Archive for the ‘Zotye’ category
Zotye Z100 Emerges as China’s Cheapest Car, World’s Most Desirable Cheapest Car
The Tata Nano is the World’s Cheapest Car, it’s not the world’s best looking car, or even the most desirable car, but Zotye seemed to have bridged the gap between cheap and decent looking with the introduction of the Z100. The Z100 wasn’t on show in Beijing, but it has made it to the internet [...]
Zotye T600: Part Unique, Part Audi Q5
The Zotye T600 concept SUV was unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show, despite the T600 having a nose similar to the Fiat Freemont and the rear end of the Audi Q5 it seemed no Chinese press were overly eager to take a photo of the new model. We at China Car Times like to consider [...]
BYD’s Xia Zhi Bing lands at Zotye
Xia Zhi Bing left BYD in a media storm, the former sales director left just before a round of mandatory lays offs in BYD’s sales department which saw 1000 white collar workers without a job. Mr. Xia was responsible for the rapid expansion of the BYD sales network which eventually lead to unsatisfied dealers leaving [...]
Why you cant write off Zotye just yet – Z300 Photoblog
Zotye have long been the subject to take over rumors, as soon as the yearly automotive mergers and acquisitions rumor mill starts going Zotye are placed somewhere at the top of the list, but the plucky company has so far avoided overtures from major state owned companies they are rumored to be close to be [...]
Zotye sends plans for mini car to patent office
Being a relatively small privately owned car company surrounded by state owned car companies with swelling coffers is no easy task, but Zotye have avoided the mergers so far. Instead of waiting to be taken over, Zotye are planning to establish their independence and have moved away from being a one car line up to [...]
Zotye sends the T-Series SUV range to the patent
Zotye may have been based around a single car for the past few years, but they have rapidly expanded their product line up over the past few months to include some interesting new vehicles. The Fiat Multipla based MPV has already hit the market and the Shanghai Auto Show revealed a stand full of concept [...]
Mitsubishi visits Zotye – possible JV in the air
A delegation from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries recently visited Zotye according to insider information from within Zotye. The two were apparently eager to talk business and jointly held a seminar. The two sides exchange information about the R&D and manufacturing technologies like conventional energy-efficient and new energy vehicles, motor, powertrain system, metal mold, and testing equipment, [...]
Zotye brining mini car to Shanghai Auto Show Party
Zotye are one of China’s leading SUV manufacturers, they tried to move onto producing other models such as the Fiat Multiplan under their own Zotye brand and also the Fiat Palio sedan and hatch models, but they are best remembered as the manufacturer of the funny little SUV. Zotye are actually planning five new cars [...]
Zotye Lang Yue Electric Car Commits Self Immolation in Hangzhou
Being a taxi is a hard knock life, you run up millions of clicks on the odometer and you are never really loved by driver or the millions of passengers that frequent the back seats, it comes as no surprise that this Zotye Lang Lang had seen the writing on the wall and burst into [...]
Zotye Z200′s on their way in sedan and hatch form
Just like any car market there are consumers in China that demand aesthetically pleasing designs, and then there are those demand cheap economical easy to run cars, hence the mark 2 VW Jetta still being in production in Changchun. Several years ago Zotye did a deal with Fiat where Zotye would take Fiat’s old platforms [...]
Zotye to produce own version of Fiat Palio
When Fiat retired from China after its split up with Nanjing Auto, it vowed to come back to the world’s largest car market with a bang. Fiat mulled on the sidelines for two years and flirted with multiple car makers in the Chinese market before signing up with Guangzhou Auto in Southern China, but prior [...]
Zotye to put ex Fiat Multipla on sale ASAP, prices are low, names changed
It seems there was a minor amount of confusion earlier this year when we posted news of the Fiat Multipla launching under the Zotye name, apparently it had only just come down the production line and at the time had yet to go on sale, however as of yesterday the Mutiplan is officially on sale [...]
Jiangnan Auto back from the dead with old Suzuki Alto – to be sold at 18,000rmb
The Suzuki Alto has been sold in China under many different names and brands and not in an entirely legal fashion either. Jiangnan Auto was bought out by Zotye, a then aspiring SUV company that recently branched out into other models, they plan to resell the Jiangnan Alto for a mere 18,000rmb which is a [...]
Hold onto your hats – is the Zotye Beijing Auto Show Line up!
At last years Shanghai Auto Show, Zotye had the fantastic compact 5008 pure electric SUV on display which wowed the crowds at the time due to it being the only electric car in the show that was close to going into production, other manufacturers concepts were merely eye candy to evaluate interest prior to production. [...]
BYD F3DM and Zotye Electric cars to launch soon
According to a recent list of new cars which are set to launch soon, it appears that there are five new energy vehicles ready to be launched in China very soon. Nanjing, JAC, and Jiangling are set to launch various electric and hybrid trucks for commercial use, but Zotye and BYD are readying their hybrid/electric [...]
Zotye Pure Electric SUV: 110,980rmb
Zotye have shown off their new pure electric SUV today in Shanghai, the most amazing part however is the pricing, which will see the pure electric motor hit the road for 110,980rmb which is a fraction over $16,000USD. Max power is 27Nm, and can reach a top speed of 110kph and travel for a distance [...]
Zotye EV doing the rounds
A Zotye EV small SUV has been spotted doing the rounds in Hangzhou. Stats on the EV are currently unavailable, but it looks like its being used by Hangzhou police as its in their car park, and police officers are giving it the once over. Batteries look to be in the truck, and the ‘gas [...]
Zotye Multiplan – We love it
The original Fiat Multipla was the ugliest, foulest, stomach churning car to ever hit the automotive market, the second generation version gained a massive (somemight say huge) update, making it actually quite pallatable. Pperhaps the world wasn’t quite ready for one of Fiats more daring designs, but those who bought the first, and second, Fiat [...]
Zotye to produce old Fiat Palio
When the Fiat-Nanjing joint venture died last year, many were expecting Nanjing to produce their own branded Fiat Palio under the Soyat brand, however it looked like Fiat really did take all of its toys away from Nanjing and passed them onto Zotye. Fiat and Zotye previously signed a deal to sell the first generation [...]
The latest on Zotye
Zotye must have been studying Chery over the past few months, as some of the methods that Zotye are currently using are very similar to what Chery did when they first opened their doors. Chery opened their automobile making business on the back of an out of date Seat Toledo bought from Mexico, Zotye on [...]
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