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Chery QQ is Cute and Cool at the Shanghai Auto Show

The Chery QQ is the quint essential car of the Chinese auto market, when it first aired in 2003 it became the scapegoat of all Chinese copying to date, it quickly disappeared from the global public eye but it became a bread and butter car for Chery who continued producing around 10,000 units per month right up until 2013. In 2013 the New QQ arrived,…

Apr 25, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chery Automobile, Shanghai Auto Show Tagged 2013, 2013 Shanghai Auto Show, Chery, Chery QQ, Shanghai Comments 0

Icona Launches in Shanghai

On Friday evening I sneaked into the Shanghai Auto Show whilst all the stands were being assembled and the cranes were hosting cars into places, one of those cars was the incredibly sexy Icona Vulcano.

The Vulcano is an engineering project carried out by the Italian engineering company who are based in Shanghai, the new model highlights the company’s…

Apr 21, 2013 Posted by administrator In Shanghai Auto Show Tagged 2013 Shanghai Auto Show, icona vulcano, Shanghai, Vulcano Comments 0

Slammed Honda Spotted in Shanghai

HellaFlush cars have become popular in China over the past few years, Hellaflush of course means Slammed, Slammed means the cars are slammed to the floor and allow for very little space between the front fender and the road surface. Usually the Hellaflush crowd are limited to the Beijing area where Ge Men’ers slam mk 2 Jetta’s into the floor and put…

Feb 5, 2013 Posted by Ash In Culture Tagged Bambo Bikes, Bamboo Bike, Beijing area, editor@chinacartimes.com, Honda Odyssey, Shanghai, Shanghai HellaFlush, Slammed, Slammed Honda, vinyl roof Comments 0

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

Shanghai-GM’s SPRINGO EV Pops up in Guangzhou

The first pure electric vehicle from a joint venture company…

Nov 26, 2012 Posted by In Guangzhou Auto Show, Shanghai GM Tagged acceleration, accelerator, addition, architecture, bar, Battery, beginning, benefit, boost, Buick, button, car, chassis, chevrolet, Chevrolet Sail, company, conjunction, curve, drive, driving, electric vehicle, electric vehicle architecture, Electric Vehicles, electrification, experience, gallery, Gasoline, gm, government, green, guangzhou, license, magnet, maintenance, middle, milestone, motor, network, partnership, PATAC, percent, Plate, Power, powertrain, president, product, production, propulsion, pursuit, RMB, SAIC, Sail, Sail SPRINGO, service, Shanghai, Shanghai GM, Shanghai government, speed, Sport, SPRINGO, stability, stabilizer, standing, start, steward, strategy, success, suspension, system, Thursday, torque, vehicle, vehicle warranty, venture, Warranty, Yongming Comments 2

Roewe E50 Shows Off in Guangzhou

The Roewe E50 was launched last month in Shanghai but the production and sales…

Nov 24, 2012 Posted by In Guangzhou Auto Show Tagged automotive technology, bulk, Cant, car, commitment, cost, diesel, future, gallery, government, government agencies, Guangzhou The Roewe, MG6 Diesel model, model, month, pool, price, production, ready model, RMB, Roewe, SAIC, sale, Shanghai, show, technology Comments 1

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

Ford China Sales Increase 48% in October

Ford has had its second record month according to figures released by Ford Shanghai. The Ford Focus range continues to be the driving force behind the companies new found sales record of 60,518 vehicles, up 48% in year on year comparisons, increasing sales by 14% this year.

Together with our partners, we are delighted the Ford Focus has been the…

Nov 7, 2012 Posted by In Chang'an Ford, Industry News Tagged capacity, CEO, Chairman, China, commercial vehicle, contracting, corporation, date, Dave Schoch, Ecosport, Expansion, family, Focus, force, Ford, Ford China, Ford Focus, Ford Shanghai, fuel, fun, Investment, JiangLing, Jiangling Motors Corporation, JMC, Kuga, Market, month, nameplate, October, October Ford, Pacific, percent, production, quality, range, record, safe, segment, Shanghai, spite, suv, SUVs, time, vehicle, wholesale vehicles, year 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…

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

Volkswagen Expanding in China with Multiple New Factories. Or is it?

Over the past few days a number of rumors have appeared regarding VW in China, the rumors are basically:Shanghai VW are planning a new factory in Changsha, FAW-VW are planning a factory in Inner Mongolia.

As before with the Shanghai-VW investment in Xinjiang we broke the story first, it seemed an odd investment for a Shanghai based auto company to…

Oct 24, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged approval, area, auto, base, Bosch, call, car, chain, Changfeng, changsha, China, company, Country, desert, employment, engine, engine factories, Expanding, Expansion, Factory, FAW-VW, Fiat, Fire, government, hand, hawtai, home, Inner, Inner Mongolia, Investment, Mongolia, Multiple, Multiple New Factories, New, number, offering, order, page, problem, province, secret, SH-VW, Shanghai, shot, side, smoke, story, supply, tier, top, transmission, Volkswagen, VW, Watch Comments 0

Qoros Still Road Testing, Still Set For March Launch

Qoros are still on with their plans to become a major player in the auto industry, the Israeli-Chinese JV are still on track with their plans to launch their first model in March next year. The company has set up its HQ in downtown Shanghai and also has a joint production facility in Changshu, 100km from Shanghai, in partnership with Chery.

The…

Oct 17, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News, Qoros, Spy Shots Tagged anyone, auto, auto industry, BYD, Changshu, Chery, Chinese, company, downtown, engine, facility, gallery, Industry, Israeli, launch, Luxgen, March, Market, model, partnership, pitch, player, point, press, product, production, Qoros, sedan, self, selling, set, Shanghai, Shanghai Auto Show, show, Still Road Testing, tech, testing, Track, weather, Weibo, world, year Comments 1

Forget New York, Shanghai Has its Own Crocodiles Lurking About

Aug 7, 2012 Posted by In Culture Tagged area, creek, crocodile, Crocodiles, New York, place, police, Pudong New Area, Pudong Wild Animal Protection Station, reptile, Shanghai, Shanghai Daily, story, supermarket, surface, year Comments 3

The Friday Question: The Worst and Best Chinese City to Drive In?

I’ve driven in many Chinese cities, but only a few stand out for being utterly terrible. Shanghai may have its mass of traffic, but it’s largely well ordered and everyone waits patiently to get on or off the highway or make their turn, this is a stark contrast to other cities. China’s Tier 2 cities are undergoing a metro building boom in a bid to improve…

Aug 3, 2012 Posted by In Culture Tagged Capital, car, Chinese cities, city, hand, highway, lane, mass, Nobody, Qingdao, road, Shanghai, taxi Comments 15

Government purchasing – It is time for local brands

Hongqi (Red Flag) is being revived slowly buy surely, Shanghai is reviving, Beijing is Reviving. The old famous Chinese car brands which disappeared for many years are reviving at the same time, of course they are not being brought back for nostalgic purposes, they are being brought back to satisfy a government demand for anything that isn’t German….

Mar 19, 2012 Posted by Gong Zai Yan In Commentary, Industry News Tagged china brands, Commentary, GongZaiYan, industry news, old brands, Shanghai Comments 0

Shanghai License Plates Reach $9,380USD per time, Chinese brands pushed out of Shanghai

In a bid to lower the number of cars hitting Shanghai roads every month, the Shanghai Municiple Government came up with a license plate auction system where license plates go up or down in price depending on the car buying situation within the city. Shanghai is so far the only city that has introduced a license plate auction, Beijing has introduced…

Mar 19, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged industry news, license, license plate, Shanghai Comments 2

Aston Martin Details Dragon88 models ahead of Beijing Auto Show

Aston Martin are…

Feb 6, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged 88, Aston Martin, China, Dragon, Dragon88, Shanghai Comments 1

Porsche Planning Own Private Race Course in Shanghai

China has now become Porsche’s second biggest market behind the USA in terms of cars sold, Porsche cleared an impressive 24,340 units in 2011 in the Chinese market, however one problem remains. If a Porsche driver wants to push the limits of their much loved cars they have no where to go, the Chinese highway system imposes a top speed of 120kph for…

Jan 31, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged Cup, Porsche, Shanghai, Track Comments 5

Qoros – the new international brand that you’ve never heard of

The Japanese Three…

Nov 29, 2011 Posted by FrankF In Chery Automobile, Industry News, Qoros Tagged Chery, industry news, Qoros, Shanghai Comments 7

BMW X6 tries to race two Lambo’s down the Chengdu-Shanghai highway

Shanghai…

Oct 28, 2011 Posted by In Culture Tagged block, BMW X6, Chengdu, Chengdu city, city, com, highway, Lambo, race, race track, Shanghai, way, XMzE, youku Comments 6

Should local governments introduce Beijing and Shanghai style means to control traffic?

Qingdao Traffic

Oct 17, 2011 Posted by Ash In Commentary Tagged auto, beijing, Bureau, car, Car Sales, China, city, Forum, hand, infrastructure issue, issue, Li Ke Qiang, License Plates, Liu Zhao, Shanghai, stage, Style, tier, traffic systems Comments 17

World No Car Day – Did Shanghai Take Notice?

Today is World No Car Day, but does anybody actually know? It seems that the roads on Yan’an East Road in Shanghai were slightly quieter than normal at 9am and local Shanghai media are reporting that an extra 200,000 people are expected to take to the public transport system rather than their own steering wheel over the course of the day. Elsewhere…

Sep 22, 2011 Posted by In Culture Tagged car, course, Day, gallery, link, Notice, Shanghai, steering wheel, system, today, transport, wheel, World No Car Day Comments 0

Harley’s big trouble in little China

Harleys are becoming a common site on Chinese roads at the weekends, but it appears there are a few barriers in the way of Harley’s China expansion plans, namely the lack of love for motorbikes (as Chinese see them as low cost transportation tools) and the lack of places to ride in the cities due to pollution and noise ordnance from the late 1990′s…

Sep 19, 2011 Posted by In Industry News Tagged beijing, big trouble in little China, blanket, China, city, Expansion, love, Milwaukee, motorcycle, percent, Shanghai, transportation, trouble, Ultra, way Comments 3

Trouble on the roads, trouble in the sky – Junyao Airlines pilot refuses to let Qatari plane with no fuel land first

From Hindustan Times:

A Chinese pilot’s refusal to give up his landing slot to a passenger plane that issued a distress call to say it was running out of fuel almost caused a disaster, state media reported on Thursday. China’s privately-owned Juneyao Airlines confirmed that one of its pilots refused to giveway when a Qatar Airways plane…
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Aug 26, 2011 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged air traffic control, air traffic controllers, Chinese pilot, fuel land, Juneyao Airlines, Junyao Airlines pilot, Qatar, Qatar Airways, Shanghai Comments 8

FAW-VW to start working on own SUV to rival the Tiguan

The VW Tiguan has become a hot commodity in the Chinese market, the compact SUV has become one of the best selling SUV’s in the Chinese market over the past few months despite the car being a relative new comer to the Chinese market. The Tiguan was initially imported into China and then built locally at the Shanghai-VW joint venture, owing to strong…

Aug 19, 2011 Posted by In Industry News Tagged automobile, car, choice, comer, commodity, engine, FAW, FAW-VW, Gap, interest, Market, model, partner, platform, self, Shanghai, suv, Tiguan, top, Toureg, TSI, upto, venture, Works Comments 0

GM gets its 1% back from SAIC

From Reuters:

General Motors Co (GM.N) expects to conclude a deal to bring the automaker’s stake in its China joint venture back to 50 percent, Chief Executive Daniel Akerson said on Thursday.GM has told its China partner, SAIC, that it wants to buy back the 1 percent stake in Shanghai GM that it sold to the Chinese automaker in 2010 for…
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Aug 5, 2011 Posted by In Industry News Tagged arm, auto, automaker, Bankruptcy, call, Capital, cash, collaboration, company, conference, deal, energy, General, Group, Holding, kind, majority, Market, motor, option, parent, partner, percent, place, position, process, production, restructuring, Reuters, right, SAIC, Shanghai, shareholder, stake, take, Thursday, transaction, vehicle, venture, way Comments 0

Survey shows marketization of new energy vehicles is far lower than expectation

Despite a the large subsidies available to electric car buyers, the marketization of new energy vehicles is still far lower than expectated. By June 30, only 10 all-electric vehicles had been sold in Shanghai this year, and the number for Hangzhou was only 25.

It seems the problems like high prices despite subsidies, inconvenience, and unreliable…

Aug 2, 2011 Posted by In Green News, Industry News Tagged application, area, bus, car, city, customer, electric car buyers, energy, expectation, government, hybrid vehicles, inconvenience, June, marketization, maturity, New Energy, number, operating, order, performance, safety, Shanghai, Subsidies, Survey, vehicle, year Comments 2

MG5 spy pictures show China’s first possible hot hatch

China got into the hot hatch phase late last year when the Golf GTI hit the market, it was followed up by the Skoda Octavia VRS (actually just called RS in China due to V being unpronounceable by most)Â and other car makers are readying their own little cannonballs as the Chinese media likes to call hot hatches. The MG5 was shown in concept form…

Jul 25, 2011 Posted by Ash In Nanjing MG Tagged attention, auto, birth, Buick, car, China, Concept, Crossover, dashboard, engine, Excelle, form, gallery, Golf, GTI, Guangzhou auto show, link, Market, MG5, Phase, platform, production, quality, range, Roewe, SAIC, Shanghai, show, Skoda, Skoda Octavia VRS, spy, suv, topper, Wagon, West, year Comments 2

Shanghai-VW sales increase by 0.6% to 530,000 units

Shanghai VW has finally released its half year sales figures which show the company sold 88,564 units in June and sold an impressive 527,000 units in the first half of the year.

Shanghai made Volkswagen models accounted for 71,066 of sales and sold 428044 over the first half of the year, an increase of 17.7% over the same period in 2010, the Passat…

Jul 20, 2011 Posted by In Industry News Tagged book, company, control, door, generation, half, increase, June, Lavida, model, month, mpv, order, Passat, period, Polo, sale, Santana, segment, sellinf, Shanghai, Skoda, Superb, suv, Tiguan, Touran, Volkswagen, whilst, winner, year Comments 0

GM to invest 7 billion RMB in expanding capacity at Shenyang Factory

GM’s Bei Sheng plant in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, is about to gain from a 7 billion RMB upgrade over the next few years. The factory expansion will take GM’s production capacity to a new high in China.

GM’s plans for the factory expansion have already been approved by the Ministry of Environment and will see the factory’s capacity increased…

Jul 12, 2011 Posted by CatherineQu In Industry News, Shanghai GM Tagged Bei, BeiSheng, Buick, cannot, capacity, chevrolet, chord, Cruze, Demand, engine, environment, Expansion, Factory, Foshan, goal, half, high, increase, June, line, Market, max, maximum, Ministry, model, nothing, Online, Plant, production, responsbile, RMB, Shanghai, Sheng, supply, whilst, year Comments 0

The skeleton in the closet – Why I’m not bullish on the Chinese market

Chinese automotive consultants from both the West and China have gotten themselves into a circle jerk over the Chinese car industry sales. This year is heading for 18 million sales, and if you believe the optimists then next year will approach 25 million and the year after 35 million and companies will continue to operate on ever increasing profits…

Dec 10, 2010 Posted by FrankF In Commentary Tagged beijing, car, cars, Chinese food, circle, city, Gasoline, home, house, litre, network, parking, sales tax, Shanghai, skeleton, the Chinese market Comments 13