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Three Door BMW 1 Series Leaked Ahead of Time
The new BMW 1 Series continues on where the old one left off, except it has been improved considerably, added interior space and a wider choice of engines including twin turbo units, and as the only rear wheel drive small car on the market the 1-series has developed a certain niche for itself. So what’s [...]
500kph train sees light of day in Qingdao
Qingdao’s Sifang Locomotive Company have been busy over the past few years developing China’s high speed rail services where trains regularly go above 200km per hour. The current fastest train in China is the 300kph Shanghai-Beijing railway line that debuted earlier this year but was plagued by issues in its early days. The new train [...]
Skoda Fabia Scout to hit the market soon
The Fabia Scout will hit the market in the first quarter of 2012 according to recent media reports, the front wheel drive only hatchback has already been shown off at the Guangzhou Auto Show across from the Polo Crossover earlier this year. Pricing is expected to be in the 120,000rmb area, engine power will come [...]
Renault preping Safrane for China
Renault are actually gearing up to take on the Chinese market in 2012 with a ramp up of offerings, currently Renault offers a mixture of its European and Korean made cars in the Chinese market, the Koleos has been by far the most popular in terms of sales, although the recently introduced Latitude has the [...]
SouEast Motors to give V3 slight makeover for 2012
The V3 is keeping the wolf from the door at SouEast Motors, without the popular model the Fujian based company would likely find itself in a much worse situation. The V3 is based on the sixth generation of Lancer, and as such is actually quite a decent drive in itself, under the hood a 1.5L [...]
AMG G-Class SUV sighted in China
The AMG G-Class SUV has become a minor cult vehicle, China’s rich and celebrities what want the looks of a rough and ready SUV mixed with luxury and power have been flocking to the box shaped SUV in recent months. The externals of the 2012/13 G-Class haven’t changed too much aside from the addition of [...]
Renault to Sign Joint Venture with Dongfeng
The Dongfeng-Renault joint venture has been long awaited, however the two companies have failed to reach an agreement on multiple occasions. Renault originally had a joint venture with Sanjiang Aerospace where they built the Traffic and also the original Espace (albeit in a very small number), Renault pulled out of the joint venture and ultimately [...]
Infiniti to see production in Dalian
China’s luxury market is largely cornered by Audi, BMW and Mercedes in alphabetical order, other manufacturers have tried to take on the market and have had some success but Infiniti can be considered one of the least successful right behind Acura, in 2010 the luxury car market in China looked a lot like this: Audi [...]
BMW aiming to be number one in the Chinese market
BMW has big aspirations for the Chinese market, but can aspirations be turned into a reality? Its nearest rival, Audi, is already several light years ahead of BMW in terms of sales and market share however there is a large amount of growth left in the Chinese luxury car market and BMW seem sure footed [...]
Dongfeng rumored to be interested in fallen Saab assets
With Saab’s demise into bankruptcy being confirmed in the week before Christmas the automotive vultures have started to emerge, as with MG-Rover’s death in 2005 multiple parties have emerged expressing an interest in buying the remaining assets of the stricken company. Youngman are expected to receive the lions share, but an outsider – Dongfeng Auto [...]
1 million vehicle a year to build FAW-Volkswagen Empire
FAW-Volkswagen held a 1 million vehicles ceremony in the 2nd assembly plant in Changchun. Mr. An Tiecheng, the director of BoD as well as general manager of FAW – Volkswagen, said in his speech, from the early days with a single product Jetta to the current product line of two brands Audi and Volkswagen with [...]
Luxgen5 sedan spotted out testing in China
Taiwanese car brand Luxgen have set up their China base in sunny Hangzhou, not too far away from Geely’s own production base in Hangzhou making the capital of Zhejiang quite a hub for car making activities in recent years. Luxgen are so far making the Luxgen7 SUV in the Chinese market which seems to be [...]
S6 -BYD’s sweet but unsustainable dream
Dream, is a very common word in the slogans of BYD. The Chinese domestic car manufacturer’ name is short for Build Your Dream. Meanwhile, the company holds three green dreams – solar power, electric car and energy storage. Moreover, BYD also has a dream to become Chinese No.1 carmaker in 2015 and Global No.1 carmaker [...]
Made in China Merc to sell overseas
Beijing Benz, a Sino-German joint venture held a ceremony late yesterday to announce the first exports of the long wheelbase E-Class sedan. In recent years, Beijing Benz has grown rapidly in the Chinese market. In the first 11 months in 2011, its sales volume increased 52% year-on-year achieving a rapid growth which is among the [...]
Honda begins selling Chinese made Fit in Canada
One of the first Chinese cars on Canadian roads? From the New York Post: Chinese-made cars have quietly arrived in North America for the first time, but without the bamboo dashboards and quirky names that have adorned them at recent auto shows. The cars, in fact, are not even from the myriad Chinese automakers whose [...]
Dongfeng’s first SUV sent to the patent office, and leaked
The patent office in China is a leaky place, this time Dongfeng’s new SUV has been leaked ahead of its official unveiling in 2012. Media pundits are saying that the new SUV is based on the Nissan Qashqai which Nissan could have given to their partner. The rear end and also dashboard do seem to [...]
Finnish man attempts to use Qi Gong to stop traffic
Crossing the roads in China is a serious business owing to the dangerous nature of Chinese roads, however one Finnish man in Fuzhou seems to have found an answer to China’s traffic issues, he simply uses his Qi Gong powers to stop traffic allowing him to cross the road unhindered. See him test out his [...]
First Quoros car sighted out testng
Qoros are the new international car marker based in China, the company’s basic goal is to make premium cars in China for China and elsewhere. Sounds easy? Think again. The company is backed by Israeli Corp, Israel’s largest holding company and one of the biggest strategic investors. Qoros partnered with Chery to build a premium [...]
Geely’s next generation SC6 – aka the King Kong Saloon spied
Geely are making strong steps in turning their car making business around, the company was founded on the premise of being a low cost car maker but that is fast turning into an economy car maker with a strong product portfolio. Geely’s multi brand product line up was initially lauded as a foolish idea, but [...]
Haima’s new sedan spotted out testing
Haima were the original partners to Mazda in China, later FAW took over the island based car company and the Mazda partnership became a licensing deal between First Automobile and Mazda. Although the direct partnership between Mazda and Haima Autos has ended, the two still continue to work on an indirect partnership where Haima is [...]
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