What can you buy for just under $4,000USD car wise? You could trawl Ebay to get yourself an older BMW or a cheap run around truck, but how many new cars can you get for 4k? Not many. The forthcoming Zotye Z100 is expected to be priced at just over 23,800RMB for the base model when it is launched next month at the Shanghai Auto Show. Under the hood of…
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Zotye Z100 Emerges as China’s Cheapest Car, World’s Most Desirable Cheapest Car
May 2, 2012
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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 via an initial launch in Zotye’s home town of Hangzhou….
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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 ourselves fair and open, so here is a picture of the car.
BYD’s Xia Zhi Bing lands at Zotye
Jan 19, 2012
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Xia Zhi Bing left…
Why you cant write off Zotye just yet – Z300 Photoblog
Sep 30, 2011
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Tagged car, Concept, Mill, Mitsubishi, production, range, series, Shanghai Auto Show Zotye, state, subject, technology, Z300, Z300 Photoblog, Zotye
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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 setting up a partnership with Mitsubishi owing…
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Zotye sends plans for mini car to patent office
Sep 2, 2011
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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 having multiple car models underneath…
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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 cars, with no current production cars on display…
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Mitsubishi visits Zotye – possible JV in the air
Jul 12, 2011
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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 for the Shanghai Auto Show, but we…
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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 significant cut under the current range of super…
Read More →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. Zotye also had the old Fiat Palio…
Read More →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 offerings for launch.
BYD…
Read More →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.
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 cap’ has been…
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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…
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…
Zotye – Bigger things in the pipe works
Zotye maybe just a small Chinese automaker on the surface, but if you actually dig a little deeper into their background, you soon find that they have plenty of history in the Chinese auto industry, but more on that at a later date. It was Chery that rose from no where in the last decade with nothing more than an abused and unwanted Ford UK engine plant,…
Read More →Zotye 5008 – The 2008 gets a makeover, and a name change
The Zotye SUV is a nice little SUV for a nice little price (around 50-60,000rmb) and with rear wheel drive, it might even take you off the tarmac (although not too far). The Zotye was given a makeover for 2008, and a name change to coincide with the year 2008, cleaverly Zotye came up with ’2008′ but now that the year 2008 is drawing to a close, Zotye…
Read More →Zotye to expand line up with old Multipla
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…
Read More →The Zotye 2008
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…
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