As a sub company of First Automobile Works Haima seems to have a high degree of design autonomy that separates it by a considerable distance from FAW’s other sub brands such as Besturn and Tianjin, which seem to suffer from awkward design after awkward design, although Haima is making do with older Mazda technology from [...]
Haima’s new mini car
Haima’s last new mini car, The Little Prince, was a terrible looking thing that sold in miserable numbers and was actually billed as a ‘QQ Fighter’, but in actual fact it was a major flop. Haima have gone back to the drawing board and have come up with the below concept that we will see [...]
Ford Maverick/Escape to be made in China
Ford are on the verge of signing a deal with joint venture partner Jiangling (English name JMC) to produce the Ford Maverick in China, which will be the first time that Ford have produced a Chinese built SUV in China. Later this month JMC will have a board of directors and shareholder meeting where future [...]
Haima M2 sports version to launch soon
The Haima M2 may look like a Mazda2 due to its previous tie up with Mazda, but it is in fact a lot larger. Now Haima are planning on launching a sports version which looks like it will give the car a little bit more of a boost in the sales department: Engine power comes [...]
Haima’s Prince to launch early next year!
The Toyota Aygo has had some serious milage in China, although never under Toyota badging. BYD took a shine to it, Geely took a shine to various parts of it for their Panda, and also JAC liked it too. The Prince, or rather the 王子 (Wang Zi), will be put on sale early 2010 according [...]
Haima H2: The next generation Mazda Premacy
The Haima-Mazda relationship is beneficial to both parties, Mazda gets a suitable way to get rid of all of its ex-tech, and Haima get lots of new technology and help which they have poured into their own branded sedans. Haima have been doing particularly well recently, especially since the Mazda 323 became the Haima Family, [...]
Haima S3 SUV – Yours for 100,000rmb
The Haima S3 SUV is essentially the old Mazda Tribute with a Haima front end, and a considerably lower price tag of 100,000rmb. The Haima S3 will be entering into the small displacement self designed Chinese SUV arena, and will go up against the likes of the very popular GreatWall Hover H3, and the Chery [...]
Roewe 550/MG6 mash up spotted in Spain?
So CCT’s Spanish is not very good, but we think this means the Roewe 550 was spotted lurking in Spain: MG ya está un poco más cerca de regresar a la vida en Europa. Manolo, uno de nuestros lectores, estaba haciendo montañismo en Sierra Nevada cuando se encontró con este curioso compañero de senda: un [...]
Haima’s QQ Fighter undergoing testing
The QQ3 is a best selling car in China, despite its age (it was launched in 2002) it has continued to sell well into 2009 with virtually no exterior updates. The QQ3 sold a combined 9832 cars in May, its nearest rival, the BYD F0 sold 7224 units in May, the QQ is clearly unstoppable. [...]
Haima S9 SUV Spotted out testing
Chinese manufacturers are getting into their SUV sales to boost their market coverage, and take advantage of a growing segment. Whilst Geely are taking the home grown route, Haima are going down the road of buying in ex Mazda technology to make their own. The below S9 SUV was shown off at the Shanghai Auto [...]
Haima SUV to launch in 2010
Haima’s own SUV, aka the old Mazda Tribute, is expected to launch in 2010: Engine wise, the 6 cylinder option has been dropped in favor of a rather timid 2.0L producing 150bhp, 195Nm, and 110kw. Whilst the Tribute is not expected to be a fast smoother, the S9 is expected to cost around 100,000rmb which [...]
Dear Haima: Im very sorry!
Now that the show is practically over, and I’m very far away from Shanghai, and more importantly Hainan Island where Haima are based, I feel that is high time I apologised. The reasoning for my apology is quite simple, I pulled the door handle off your Haima M concept car. I say pulled, it sort [...]
Haima Ultra Mini
Just when you thought Geely and Smart China were the only ones playing at making ultra-minis, along comes another player in the form of Haima, but with a new logo on show: With lots of 妹妹 ready to 发疯 for the 可爱的车, we think that Haima might be onto a winner with this little cutey. [...]
CNCAP Crash Test: Haima gets 4 stars
Haima have been upping their game at the safety levels, especially as many Chinese consumers percieve Chinese cars to be unsafe, so obviously safety becomes paramount when you’re trying to build many and sell cheap. C-NCAP gladly smashed up a few Haima 1.8L sports model and told us that it was a rather safe vehicle [...]
Haima SUV – First Glimpse
Haima are doing good things these days, but they are still happingly using their Mazda links to further their plans to become a large manufacturer in the next few years. The Haima SUV is based on the Mazda Tribute, which in turn was based on the Ford Escape. The Haima SUV will come with a [...]
Haima – The ones to watch!
Haima, the island car marker are planning a few suprises for the Shanghai Auto Show next week. Haima has plans for a Haima 3 hatchback in 1.6 form, and also an AO class mini car (the M2), a new B class car, a new SUV, an updated Mazda Premacy (aka the Haima H2), a new [...]
Haima to build Mazda2, but its not a Mazda2
Haima and Mazda previously had a JV together, but FAW waded in and purchased Haima, thus making the JV into a FAW-Mazda JV. However, there still seems to be a connection between Mazda and Haima, as the two still seem to share platforms, and possibly designs. The Haima3 looks rather like the Mazda3 (in sedan [...]
Haima working on 2.0T engines
Haima, Hainan Islands own developed brand, has improved its game in 2008 with the launch of a new Mazda 3 like sedan, and also a new bubble shaped hatchback. 2009 will see Haima focus on technology rather than bringing out new designs, Haima are reportedly working on a new 1.8 VVT engine, and also turbo [...]
Haima to produce old Ford Escape?
From what we can gather, it seems that Haima are preparing to produce their first SUV, except from the pictures shown so far, it looks to be the Ford Escape/Maverick SUV that was built in cooperation between Ford, and Mazda. The Mazda version is called the Mazda Tribute. Haima previously had a joint venture with [...]
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