Archive for the ‘New Cars’ category
Beijing Hyundai to launch hatchback Verna in November
The Hyundai Verna sedan was launched in China last month to replace the Hyundai Accent, although in other markets the Accent name is still used. The Verna hatch will actually have its world launch in Beijing, which shows that China is now an extremely important market for Hyundai. They entered the market as a fairly [...]
Volvo XC60 2.0T launched in China, priced from 390,000rmb and rising
China’s love of SUV shows no sign of abating over the past few months with compact SUV’s sales rise continuing. Volvo is keen to cash in on the recent love of compact high end SUV’s that has so far seen great action from BMW, Mercedes and Audi models. Volvo’s introduction of the XC2.0T is expected [...]
Hawtai to aiming to become China’s “Diesel Emperor”
Hawtai Automotive are angling to become China’s first mass producer of clean diesel sedans and SUV’s in the Chinese market. Over the past years Hawtai have developed heavily in foreign technology such as engines and automatic gearboxes which they have improved upon for their own use in new models, such as their forthcoming SUV and [...]
Toyota’s Alphard MPV to launch in China next month
Toyota’s MPV range is currently made up of the Previa and Hi-Ace, but Toyota are planning to launch the much larger Alphard MPV in China early next month. The Alphard is powered by a 170bhp 2.4L and a 280bhp 3.5L engine, pricing is expected to be around 500,000rmb for the 2.4L whilst the 3.5L is [...]
Ford to launch SVP Fiesta
Chang’an Ford are getting ready to launch the SVP Ford Fiesta, a special limited edition sports model, and echoes the Ford Focus SVP that was launched earlier this year. The Fiesta SVP will launched in the middle of September and will be available with manual and automatic gearboxes, pricing is expected to be 92,900 and [...]
Guangzhou Auto’s first passenger car to launch soon
Guangzhou Auto, like Beijing Auto, have been left behind in the State Owned Automakers great race to develop strong self developed brands for the Chinese market and beyond. Guangzhou Auto recently bought in Alfa-Romeo platforms and engines, on which to build its own cars, which will give them an impressive leap over their counterparts in [...]
Nissan March launched in China, priced from 69,900rmb and rising
The Nissan Micra has followed in the Japanese market footsteps and launched in China under the March name. The March is being built via Nissan’s China joint venture with Dongfeng that has exploded in popularity over the past four years due to an aggressive model launch that has propelled them to one of the larger [...]
Official pictures of Riich Z5 roadster leaked
The Chery Riich Z5 has been in development for a very long time, and is something that we have all been looking forward to seeing hit the roads. When the car was in development it was known as the Chery A6CC, and was likely to join the Chery A-series of cars but with the development [...]
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 [...]
Chery Tiggo3 facelift to launch in Chengdu Auto Show
The facelift Chery Tiggo3 is set to wow the Chengdu Auto Show with its fresh new face, the first since its conception in 2006. The Tiggo has been one of the best selling Chinese self developed SUV’s since its launch and has continually risen to the top 5 best selling SUV’s month after month. Currently [...]
Photoblog: Geely’s Emgrand EC825
There is now no distinction between the markets that joint venture companies and self developed companies are entering in, both are bringing the fight to each other with JV’s producing mini cars in the low tens of thousands of RMB pricing sector, and self developed brands that are developing mid size sedans to take on [...]
Stretched Suzuki WagonR to launch in China in 2011
The WagonR is set to get stretched for the Chinese market in 2011, it appears that Changhe Suzuki have decided that the fun little box is no longer long enough to cope with consumers and plans to stretch its wheelbase to allow more rear leg room and also plan to offer larger engines including a [...]
BYD M6 launches priced from 130k to 230,000rmb!
The BYD M6 was launched yesterday and has opened a new challenge for MPV makers. The M6 is BYD’s first MPV and has gained a lot of attention due to its likeness to the Toyota Previa MPV that is also sold in China. BYD initially launched four different models of the M6 and these are: [...]
Feel the sting: CH Auto Aculeus Concept
CH Auto is a design house based in Beijing, and has shown us the Scorpio concept in the 2008 Beijing Auto Show. They are back this year with an updated version of the Scorpio, named after the sting in a scorpion – “Aculeus”. Design-wise it’s easy to “see” hints of Ferrari, Maserati, BMW, Aston Martin [...]
Beijing Auto Show: The New Cars
The Beijing Auto Show will officially being tomorrow, April 23rd. Dozens of automakers and hundreds of cars will be waiting for their chance to shine. Here is a brief list of new (some are not so new) cars that will be shown in Bejing. Click on the links for more info: Nathan YNathan, also known [...]
Huatai’s B21 and B11 sedans for Beijing
Huatai (or Hawtai) will attempt to get into the highly competitive luxury car market in China. Apparently they will do so sticking with the Bentley look-alike grille, as seen in their entire lineup. We’ve seen their SUV already. Huatai is also going to show in Beijing their new sedans, the B21 and the B11, which [...]
JAC to show new MPV and SUV in Beijing
JAC will show in Beijing their new MPV, the Refine IV. The production version is significantly different from the arguably better looking concept shown a couple years ago. It has been made bigger to increase interior room: 5100 x 1840 x 1970 mm, with a 3800mm wheelbase. It comes with a 2.0TCI engine, producing 177hp [...]
Besturn B70 becomes FAW B70
It appears that the short lived Besturn brand from First Automobile Works (FAW) has finally been killed off and been given the FAW badge instead. Besturn was never going to be a great name for car, with it either being Best Urn or Bes Turn, but more likely to be the first one of the [...]
007 Beijing Jeep to launch at Beijing Show, see production in second half of 2010
Chinese variants of James Bond will be happy to hear that there is now a car for them, and it will be on show at the Beijing Auto Show in little over a weeks time. The 007 SUV (above) is vary much like the Jeep Liberty, of course Beijing Auto are a licensed partner of [...]
IAT concepts for the 2010 Beijing Autoshow
Hello folks! It’s me, the Analyst. I am the newest editor on CCT, and I’ll be here to help Ash with the site. I am still familiarizing myself with WordPress, so please have a little patience… IAT-auto, which introduced the Wufeng concept back in 2006, is coming back to Beijing this year. With designs “inspired by [...]
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