Published by Ash April 19th, 2008
in Zotye.
Fiat and Zotye signed a deal last year, we all thought the deal was a potential JV, but its more like a deal to sell of Fiats old designs to Zotye who will continue to produce them in the PRC. The first Fiat for Zotye is the Multipla, quite an ugly car when it was first launched in the UK but the second generation Multipla thankfully got rid of the bulk of the ugliness. Ugliness aside, the Multipla did win car of the year in 2000, and best family car, so perhaps the Multipla will be a winner in Zotyes hands?
The last picture shows the model number for the car, it appears a name hasnt been given to the Zotye Multipla, but the model no shows the car will be powered by a 1.6l unit, but where or who the engine is from, we do not know (yet)
Published by Ash February 2nd, 2007
in Zotye and Chinese Car News.
Can you tell which is the Diahatsu Tarios and which is the Chinese made Zotye 2008? Probably not.
The Zotye 2008, made by the Chinese company Zhong Tai and named in honor of the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing. You may think that the Zotye 2008, known as the Zotye Xplosion (A damned good name for a car, we think) in export markets, looks a little like the Daihatsu Tarios. You wouldnt be far wrong, its made under license from Diahatsu parent company, Toyota. The Tarios is also available in China, which is made via joint venture between Toyota (Toyota bought Daihatsu in 1999) and the Chinese automaker FAW/First Automotive Works. The Zotye comes with a 1.6L Mitsubishi supplied engine and costs around 60,000RMB per unit. The Daihatsu is equipped with a 1.3l engine and costs a whopping 130,000RMB, almost double the Zotye.
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