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Shanghai Volkswagen to Launch New Car Between Lavida and Passat

Chinese media are eagerly reporting on a new…

Dec 11, 2012 Posted by In Industry News, Spy Shots Tagged A-Plus, car, fastback, FAW-VW, ground, hatchback, joint ventures, launch, Lavida, MINI, model, nbsp, New, New Car, Passat, Passat CC, Passat Chinese media, Sagitar, sedan, segment, Shanghai, Shanghai Volkswagen, Shanghai VW, size, Style, suv, Tiguan, vehicle, Volkswagen, VW Jetta, VW Lavida, VW Sagitar Comments 1

Baojun SUV heading to China Soon

The Baojun brand is made up of two vehicles, the 630…

Dec 6, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Chinese Car News Tagged baojun, basis, brand, Buick, buy, Captiva, car, chevrolet, Chevrolet Captiva, China, compact, Crossover, Excelle, generation, gm, hand, hatchback, line, model, platform, production, range, rebirth, rumor, sedan, Spark, speed, suv, tech, territory, the old Chevrolet Spark, vehicle Comments 0

Geely’s Emgrand Range to Receive EV8 and EX8 in 2013

Geely’s Emgrand brand did seem…

Dec 5, 2012 Posted by In Emgrand, Geely Automobile, Industry News Tagged addition, answer, brand, business, car, Car Models, clutch, company, company executives, cost, decision, diesel, diesel engine, diesel engines, dislike, EC8, emgrand, end, engine, EV8, EX8, Gasoline, Geely, hatchback, level, LxWxH, manufacturer, mpv, October, offer, price, range, Receive, sedan, size, speed, suv, table, vehicle, wheelbase, year Comments 0

Peugeot 207 Crossover Cross Dresses into Guangzhou

Peugeot have been a little slow in China, but they are catching…

Nov 28, 2012 Posted by In Guangzhou Auto Show Tagged black plastic, car, China, cost, cross, Crossover, Dresses, front, future, gallery, Guangzhou Peugeot, hatchback, height, limelight, looker, mash, nbsp, Peugeot, Peugeot 207, plastic, replacement, replacement models, roof, roof rails, route, suspension, suspension height, trend Comments 0

Chery Running Short of Cash, Plans to Kill The Kids.

Reuters automotive reports Fang Yan and Kazunori Takada have dished out the dirt on Chery and their loss making ways. The two reporters discovered that Chery is essentially being kept…

Nov 20, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Chery Automobile, Commentary, Industry News Tagged ATECO, auto, Beijing-based, brand, bread, building, butter, car, cash, Chairman, Chery, Chevy, China Lianhe Credit Rating Co, company, competition, confidence, copy, cost, Cowin, Credit, dealership, diesel, differentiation, dirt, displacement, duel, emgrand, energy, engine, example, Fang Yan, fuel, Fulwin, Geely, General, generation, government, government subsidies, hatchback, hit, Huang, Huaqiong, incentive, Investment, Ipsos, Kazunori, Kids, Lianhe, loss, Market, model, models, moment, money, month, mpv, nbsp, need, October, performance, product, production, profit, QQ, range, Rating, Red, Reely, Rely, report, research, Reuters, right, Riich, RMB, runner, sedan, September, series, situation, something, Spark, Spokesman, state, strategy, sub, suv, Takada, tax, TDI, technology, tiggo, time, turbo, visit, year, yuan Comments 8

VW Golf 7 Caught Naked in China

The VW Golf has been a major hit in the Chinese market, VW followed it up with the introduction of the GTI as a locally made model and also imported the wagon, crossover and R Series models to satisfy Chinese appetite for the hatchback model. The 7th generation Golf has been a headline inducing topic for the past few months, questions about when it…

Nov 19, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Spy Shots Tagged 7th Generation, appetite, Audi, Caught, China, China The VW Golf, choice, Crossover, engine, Foshan, gallery, gen, generation, Golf, GTI, hatchback, headline, hit, introduction, June, June 2013, life, major, Market, model, models, MQB, Naked, News, part, platform, plenty, PRC, production, Series models, share, spy, the Chinese market, topic, TSI, VW, VW Golf, Wagon Comments 4

Lavida Hatchback Dressed Up As a Skoda For Road Testing

It seems that when joint venture companies are left to their own devices to design, develop and produce cars for the Chinese market sales volume is sure to be had with a product that is able to capture the admiration and wallet of the local populace. See the VW Lavida for such an example, Wolfsburg apparently provided a platform and power train and…

Nov 15, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged admiration, box, brother, car, China, Design, Dressed, example, future, gallery, Golf, hatch, hatchback, issue, joint venture companies, last September, Lavida, Market, middle, model, month, nissan, number, platform, Polo, populace, popular cars, Power, product, sedan, sedean, September, Shanghai, Shanghai VW, Skoda, Skoda Fabia Wagon, Sportback, testing, the Chinese market sales, tiida, train, TSI, venture, volume, VW, wallet, Wolfsburg Comments 0

Saab Based Shen Bao Confirmed For Early 2013 Launch. E-Series Hatch Already Showing Strong Sales

Beijing Auto’s…

Nov 9, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged April, April 2013, architecture, auto, beijing auto, brand, car, company, Confirmed, connection, E-Series, Guangzhou Auto Show Beijing Auto, hatch, hatchback, internet, launch, Market, October, official, Polo, range, Saab, Saab 93, sales, sedan, segment, seller, Shen Bao, Shenbao, show, Yesterday Comments 0

Skoda Rapid Pops in China, Yeti and Fabia Wagon Expected Soon

Skoda…

Oct 26, 2012 Posted by In Skoda China, Spy Shots Tagged addition, answer, bulk, China, company, displacement, engine, Expected, Fabia Wagon, family, Gasoline, generation, Group, half, hatchback, Market, miro, platform, Polo, Pops, Power, Rapid, RMB, salary, Santana, sedan, segment, shape, Skoda, Skoda Rapid, speed, suv, taking, VAG, VW, Wagon, whilst, Yeti Comments 0

Brilliance H230 Hatch Appears Online

The Brilliance FRV was a big seller for Shenyang based Brilliance, the hatchback put the Brilliance badge back into the public eye when the little bubble car sold in its thousands every month. As part of a maturing strategy Brilliance are moving to a different naming system for its car range and are introducing more up to date designs.

May 3, 2012 Posted by In Brilliance Auto, Spy Shots Tagged brilliance, H230, hatchback, spy Comments 2

Baojun 630 hatchback road testing in the wild

Feb 20, 2012 Posted by In BaoJun, Spy Shots Tagged 630, baojun, hatchback, spyshots Comments 3

Hatchback Honda Civic confirmed for Dongfeng-Honda

Honda’s product…

Nov 11, 2011 Posted by In Industry News Tagged China, civic, hatchback, honda Comments 3

Lifan 720 and next generation 520 to launch in Guangzhou

Next Generation 520

Sep 13, 2011 Posted by In Lifan Tagged area, auto, car, China Car Timesso, Concept, end, generation, guangzhou, Guangzhou auto show, hatchback, launch, Lifan, model, production, Shanghai Auto Show Comments 0

VW working on developing the thinking man’s MG6

Aug 23, 2011 Posted by In Shanghai VW, Spy Shots Tagged auto, car, company, craze, Crossover, Design, engines, fastback, form, gas, hatchback, Lavida, Man, Market, mind, News, parent, parent company, plastic, Renders, Rover, Rover Streetwise, seater, sedan, show, Streetwise, surprise, suspension, thinking, today, TSI, vehicle, version, Volkswagen, way, year Comments 0

Englon SC6-RV rendered ahead of production

When we first heard of Geely’s plans for a multi brand line up we have to admit we were incredibly skeptical, how could a small privately owned company pull off a multi-brand strategy when their core brand was seen as a low cost economy brand? Well of course the big problem was that its core brand was seen as a low cost brand, its hard to make high…

Aug 16, 2011 Posted by In Geely Automobile Tagged brand, car, company, core, cost, course, Crossover, date, economy, emgrand, end, engine, Englon, gallery, Geely, government, hatchback, King, Kong, license, line, link, maker, model, multi, pricing, problem, production, pull, retirement, RMB, strategy, time Comments 0

BYD-Daimler’s first car hits the patent office

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…

Jul 27, 2011 Posted by In BYD Auto, Industry News Tagged B-Class, bit, bmw, board, brand, building, BYD, BYD Daimler, car, course, Daimler, Design, energy, engineering, Fact, front, ground, hatchback, hood, internet, line, Mercedes, News, office, patent, powertrain, profile, sedan, series, side, Skoda, Style, tail, time, venture Comments 2