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Jeep Returning to China, But Where Exactly is the Mystery

Jeep returning to China was one of the key topics of the Shanghai Auto Show, the iconic American brand aired their latest incarnation of the Jeep Cherokee which grabbed headlines across the Chinese automotive and mainstream media. The Cherokee is popular in China owing to it being the first vehicle to be produced in the Chinese market, VW’s Santana…

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May 8, 2013 Posted by administrator In Industry News Tagged 2014 Jeep Cherokee, China, Jeep, Jeep Cherokee China, production Comments 0

Viaggio Based Jeep Road Testing in China

Jeeps are popular vehicles in the Chinese market, however some consumers are put off due to the imported status…

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Jan 28, 2013 Posted by Ash In Spy Shots Tagged changsha, China, China Jeeps, Fiat, Fiat Viaggio, insurance premiums, Jeep, Jeep Road Testing, Jeeps, the Chinese market, vehicles, Viaggio Comments 0

Jeeps Confirmed for China

According to Bloomberg, Jeeps are going to see Chinese production soon:

Chrysler signed an agreement today with a Chinese automaker to build Jeeps in that country, part of worldwide expansion plans for the iconic American brand.

Fiat â€“ the Italian manufacturer that controls Chrysler â€“ signed the deal with Chinaâ€™s…
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Jan 16, 2013 Posted by In Industry News Tagged Bloomberg, China, Chinese automaker, Chinese Production, Chrysler, Detroit Auto Show, Fiat, gac, Guangzhou Automobile Group, Jeep, Jeeps, Jeeps Confirmed, the Italian manufacturer, worldwide expansion, Zeng Qinghong Comments 0

BAIC New SUV Concept Channels Next Generation Defender

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Dec 3, 2012 Posted by In Industry News, Spy Shots Tagged are, auto, BAIC, Beijing Jeep, Channels, China, Concept, copy, cost, Defender, Design, Dimensions, engine, favor, form, generation, Information, Jeep, Land, Land Rover Defender, Market, model, need, New, Next, Next Generation Defender BAIC, nothing, range, Rover, Santana, self, service, sight, Sino, Soviet, split, suv, town, tractor, uprising, vehicle, Western China, Zhan, Zhan Qi Comments 2

Your Chinese Dream Garage, What Would You Buy with a Million RMB?

So long time China Car Times reader and comment box user, Gerald, sent me a message over Weibo on Saturday evening asking what car you would buy if you had a hypothetical 1 million RMB lying around doing nothing. Gerald pointed out that the 1 million RMB (circa 160,000USD) was to be used only for the car purchases and any running costs or maintenance…

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Dec 3, 2012 Posted by In Culture Tagged bank, bmw, box, buy, car, car purchases, cash, China, circa, Day, dream, Dream Garage, equivalent, evening, extra cash, Focus, garage, Gerald, hand, Jeep, kitty, maintenance, maintenance fees, Mao, Market, message, Million, misery, nissan, nothing, on Saturday evening, palm, Patriot, price, Question, rainy, reader, RMB, Saturday, stuff, suv, time, Times, USD, User, Weibo, X-Trail Comments 16

2013 Subaru Forester on Show in Guangzhou

Subaru executives were…

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Nov 24, 2012 Posted by In Guangzhou Auto Show Tagged China, Chinese made products, Compass, CRV, CVT, earth, eco, face, Flagship, gallery, gearbox, government, guangzhou, honda, importer, Japanese executives, Jeep, joint ventures, Market, mode, model, naturally aspirated, network, nothing, pricing, production, RMB, show, something, Subaru, Subaru executives, Subaru Forester, support, the Chinese government, the Chinese market, turbo, whilst Comments 0

Jeeps Chinese Plans – Two New SUV’s to be Made in China

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 Posted by In Industry News Tagged American-ness, announcement, are, auto, automobile, brand, buccaneer, C-SUV, camp, candidate, car, CEO, Cherokee, China, China Jeep, Chrysler, Commodore Matthew Perry, Compass, Country, CUSW, D-SUV, Daimler, Demand, dirt, end, equivalent, Fiat, Fiat-Chrysler, Grand, guangzhou, Jeep, Jeeps, Liberty, line, manufacturer, Market, Mitt, model, New, Obama, partnership, Patriot, platform, product, production, Santana, Sergio Marchionne, series, Shanghai, shop, story, suv, table, television, time, vehicle, venture, Viaggio, Volkswagen, whilst, world, Wrangler, year Comments 3

And On This Day, October 30th 2012, A New Santana Was Born

China loves the Santana. The car was first introduced in 1984 and claims the title as the first passenger car made in China, of course the Jeep Cherokee made it a few months earlier but claimed the crown as the first foreign vehicle made in China. The partnership between Shanghai Auto and Volkswagen bloomed from a tiny few hundred units per year into…

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Oct 30, 2012 Posted by In Industry News, Volkswagen Group China Tagged auto, brand, car, change, Cherokee, chevrolet, China, choice, Country, course, crown, date, Day, December, economy, end, engine, figurehead, gallery, Gear, generation, government, hand, Heaven, highway, house, Industry, Jeep, launch, length, link, LxWxH, Market, metal, model, models, monopoly, nbsp, New, New Santana, nissan, October, offer, opening, partnership, Passenger, passenger car, platform, Polo, Power, production, put, QingYin, Rapid, Reform, RMB, Sail, Santana, semi, Shanghai Auto, share, Skoda, specimine, speed, state, time, title, today, TSI, vehicle, Vista, Volkswagen, way, weekend, wheelbase, year Comments 2

1.2 million RMB (or 190,000USD) for Jeep SRT8 in China

The Jeep…

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Jan 5, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged China, industry news, Jeep, new cars Comments 5

China announces new unified rules for new joint venture companies

The first application for an automotive joint venture came in 1983, a brave American company called AMC thought that the Chinese market might be a good place to sell its Jeep Cherokee line up, by 1983 they had nailed the contract and were ready to build, a few months later Volkswagen got the similar deal and became the first car maker in China – with…

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Nov 19, 2011 Posted by FrankF In Industry News Tagged car, China, course, deal, January, Jeep, joint venture, joint venture companies, joint ventures, line, scale, set, strain, suv, the Chinese market, unified rules, Volkswagen Comments 2

Jeep hunting for production in China

From Bloomberg:

Jeep CEO Mike Manley hopes to negotiate a deal in the next several weeks that will result in Jeep production in China.

Manley departed for China Wednesday to negotiate a deal with Guangzhou Automobile Group Co Ltd., a Chinese company that has a joint venture with Fiat.

“Fiat has a very strong partner there so I will…
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Sep 23, 2011 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged China, China Wednesday, development, Fiat, Fiat Group, Grand, Group, guangzhou, Guangzhou Automobile Group Co Ltd., Jeep, Jeep CEO Mike Manley, Ltd, production, show, suv, today, vehicle Comments 1

Want a 5 door Wrangler? Cant afford one? Wait for BAIC’s B70 SUV

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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