Toyota’s sub 1.6L and affordable car selection is not as wide and as varied as you might think, and due to Toyota missing out on a major slice of the market earlier this year when the market was largely driven by sub 1.6L displacement vehicles, Toyota are planning a large assault on the small car market, and plan to make Toyota’s more affordable.
Toyota is apaprently planning to put the Toyota Passo into production in China, and (albeit a single) spy picture shows the car out testing in China. In overseas …

From Hybrid Cars.com – It seems that the turbo charged direct injection engines here are likely to be used in the forth coming Wuling JV that is expected to expand Shanghai GM’s power into the Indian market.
General Motors has signed a co-development agreement with longtime Chinese collaborator, Shanghai Automotive Industries Corporation, to design and build fuel-efficient internal combustion power trains for small cars. The technology will be initially deployed in the Chinese market, but GM hopes to eventually incorporate it into several vehicles worldwide.
The new turbocharged …

It’s still unclear if FAW are continuing with the Besturn name, or if the cars will fall under the more prestigious Hong Qi (Red Flag) branding, but it seems that the FAW are still working on model building with this B90 that has been spotted out testing:
The Chinese automotive media are convinced that the B90 is based on the latest generation of Mazda 6 (Mazda 6 Rui Yi in China) and follows on from FAW’s use of the last generation Mazda6 platform in the B70 and B50 series of cars.
FAW …

Chery split off their brands into three seperate directions last year, Riich was to be its luxury brand, Reely was to be its MPV/SUV brand whilst Karry was to be the super economical brand that is being aimed at rural buyers.
The Karry brand has so far sprouted five models, four mini bread vans (You Pai, You You, You Sheng, You Ya), and a sedan box van (the You Yi), the You You (Here You being pronounced as the same as Yo!). The You You is the first to get the …

There is now no distinction between the markets that joint venture companies and self developed companies are entering in, both are bringing the fight to each other with JV’s producing mini cars in the low tens of thousands of RMB pricing sector, and self developed brands that are developing mid size sedans to take on the likes of the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord. The Geely Emgrand EC825 is Geely’s first mid size sedan, it measures in at (LxWxH) 4905 x 1830 x 1495mm and has a wheel base of …