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Panic buying in December? National Development and Reform Council announces cancellation of preferential taxes for sub 1.6 cars
In 2009 the Chinese auto market was seemingly heading for a disaster, consumer confidence was in the gutter and everyone was looking to the government for support, the government did step up to the challenge and offered several methods to deal with the on coming automotive crisis. The first thing they did was to lower [...]
Is the MG5 or the Roewe 350 hatch?
Under Nanjing Auto’s rule of MG, the MG5 was set to be the MG ZS, a truly old car that was coming back from the dead but thanks to SAIC’s merger with Nanjing Auto the MG ZS never came to be under the MG5 moniker. SAIC developed the AP platform for use on a compact [...]
Is this the next generation Roewe 750 and MG7?
Now that the MG3 is practically finished and being pushed out of the factory, the next generation of Roewe 750 is expected to go into development and renders of it have already been leaked to the internet. As well as the Roewe 750 the MG5 is also going to be put into development, the MG5 [...]
Englon brand to get major boost in 2011
Englon was born from the ashes of the doomed Shanghai Maple brand, both of which are controlled by Geely. Shanghai Maple was Geely’s ultra cheap economy brand, and was reborn as the Englon brand in early 2010 as part of Geely’s restructuring. At the Beijing 2010 Auto Show Geely announced dozens of new cars in [...]
Photoblog: 2011 Brilliance Wagon
The Brilliance Wagon never took to the market in a great way, the wagon market was identified as one of the niche markets that Brilliance could move into to fend off pressure in other segments, and other Chinese manufacturers had yet to hit the wagon segment. Brilliance brought out the first wagon in late 2008 [...]
Photoblog: BaoJun 630
The first BaoJun 630 came down the production line yesterday and it seems to be a good looking car. The interior is certainly from GM’s parts bin, but the exterior is very similar to SAIC’s Roewe 350 and has some Roewe 550 looks in there also, the whole car looks exceptionally well for a vehicle [...]
The devil is in the detail: Hawtai’s B35 SUV
Hawtai’s B35 SUV concept sent a tidal wave through this years Beijing Auto Show, but to be honest it was the best looking car at the show and showed that Chinese automotive companies still had the power to surprise just when you think they are starting to tow the line and produce bland looking cars [...]
Updated Buick GL8 to be sold alongside new MPV
The new GL8 which was based on GM’s Business Concept will go on the market before the years end and is based on the SGM258 platform, the older GL8 that is based on the SGM201 platform will still be sold alongside the new generation, and is getting a slight improvement in the looks department. In [...]
BYD’s Sales GM: “I will apologize four times”
Mr. Xia Zhi Bing is BYD’s Sales GM, a Hainan person by birth but a Beijing University graduate, in 1999 he was assigned the role of BYD’s Financial manager, but he moved over to be the sales manager before he was 30. Many people believed that Mr. Xia didn’t have the skills or the experience [...]
Hawtai to launch B35 SUV at years end
Hawtai slipped a major surprise into the Beijing Auto Show earlier this year when they showed off their new sedan range and also their new Porsche Cayenne inspired SUV, the B35. The B35 may have the Cayenne’s looks but it is actually riding on the last generation of Hyundai Sante-Fe platform that Hawtai purchased from [...]
Chery’s new Riich/Reely SUV in rendered form
The below SUV is marked up as a Reely, but it is expected to fall into Chery’s other brand, Riich, when it is launched. The below Riich model is likely to be the Riich X6 SUV and will be Chery’s flagship four wheeler when it hits the production line in early 2011, the below renderings [...]
Emgrand EC8 Stretched for VIP use
Emgrand is Geely’s luxury marque that they hope will help it take on the joint venture produced cars, and also to get Emgrand into the government procurement list. One step forward for Geely into getting on the much coveted government procurement list (the Chinese government regularly spends 5 billion RMB on cars) is the addition [...]
Wuling’s BaoJun 630 in detail
The forthcoming BaoJun 630 sedan is a horribly kept secret at Wuling-SAIC-GM headquarters. The three auto giants have teamed upto develop a new car that will see a foreign owned, but Chinese designed and built sedan take on the rural markets that have so far been controlled by the self developed Chinese brands such as [...]
Diesel shortages across Chinese cities thanks to government policies
The case for diesel in Chinese passenger cars has never been strong, only a handful of automakers have put diesel models into production, Audi, VW and Kia have introduced diesels into China with marginal sales so far. Diesels have a long way to go in China especially as price per liter is on par with [...]
MG3 to launch with 1.3L and AMT gearbox
The MG6 and MG Zero concept car (aka the MG3) are going to launch in the UK tomorrow at London’s Earl Court, however we can reveal some early details of the MG3. The MG3 is expected to launch in early 2011 according to media reports and will initially come with a 1.3L engine and also [...]
The Chinese car industry in the 60′s
In our previous article we focused on the 1950′s of Chinese automotive, whilst other countries were quickly building their own national cars such as the original Mini and original Beetle, the Chinese government was focused on getting its people mobile on two wheels and peddle power. The 50′s saw small scale production of vehicles for [...]
Chang’an launches new logo
Chang-an’s Chairman, Mr. Xu Liu Ping, has launched Chang-an’s latest new brand logo late yesterday and set out his plans for Chang-an’s future. Chang-an have ultimately been a silent player in the Chinese market over the past few years and have quickly become one of the biggest producers in the Chinese auto market. Chang-an sold [...]
China’s Automotive Development from start to now
This is the first part of a six part series that will take you on a journey through the six decades of Chinese automotive history in modern China. People think of China’s automotive history as starting in the late 90′s or early 00′s, in fact China has had cars for pretty much the same length [...]
BAW’s MPV’s spotted out testing
Beijing Auto Work’s own MPV model is certainly gathering speed by the looks of these pictures that clearly show the MPV undergoing group testing on what looks like an athletic track, it is more than likely that the model is getting shown off to higher ups or potential dealers. The above C30 MPV is certainly [...]
China raises price of fuel at the pump
After a week of rumors the Chinese body responsible for monitoring oil prices in China, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) raised gasoline prices by CNY230 and also raised diesel prices by CNY220rmb per metric ton. The end result for consumers is not good, with prices rising by 0.19rmb per liter on certain products: [...]
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