Published by Ash August 23rd, 2008
in JAC Motors.
Since pushing out their excellent looking Bin Yue sedan, JAC have continued with their plans for automotive domination with their excellently designed cars, which appear to be a mixture of existing conformity, and certain design lines that you would normally except to see on more upmarket cars. Thats not to say JAC cant make a funky motor, their upcoming V101 looks sporty, trendy, and will no doubt appeal to smaller families and young proffesionals. The below model, believed to be the A138 concept car that was shown at the Beijing Auto Show is expected to hit the market within the year.
The exterior design is nothing exciting, it looks like a smaller version of their larger sedan, which by no means is a bad thing. JAC have managed to take the classiness of their sedan, miniturize it, and build a small car.
The interior is not entirely exciting either, but well appears to be good enough to contend in its price range, which is expected to be 50,000rmb to 80,000rmb. Not a bad price, and certainly not a bad looking car for the money.
Published by Ash April 17th, 2008
in JAC Motors.
JAC are planning to launch a make over of the Eagle SUV, which is based on a previous generation Hyundai Sante Fe.
The diesel engine is reportedly a 1.9TCI diesel model, and JAC will also be working on a 2.0 Turbo model, which we hear has as much torque as a V6 engine. The motoring press liked the exterior of the Eagle, but they say its biggest weakness is some of the interior plastics is harsh, and in some places poor quality. We have full confidence in JAC to correct these errors though!
Published by Ash April 16th, 2008
in JAC Motors.
Yesterday we brought you news of two JAC concept cars that are ready to be launched at the Beijing Auto Show later next week, and today we can show you the planned interiors for the little motors
The interiors look interesting, nothing out of the ordinary at the intended price level for these cars (70,000rmb to 100,000rmb) but we do wonder why the door inserts are red? What do China Car Times readers think of the interiors, and the two new cars from JAC?
Published by Ash April 15th, 2008
in JAC Motors.
JAC has been designing and producing some beautiful cars of late, first it was the Bin Yue sedan that made China Car Times go a little weak at the knees, then it was the larger C-Concept on CCT last week, and now its this little hatch/sedan number that just makes us want to buy JAC stock!
The above car is codenamed A138. The design is obviously a small compact sedan, roughly the same size as the Nissan Versa/Tiida sedan, the hatchback (below) is also roughly the same size as the Nissan Versa/Tiida hatch.
More information on these cars will be forthcoming!
Its obvious from the various concepts and cars produced to date that JAC are really throwing themselves into the car making game, and using world wide talent to achieve their goals. We would say that Chery is the most famous Chinese car maker, but Chery should be watching their behinds, as JAC are catching up fast!
Thanks for the tip, Kevin!
Published by Ash April 9th, 2008
in JAC Motors.
We like the JAC Bingrui, JAC’s first dive into the sedan game, we also like the look of this new motor they have under development. You can compare the JAC Bingrui with the latest motor in the last picture.
More information as we get it on this car, because we really dont know anything about it yet!
Published by Ash December 19th, 2007
in JAC Motors.
According to the news we’ve been receiving, two Korean employees at Hyundai have been arrested for leaking information to the Chinese automaker, Jianghuai Automobile Corporation (JAC)
Korean prosecutors are saying that the ‘Hyundai Two’ sold 270 pages of information on the Sonata transmission system, and a further 3000 pages on the car exterior designs and auto parts designs to JAC for a cool 1.2 million USD.
A Swiss company was later employed to put car parts into production found that JACs designs were actually the same as Hyundais offerings, the Swiss company reported this issue to Hyundai directly, who then called the police.
JAC and Hyundai were previously in a joint venture cooperation to create MPV’s for the Chinese market, Hyundai broke the agreement and created a new JV with Guangzhou Auto. JAC later took the MPV designs and created their own model, the Refine based on the Hyundai H1 MPV. China Car Times is unsure if the plans were a legal, or illegal copy.
Previously, several Kia employees were caught selling Kia secrets to two unnamed Chinese manufacturers, data on welding, assembly, and quality control were leaked out.
Published by Ash October 30th, 2007
in JAC Motors.
This report is totally unconfirmed, China Car Times obtained this information from a Chinese motoring website and cannot vouch 100% for its accuracy.
News is going around that JAC are making a super mini, either using the Citroen C1 as a ‘template’ or as a benchmark, or they’ve actually got the rights to use the Citroen technology in China.
Published by Ash October 13th, 2007
in JAC Motors.
JAC are moving away from making trucks and are aiming to get into the auto side of field which is growing rapidly. JAC have already bought the license to make an older edition of the Hyundai SanteFe and are going to mass produce the above Bin Yue later this year.
The Bin Yue was We initially understood that the Bin Yue would be on the market by September 07, but it seems that report was slightly off. JAC are offering up two different engines with the Bin Yue, a 129bhp, 2.0L or a 137bhp, 2.4bhp engine, both of which are supplied by Shenyang Mitsubishi and are the same as what powers the Brilliance, Great Wall and a host of other Chinese vehicles. The Bin Yue actually doesnt look too bad, it looks a little odd from the side profile but the interior looks top class, well aside from that vent in the rear, but China Car Times is sure that wont be going into production models.
The 2.0L Bin Yue is 120,000rmb and the 2.3l is 130,500rmb. It looks like a nice car for a small amount of money - that interior is nicer than the Brilliance offerings
Published by Ash August 13th, 2007
in JAC Motors and Chinese Car News.
Published by Ash August 2nd, 2007
in JAC Motors and Chinese Car News.
The Jiangjun Sedan that we have spoken about earlier this year is practically ready for sales, and Jiangjun are aiming to put the car on the market in September this year. JAC boasts that the car is a true ‘global car’ with the car being designed in Italy, the engine components from Japan and all the other stuff from various other countries. This sedan will come with either a 2.0, or a 2.4 liter engine, we’re unsure which engine, but we can guess that its one of the Mitsubishi supplied engines that are often found in Chinese cars as the manufactures lack the technology to make their own engines at the moment.
This sedan, we should really mention its name, the ‘Bing Yue’ will cost from 90,000 to 100,000rmb from September 2007 onwards. Click the below images for a bigger picture.
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