Archive for the ‘Honda Automobile China’ category
Honda Fit Sport Coming to China Soon
Several years ago the Honda Fit was the car to buy if you wanted a small car from a joint venture manufacturer, back in the old days the battle lines between joint venture companies and Chinese companies were quite clear, JV’s would make high end cars and Chinese would make cheap low end cars. Of [...]
Honda to make electric cars in China
Honda and its partners at Guangzhou Auto and Dongfeng Auto are planning to launch locally produced electric vehicles into China in the next few years according to a report on Honda’s Chinese website. The earliest electric car launch appears to be happening as early as next year according to Nikkei. Honda are planning to launch [...]
Everus S1 revealed
The Everus brand was first shown off in Guangzhou Auto Show in December 2010, of course the brand was the most interesting part of the whole event as the first Everus car was clearly just a warmed over last generation Honda City sedan (otherwise known as a Honda Jazz/Fit Saloon) with new badges. The exterior [...]
Honda’s Everus S1 to launch next month
The Everus S1 will launch in China next month – you’re not too sure on what the Everus is? The Everus is Honda’s own sub-brand where they will be placing older, re-badged Honda models under the Everus name. Everus launched in Honda’s Chinese back yard at the Guangzhou Auto Show in late 2010 as Honda’s [...]
Honda CRZ spotted in China
The hybrid market here in China has been less popular than regional independence talks, but that is not stopping Honda from bringing yet two more hybrids to China. Honda of course already imports the Civic hybrid into China where it was originally priced at 250,000rmb but fell to 160,000rmb to clear the car out of [...]
Honda sales up 12.2% in China but December sales fall
Honda currently has two joint venture partnerships, one with Dongfeng and one with Guangzhou Auto in Southern China, these two joint venture agreements sold an impressive 646,631 vehicles over the course of 2010 giving Honda 12.2% growth for 2010. December sales reached 57,688 units, but actually saw a decrease over December 2009 sales by 2.32%. [...]
3.5L Honda Crosstour to launch in China on September 1st
The Honda Crosstour is on the verge of launching and will officially launch on September 1st following its unveiling in Beijing earlier this year. The Crosstour will first be launched with a 3.5L engine, but other smaller engines are due to launch at a later date. Pricing is currently unknown, but it is likely to [...]
Honda reports no loss of earnings from Chinse strikes
From Reuters: A top executive at Honda Motor Co (7267.T) said on Thursday the Japanese automaker expects no impact on earnings, including for the current quarter, from a string of labour disputes in China. Japan’s No.2 automaker has been forced to suspend production on and off at its four Chinese car factories since late May [...]
Honda Accord SR-9 – Makes me wish I was a salary man
Black is the color of choice for the majority of salary men across China, they roll to work in black Audi’s, Regals, Passats, and even Santanas, now there will be something new (and black) for them to buy this year in the form of the SR-9: The SR-9 may look like an Acura TSX with [...]
Dongfeng Honda to produce Honda TIF and other Dongfeng news
Honda recently announced plans to produce the Honda Tif for developing Asian countries, which included China. The Tif is expected to be a kei sized car, but with seating for 4 or possibly 5. Information on the Honda Fit is thin on the ground, but Paul Tan appears to be quite excited by it. Rumors [...]
Honda to make a new brand in China?
Is Honda going the way of Toyota in the USA and making a Scion like brand for the Chinese market? It seems so, according to latest reports that are coming out of Guangzhou Honda, the Chinese wonder factory that got its quality levels up to that of the Japanese made Honda to the point where [...]
Guangzhou Honda is Profitable
In news that wont be shocking to anyone in China – The Chinese love their Hondas! HONDA Motor Corp yesterday announced that sales of its Chinese venture, which makes vehicles exclusively for export, achieved 50,000 units, according to a company statement. The Honda Automobile (China) Co Ltd, formed by the Japan’s second-largest car maker, Guangzhou [...]
Chinese love their Accords
Chinese do love their Honda Accords, at least according to The Shanghai Daily: HONDA Motor Co, Japan’s second-largest carmaker, sold 45 percent more vehicles in China last month, helped by demand for Accord sedans. Honda sold 25,344 vehicles through its two joint ventures on the Chinese mainland in February, the company said in a statement [...]
When Two Tribes Go To War!
Usually before Chinese New Year every Chinese person at least here in China goes nuts trying to make as much money as they can, pretty much the same with Christmas in the west – those gifts don’t come for free after all. When I say every person, I also mean every company as well, including [...]
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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