Earlier this month and in late December there was plenty of rumors that Beijing Auto and Daimler would create a new alliance to cement ties in China and Globally, facts were thin but rumors were strong. There is no smoke without fire, and preliminary investigation showed that there was a plan in the pipeline to create a partnership similar to Renault…
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In the late 90′s Nissan was in poor shape, in 1999 the Japanese company was near bankruptcy but was rescued by cash rich Renault who saw advantages in having a Japanese partner that could share research and development costs under a global alliance that would see the partners develop engines and platforms together. Renault took a 36% share of Nissan,…
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Mercedes are struggling to move their models in China, as mentioned previously on China Car Times, Daimler saw a decrease of 7.48% on its C and E-Class sales in the first seven months of the year. Sales were expected to…
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Nov 7, 2012
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Jeep became a political over the past two weeks when former presidential candidate Mitt Romney declared in a series of television adverts that Jeep was moving all of its production to China. The Obama camp were quick to respond, as was Sergio Marchionne, the Fiat-Chrysler CEO who stated time and time again that Jeep was moving to China to satisfy Chinese…
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Nov 7, 2012
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BYD and Daimler’s electric creation took to the auto show floor for the first time at the Beijing Auto Show this week. The cooperation between a world famous electric car company and a not so famous car company did initially come as a shock to the auto world, but both have clear points that both companies need: Mercedes has engineering, luxury…
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The Denza, or Chinese – Tengshi, concept electric vehicle was seen arriving today in Beijing for the auto show. Denza is the result of partnership of China’s BYD Auto and Mercedes’ parent company Daimler to make a brand for electric vehicles.
When Daimler, the world’s leading luxury car manufacturer, decided to create a joint venture with BYD, China’s leading economy car manufacturer, the automotive world was slightly confused. How would this relationship come about? Obviously BYD’s electric vehicle technology coupled with Daimler’s luxury ability was key to creating a new brand that would…
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Feb 20, 2012
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Feb 3, 2012
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BAIC Group and…
Nov 7, 2011
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The rumor mill has been going into over drive recently over what might go in to production at the Fujian-Daimler joint venture between Fujian Auto (owners of SouEast Auto) and Daimler, initially it was the Mercedes ML SUV that was rumored to be hitting the production lines down in Fujian Province, now it is the turn of the R-Class.
The R-Class is…
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Oct 26, 2011
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Many Chinese automotive specialists are smiling from ear to ear these days, because many German brands introduced their electric city cars on Frankfurt Auto Show early last month, which are similar to their ideal low-speed electric car.
Audi Urban, Volkswagen NILS and Opel RAK e are two-seater or one-seater city cars with smaller batteries and motors….
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Oct 10, 2011
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BAIC has already shown off its B40 SUV at other auto shows, the 3 door SUV bares more than a striking resemblance to the 3 door Jeep Wrangler, but that maybe a coincidence as Beijing Auto did work with Jeep since 1984, but the leak of these B70 pictures seem to show that BAIC have taken the Wrangler influence a little too far now, and may potentially…
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Aug 19, 2011
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From Reuters:
BMW (BMWG.DE) tore through market expectations for second-quarter profits as more wealthy Chinese drove away with its revamped 5 Series saloon car.
The company reported an 83 percent jump in quarterly operating profit at its luxury car business, underpinned by surging sales of the 5 series and a 4.8 percentage point widening…
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Aug 2, 2011
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From China Daily:
Nissan Motor Co’s joint venture with Dongfeng Motor (Group) Co, the largest Sino-foreign auto partnership, on Monday announced in Beijing that it plans to invest billions of US dollars and double its annual sales over the next five years.
The 50-50 joint venture, Dongfeng Motor Co Ltd, said it will invest 50 billion…
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Jul 27, 2011
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BYD and Daimler signed a joint venture several months ago with plans to build a new brand which would utilize BYD’s electrical know how and Daimler’s automotive engineering skills and would focus solely on building new energy cars. The two have pushed a design to the Chinese patent board which of course was leaked in rapid time to the internet, the…
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Jul 27, 2011
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From Reuters:
Mercedes-Benz on Thursday opened an advanced design studio in Beijing, the first premium auto maker to do so in the world’s largest auto market.
The 1,000 square-metre studio will contribute to the design of Mercedes-Benz vehicles along with the existing facilities in Germany, the United States, Italy and Japan, a senior…
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Jul 22, 2011
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Following German Preh and Saargummi, German auto parts supplier KSM Castings Gruppe is also acquired by a Chinese auto parts firm.
In order to obtain new market shares and technical know-how, Chinese companies are interested in buying into western auto parts suppliers, and the acquired companies also want to improve their competitiveness with China’s…
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Jul 18, 2011
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It was seen here before, but now it’s officially official: BYD and Daimler signed a joint-venture agreement to develop electric car(s) for the Chinese market.
May 31, 2010
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