Published by Ash August 8th, 2008
in Haima Autos.
Haima recently had a demonstration day, it wasnt your usual demonstration day where you get to drive around a small course, it wasnt even an MG style demonstration day where you get to do handbrake turns around chicanes and slalom through cones. Haima instead showed the world that its Haima 3 (the sports model in particular) is capable of driving through half a meter of water with no ill effects:
We’re not sure the point that Haima are trying to make here, perhaps they are trying to market their Haima 3 to consumers in the south of China, who in certain areas get extreme flooding year after year. Why buy an SUV, when you can have a Haima 3?
Published by Ash May 14th, 2008
in Haima Autos.
The Haima 3 sedan is quite a popular sedan, it has the style of its previous joint venture partners vehicles, Mazda, and has the cheapness of a domestically made vehicle. The Haima 3 hatchback follows on with the design theme from Mazda, especially the Mazda 3 hatchback. The pictures below, taken from Autohome.com.cn, also show the styling cues that Mazda has borrowed from other chinese made vehicles such as the Buick HRV and the rear bumper of a Mazda 3.
The Haima 3 will also have a sports model, like the sedan, which will have certain sports styling on the outside.
Published by Ash May 8th, 2008
in Haima Autos.
The popular Haima 3 has been given a mild sports make over, with a view to stealing some of SouEasts younger buyers away from the Lioncel and into the 3. The outer appearance remains the same, except for sports additions such as a small bodykit, but under the metal is where the big changes have been made.
The suspension has been upgraded to a ’sports style‘ (presumably stiffer springs) the interior has been de-faux woodified, and replaced with some tasteful black/silver plastic. Under the hood, the engine remains the same, but tuned slightly to give the driver a bit more omph at the wheel. Check out the previous article on the Haima 3 Sports.
Published by Ash April 11th, 2008
in Haima Autos.
Haima were once the joint venture partner of Mazda in China, FAW then bought the Hainan based automaker and took over the Mazda joint venture propelling it into one of the biggest automakers in China.
The Haima MPV, aka, the Haima H2, looks a lot like the rather outdated Mazda Premacy. Production is expected to begin in the 4th quarter of 2008.
Published by Ash April 10th, 2008
in Haima Autos.
Haima has released a few pictures of their latest offering: A Bread Van, aka the mian bao che, as its known in China. These little 7 seater MPV’s are the vains of the Chiense economy, they carry people, goods, chickens, food, livestock etc etc on their way to their final destination. Chang’an recently sold their one millionth bread van, obviously being in the bread van business is quite lucrative!
The Haima Z1, as it is formally known, is according to Haima big, yet small, spacious, economical and most of all safe.
Published by Ash January 24th, 2008
in Haima Autos.
Haima have been busy working on their Haima 3 compact car this year. The Haima 3 was released in mid 2007 with a 1.8 motor and a manual gear box costing around 110,000rmb, not bad for a car that looks pretty decent, possibly one of the best looking Chinese compacts on the market. Later on in 07, Haima launched an automatic version, and now, they are ready to release the Haima 3 sports version:
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Haima 3 sports edition seems to be (from the outside) a regular Haima 3 with sports editions, such as the rear spoiler (as shown as below, click for bigger picture), side skirts and sports rims.
This model however, is nothing compared to the Haima S1 (below) When are you going to launch this, Haima? China Car Times wants!
Published by Ash January 21st, 2008
in Haima Autos.
The QQ, or the QQ3 when it first came out was hailed as a car for the Chinese people. It was a taste of things to come, for two reasons, firstly the QQ was an exact clone of the Chevrolet Spark, 2) It was the cheapest car ever made at the time in China, basically a car that any office worker could afford to buy with some frugal living.
Chinas upcoming car maker, Haima, released the Haima 3 compact last year, and it looks rather good. Haima are intent on becoming a bigger player in the Chinese market place, and will release a range of cars over the next few years. Their latest offering, unveiled in the below shots for the first time, is Haimas H1 - the mini car that is set to rival Chery QQ!
Last week, we showed pictures of a camouflaged Haimai H1, we didn’t know what it was, neither did the Chinese motoring press, but Erik gladly told us what it was in the comments box! The H1 is expected to come with a 1.1 engine mated to a 5 speed manual gear box. The tiny H1 measures (LxWxH) 3350mm x 1495 x 1485. The price: 30, to 40,000rmb, want one? Wait until the end of 2008, and it will be on the market.
What do China Car Times readers think?
Published by Ash April 23rd, 2007
in Haima Autos and Chinese Car News.
Everyone seems to be making electric vehicles these days, it seems to be the certain in thing to do amongst Chinese car makers, Chery have a hybrid, Roewe are making something, BYD have one etc etc, so it comes as no surprise that Haima are also jumping on the eco friendly bandwagon and are making their own electric car. The Haima H12 was unveiled at the Shanghai Auto Show, no specifications or pricing have been given as of yet as its still in the concept stage the only information that we have to hand is that it will be an electric car, and it will be built on Haima H1 (Mazda 323) chassis.
Haima motors based in Hainan island off the south coast of China is showing off its new metal today, the Haima H1 which looks a lot like BYD F3R (which in turn looked like the Buick HRV). The new range of Haima vehicles was apparently designed by the Italian design company Studio Idea. What ever design work they did do it doesnt look too different from the original Mazdas.
The name ‘Haima’ is a compound of the two words Hainan (where Haima is based) and Mazda, so you get Haima. In the days of old Hainan Auto works and Mazda had a joint venture together where Hainan Autos would produce Mazda cars, and get to have an occasional sneaky peak at Mazdas blue prints for its own car designs. The mega giant Chinese car producer, FAW came along and bought Hainan Auto Works, thus the FAW-Mazda joint venture was born, and became very successful too. Once the FAW-Mazda JV was put into place, Haima became on of FAW’s sideline brands like Xiali, Red Flag etc. This did not effect Haima too much and they had grand plans to carry on their own brand, and this is what you see before you today.
This is the Haima 11 saloon varient, based off a Mazda 3:
The Chinese press believe that this Haima 11 is more beautiful than the Mazda 3? What do you guys think? Sign up and leave your comments!
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