Late yesterday, SAIC issued a strong denial of Ssangyong claims of theft by SAIC, SAIC claim that it was a technology transfer, but Ssangyong obviously claims otherwise.
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Roewe working on super luxury sedan?
SAIC’s Roewe have been working hard to complete a super secret super luxury…
Roewe 550 gets 5 stars in CNCAP crash test!
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SAIC pulled out all of the stops for the Roewe 550, they employed their UK design team, and utilized their finest engineering talent to make a car that looks good, performs well, is extremely safe, and also cheap to buy.
Roewe SUV – clearest shots to date!
SAIC’s design team have been busy building a Roewe brand that they can push to the world, first it started with the Roewe 750 2.5V6 (which looks just as elegant as ever) and then the 750 1.8T, the stunning Roewe 550, and now a rebranded Ssangyong Kyron SUV, which is expected to be the next big Roewe product.
Roewe 550 1.8 Manual – Bargain on wheels
The Roewe 550 1.8 (non turbo model) manual gear box edition is set to be priced at a highly affordable 126,800rmb to 135,800rmb, which easily makes it the most highly desirable car in its segment, with its nearest competition being the Ford Focus…
Roewe 550 hatchback Mock Ups
Various websites have been pushing around pictures of a future Roewe 550 hatchback, but badged up as an MG model. China Car Times, rather than publish the images straight away, we actually did a bit of research! By contacting various insiders, and those more likely in the know, we have concluded that the MG hatch pictures are not the ones that our MG…
Read More →Oh my! Roewe goes Chavy for Guangzhou
What was going through SAIC executives mind when they came up for the plans to show off ‘modified’ Roewe 550′s at the Guangzhou Auto Show this week? It looks like SAIC ram-raided Halfords over the weekend and picked up just about every tacky after market accessory they could!At least they didnt do much to alter the fantastic exterior, or hopefully dampen…
Read More →Roewe 1.8 550 DVVT on the market soon
The Roewe 550 1.8 Turbo model has seen some good sales since its launch, not as good as the Honda Civic, but averaging 2000 units per month is quite good for an unknown Chinese brand with a product that costs over 120,000rmb. The Roewe 5501.8 DVVT, or basically, the Roewe 550 1.8 without turbo assistance, is the next model of the Roewe 550 to hit the…
Read More →Roewe 750 1.8T Manual box to go on the market
MG7 tried to test the market with a 1.8T Manual, and they didnt do overly well, but Roewe are going to give the market segment a shot with their latest model, the 750 1.8T manual.
Roewe could be aiming the manual box version to fleet buyers…
Read More →Roewe 550 Sports. They were serious
China Car Times has an on going love affair with the Roewe 550, a Chinese car to beat them all, or at least have a jolly good try, but the latest ‘sports version’ is a true sight for sore eyes. We thought the Read More →
Roewe SUV on the market Q1 next year
Roewe are still reportedly out testing their Roewe branded SUV, which is more than likely to be a reskinned Ssangyong Kyron from SAICs Korean sub-brand, Ssangyong.
According to Internet Media Reports, SAIC are reportedly working hard to bring…
Read More →Roewe 750i
Roewe have launched a new version of their reasonably popular 750 sedan, this time the model is named ‘i’. The 750i is a limited edition model priced at 258,800rmb to celebrate the snookers masters event, furthermore Roewe are only making 300 of the 750i’s making them super limited!
The 750i has the letter M on the C-pillar, M standing for ‘Master’,…
Read More →Roewe 550 Review
On a recent visit to the UK, I had the chance to meet up with my two great uncles. My Great Uncles are twin brothers, they have never…
Roewe 550 Adverts
A collection of adverts for the new Roewe 550, which was just released:
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Read More →Roewe 550 Sports, spotted again, no improvements on style
The Roewe 550 was declared to by China Car Times to be the most beautiful Chinese car ever made, then Roewe went and made the Roewe 550 sports edition:
Roewe 550 Sports Edition spotted again!
The Roewe 550 sports model has been spotted again, we will leave comments regarding its looks to our commentators.
After the Roewe 550, whats next?
In a recent interview with The Daily Economic News, SAIC’s General Manager, Wang Shao Qiu, revealed that SAIC will be entering the A-segment of the market with the Roewe brand, which echoes what MG’s Yang Jun…
Read More →Roewe 550 – Officially on the market, CCT tempted to get wallet out
The Roewe 550 officially jumped onto the Chinese market place earlier today, pricing was announced, as were specifications of the car. Now all we have to do is test drive the car, or at least buy one!
Roewe 550 – July 19th on the market
Roewe dealers are apparently already receiving down payments for the Roewe 550, which was unveiled at the Beijing Car Show several months ago.
Prices have not yet been formally anounced, it is estimated that the…
Read More →Roewe 550 key – its what people are talking about, really.
The Roewe 550 has been a pretty important car for the Chinese automobile industry in 2008. Its by far one of the best designed (and possibly engineered) cars to come out of China to date, but we have to ask – why is everyone talking about its key?
Well, it isnt actually a key of sorts. Its like the keyfobs that come with most modern Nissans (and…
Read More →SAIC possibly loses marbles, makes Roewe 550 sports edition as ugly as possible
China Car Times once said the Roewe 550 was the most beautiful Chinese car to date, however, since these photos came to light of a ‘sports’ 550, we retract our statement. The 550 Sports is not an improvement on exterior aesthetics at all!
Roewe 550 = MG6?
China Car Times is hearing rumors that the recently launched Roewe 550 will under go some sports treatment and be re-badged as the MG6. MG and Roewe appear to continue the relationship that MG and Rover once had – Rover making classy cars, whilst MG made sports versions. The Roewe 550 is expected to go on the market around June/July…
Read More →Roewe 550 on sale in July, 160,000 to 180,000rmb
The Roewe 550 will be officially launched for the market at a SAIC show in June 2008 according to our sources. The 550 was shown to the world at the recent Beijing Auto Show and gained wide attention from both domestic and foreign visitors to the show,…
Roewe 550 – The Design Story
An excellent piece of information about the Roewe 550′s design story, and the way it was taken from nothing to being one of Chinas best…
Read More →The Roewe 550, unmasked, uncovered, inside and out
We love the Roewe 550, which is most surely the car that will put the Chinese car industry on the map. Pictures have been released which give far more detail on the 550′s interior, and exterior.
Roewe 550 interior renderings released
Roewe have released a few renderings of the soon to be released Roewe 550 compact sedan.
Roewe 550 – spotted out doing adverts
Surely CCT readers will understand by now, that the Roewe 550 is one of China Car Times favorite new cars of late. We hear critisisms of the 550 such as ‘the chrome front is ugly‘, the ‘rear end is ugly‘ what a bunch of moaners! The 550 is expected to launch at the Beijing Auto Show making it just over a year since the Roewe 750 2.5…
Read More →Roewe 2.5 V6 drops in price, cheap as chips!
The Roewe 750 2.5 V6 model has fallen in price by a staggering 32,000rmb. The cheapest model now starts at less than 200,000rmb, Roewe are offering potential customers loans that come with one year interest free.
The cheapest Roewe is now 190,980rmb…
Read More →2008 Roewe 750
The 2008 version of the Roewe 750 will be launched this month on the 20th. (20th March 2008)
Roewe…
Read More →Roewe 550 photo extravaganza!
Someone found the latest Roewe 550 parked right outside of their house, and what did they do? They took…
Read More →SAIC in talks with Karmann for Roewe 550 production in Europe
SAIC are actively seeking partners to build the Roewe 550 for European distribution according to the Chinese automotive portal, auto.sohu.com.
SAIC have reportedly held talks with the German company, Karmann, in hopes…
Read More →MG-Rover, I mean, MG-Roewe!
MG-Rover fell from automotive grace when its life was ultimately extinguished in 2005, NAC and SAIC picked up the pieces, NAC took Longbridge and the MG brand, SAIC took the rights to the 25, and 75 models. SAIC takes the Rover 75 and makes the rather nice Roewe 750, only to buy the whole of NAC (and MG) later anyway. SAIC officials let loose their…
Read More →Roewe 550, on the market in July 08
The Roewe 550, above, is set to be launched onto the Chinese market by July 2008, presumebly after Roewe have shown off the 550, and the 750 1.8t at the Beijing International Car Show later this year.
The Roewe 550 uses…
Read More →Roewe 1.8T – in detail!
The Roewe 1.8T model will go on sale on March 10th according to our sources. The Roewe 1.8t is set to come…
Read More →MG’s British factory, Longbridge set to finally make cars?
In the MG-Rover fan circles, it was commonly felt that the Longbridge factory had been left to return to nature by its Chinese owners, but it seems that they have had plans for it all along. Hopefully now that SAIC are in charge of MG, they will be able to give more direction and turn out the Roewe 550 as an MG5 from the lines of Longbridge!
The…
Read More →SAIC and Nanjing MG hooking up in the UK this week to discuss making cars!
SAIC and NAC MG officials are reportedly planning to meet up this week to discuss how the two companies plan to merge their UK operations. SAIC took control of the Ricardo 2010 development center (which is now known as the SAIC R&D center) in the UK via a…
Read More →Roewe 550 1.8t and Roewe 750 1.8t out testing
These pictures, apparently taken in the frozen tundra of Manzhou Li (wiki link) show the two cars undergoing what appears to be handling tests and sub zero operational tests. Did we mention that it often gets down to -40 degrees centigrade in Manzhou Li?
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Roewe 1.8T ready for March
The Roewe 750 1.8t is going to on the market this March according to our sources, prices are said to be less than 200,000rmb for the luxury and ‘administration’ edition. We have no idea what an admin model is but looking over the specs, it seems it is the higher model.
Roewe to the Netherlands soon?
Autoweek.nl are saying that Roewe will be hitting the Netherlands pretty soon, but under the guise of the Ssangyong brand.
SsangYong gaat in de komende jaren het programma flink uitbreiden. Naast SUV’s en MPV’s komen normale personenauto’s in de prijslijst. Die rijden in…
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Rover 75 V’s MG7 V’s Roewe 750
We found a series of pictures that compares the three cars to each other, noting their differences and similarities. The pictures, although having Chinese on them, are easy to figure out. Enjoy!
Roewe 550 Interior shots!
The Roewe 550, we hear, is ready to go on the market in April this year, but we haven’t had a proper look at the Roewe 550 interior,…
Read More →Roewe 550, on the market this May, priced 120 to 160,000rmb
The good looking Roewe 550 is set to go on the market later this year, in May to be particular. The 550 is set to go up against the Mazda 3, Ford Focus, and the Honda Civic in the Chinese market place. The Roewe 550 measures 4626mm long, 1827mm wide,…
Read More →Roewe Sales, not what we were lead to believe?
A report in the Shanghai Daily is saying that Roewe sales are struggling, and they fell to an all time low of 595 sales in November. Previously we were told they were averaging 2000 units per month, and had a big waiting list!
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Roewe cross over? TCV back from the dead?
Are Roewe set to bring back the Rover TCV back from its bankrupt grave? It seems so, well, at least according to the Chinese motoring press.
SAIC’s big boast
The Chinese motoring press are reporting that SAIC plans to push out 30 cars over the next five years, that includes five new platforms.
Roewe has been selling well so far this year, with SAIC selling 18,000 Roewe 750′s between March and November of 2007, and on average sells around 2000 vehicles per month in 2007.
China Car Times knows of the…
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Is the Roewe Crossover the Rover TCV?
The Chinese motoring press were in an uproar earlier this morning when pictures surfaced of a Roewe Crossover, except, it just happened to be the old Rover TCVÂ that had been digitally altered to carry the Roewe logo and Cross text.
Roewe plans for ’08
SAICs sub brand, Roewe, has great plans for 2008. Roewe was born from the ashes of the Rover 75 blueprints that SAIC got from the failed UK car maker Rover. Roewe has sold well, with sales of its Rover 75 based…
Read More →Row Roe Roe your Roewe 550 – interior pic shots too
We posted picture of the Roewe 550 the other day, we said it was beautiful, Autoblog disagreed. We think they are silly pooh pooh heads. No, really, they are entitled to their opinions, and we are entitled to say we haven’t seen a good American…
Crusing in my Roewe SUV – More spy pics of the rebadged Ssangyong
China Car Times believes the Roewe SUV is Ssangyong based, possibly from a Ssangyong Rexton based vehicle.
RIP Camry: Roewe 550 to begin prowling streets soon
There has been a flurry of Roewe spy shots over the past few months, ever since December last year we’ve been busy posting spyshots of alleged Roewe models out testing in either the extreme colds of North Eastern China, or the hot…
Read More →Roewe 1.8T – comes with free coffee table.
Yesterday we wrote about the upcoming Roewe 1.8T, and give you a few pictures of the test cars. It…
Read More →Roewe gets the 750D ready
The Roewe 750D is the latest model from Roewe, so far Roewe have released the 5 different editions of the 750 including a limited edition model all of these models were 2.5 V6 engines. The latest model, the 750D is a 1.8…
Read More →Huatai-Hyundai and Roewe hook up to stick 1.8T in SanteFe
Huatai-Hyundai, the makers of the Hyundai SanteFei SUV in China have teamed up with SAIC owned brand, Roewe, to stick the Rover acquired 1.8t K series engine into the Hyundai…
Read More →The right hand fights the left hand – Roewe 750 V’s MG7
Its no secret now, that SAIC took over NAC in some kind of ‘merger’ with Yuejin, this in turn makes NAC and MG part of the SAIC portfolio in exchange for some shares of SAIC and a pat on the back from the central government. Now both the…
Read More →SAIC denies the usual rumor mills
SAIC put out a press release the other day denying a few rumors that have been circulating for the past few months. SAIC was believed to have been using old Rover engines in its Roewe 750 model due to their Boshan…
Read More →Roewe W2 to become Roewe 5 series?
Today the Chinese press are reporting that the super cool Roewe W2 will be named the Roewe 550, SAIC insiders have been talking to the press, letting out all of those dirty little SAIC secrets, namely that the W2, errrr,…
Read More →Roewe rolls out a SUV – spyshots
We saw these shots today, and can only think that the Ssangyonng Rexton SUV is being rebranded for the Chinese market as a Roewe SUV. Note the usual Ricardo funky checkered pattern covering…
Read More →Roewe 750I goes on the market
The Roewe 750I was just released today, at 270,000rmb its not a cheap car BUT its optional extra lists tower over the competition. The 750I has GPS, TV, luxury leather, rain sensors, seats that can remember…
Read More →Roewe 750 out performs Mondeo in June sales.
Since going on the market earlier this year, the Roewe 750 has taken the Chinese car market by storm and is the fourth best selling car in China this month. The Roewe brand emerged from nowhere late 06 with heavy advertising that focuses on the British aspect of the 750, the British aspect being its a ten year old Rover 75 with some new clothes and…
Read More →500 million Pounds Sterling for MG?
Jun 29, 2007
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Chinese Car News, Nanjing MG, Roewe, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation
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We’re hearing odd words today. The Express and Star newspaper from merry olde England are saying that SAIC and Nanjing MG are in cooperation talks…
Read More →Goverment to MG and SAIC: ‘WORK TOGETHER!’
It seems the Chinese central government has had enough of the petty squabling between the two Chinese auto giants and wants them to pool their resources together to make MG cars into a super brand that will be recognised the world over.
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC) and Nanjing Auto Group will be merged under a central government…
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More Roewe W2 pics
The Roewe W261 was shown off by eager Roewe bosses at the Shanghai auto show to give the motoring world a good impression of what is going to come down the line in the next year or so. The W2 was well received. Spy shots of an alleged ‘Roewe 450′ have been…
Read More →Roewe make 10,000th engine
Roewe are having a party today to celebrate the 10,000th KV6 engine they have made at the SAIC Bo Shan engine factory since putting…
Read More →Auto Express Gives Roewe 750 a Good Review
An Auto Express journalist came to Shanghai to test out the new Roewe 750, his goal was to see how it performed against ‘newer’ (The 750 is nearly 10 years old now) cars that are available in the United Kingdom….
Read More →Want a Roewe? Get in line.
We said that Roewe sales were hot, but we didn’t realize just how hot! If you want to buy a Roewe 750 in China…
An interesting poll
Autohome.com.cn is one of the biggest ‘independent’ Chinese car websites in China, we say independent as there are bigger sites but they are linked into the big ‘portals’ like Sina,…
Read More →Is the MG7 doomed to failure in China?
Apr 26, 2007
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Chinese Car News, Nanjing MG, Roewe, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation
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Step back, analyze the situation. Roewe showed off their 750 model months before Nanjing MG even started producing their Rover 75 based models. From November 2006, when the Roewe 750 was unveiled, until March 27th when the Nanjing MG7 was unveiled, Roewe had taken out HUGE advertising campaigns, the 750 range of cars was seen everywhere – airports,…
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