Archive for the ‘Zhongxing’ category
Libyan Rebels Rejoice! Zhongxing gives truck a facelift for 2012
The original Toyota Hilux became the truck of choice For freedom fighters and terrorists the world over, the light weight trucks quickly became a terrifying, super cheap, super effective light cavalry. But the Hilux got too big, too fat, too modern, it couldn’t be repaired with the shoulder strap of an AK47 anymore so Freedom [...]
Zhongxing C11 gets face lift ahead of launch
The Zhongxing crossover was not exactly a knockout stunner when pictures of the car were leaked to the world in mid 2011, in fact it was quite revolting. However, these pictures from Zhongxing (again, leaked) seem to show a much improved vehicle, the awful Jeep inspired front end has been replaced with something wouldn’t look [...]
ZhongXing’s Crossover SUV to see the market in 2012
Zhong Xing, or rather ZX Auto are the long forgotten Baoding based manufacturer pick up trucks. The truck company is clearly living in the shadow of its more famous neighbour, Great Wall Auto, but the company had a great PR goal in 2011 when its trucks became the truck to own in the recent Libyan [...]
Part Jeep part Kia Soul, ZhongXing’s future crossover concept
Zhongxing Auto, aka ZX Auto, are now world famous thanks to their trucks being the new modern light cavalry brigade for the Libyan Rebels fighting against Gadaffi, but ZX realize that as the price of gasoline rises sales of chassis based trucks and SUV’s drop in correlation. Therefore ZX Auto are going down the crossover [...]
Zhongxing F1 to launch soon
Zhongxing is not a brand we report on too often at China Car Times, probably because they are not a very PR orientated company and news from them is very slim on the ground indeed, although it has come to our attention that Zhongxing are readying a new sports pick up truck. The aptly named [...]
Zhongxing’s first small SUV to be produced in 2011
Zhongxing Auto (ZX Auto) have disappeared from the headlines for quite some time, and has been losing sales to its local rival Great Wall. ZX Auto is a relatively new company with it turning to the automotive game in the year 1999 and is privately owned by a Taiwanese company and a Chinese trucking company. [...]
Zhongxing’s new SUV in rendered form
Zhongxing have sort of floundered like a fish out of water for a year or so reeling from the high oil prices that have derailed their sales, and have failed to be as competitive as GWM when it comes to divesting into smaller niche markets, however Zhongxing were a pioneer in their days with them [...]
ROLL UP! ROLL UP! READ ALL ABOUT IT! Chinese Auto News In Brief!
Chinese Auto Makers not ready to take on the world says a GM executive, probably correct but ol’ cynical China Car Times thinks he’s circling the wagons in an attempt to stop people buying cheap Chinese brands and pushing GM into the financial gutter. But in other news: GM’s Buick sales going through the roof, [...]
Zhongxing Automobiles to export their trucks to the USA?
It certainly seems so, although we often hear that xxx company is planning to export to the USA or Europe, the actual execution of the exportation plan rarely goes through, rarely. China Car Times can only think of Brilliance off the top our heads that have actually exported to the West, oh, and Landwind. I [...]
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 [...]

