Archive for the ‘Haima Autos’ category
Haima Receives New Mid Size Sedan
Out of all the FAW brands, only Haima seems to have products that I would actually buy with my own money. Hong Qi seems to have gone away with old Toyota models, I have no way of telling my dad I drive a Best-Urn and the Oley/Xia Li designs are just not my cup of [...]
Haima’s B Segment Concept for the Beijing Auto Show
The Beijing Auto Show is going to be on the receiving end of 120 new models according to press releases, the new concept from Haima is just another car in the mad mess. This is the first time that Haima have attempted to create a B-segment sedan which will be VW Sagitar (Jetta) sized, this [...]
Haima ZM2, a new look and possibly new direction for Haima?
Haima have made the most out of their relationship with Mazda, the two initially had a joint venture project in Haima’s hometown island of Hainan however FAW came into town and snapped up Haima and took Mazda to the frigid hinterlands in Jilin. Haima didn’t get completely pushed out of the relationship, they still receive [...]
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 [...]
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