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MG CS SUV To Receive 2.0T Engine

The MG CS SUV concept may have headlined at teh Shanghai Auto Show last week but this week we can share the cars specification with MG’s legions of fans. The first SUV to come from MG is to be powered by a 2.0T engine capable of producing 150kW of power and having 280Nm of torque on tap, taking it from zero to 100km/h in just 7.8 seconds, top speed…

May 9, 2013 Posted by administrator In Spy Shots Tagged 2013 Shanghai Auto Show, MG CS SUV, MG SUV Concept, suv Comments 1

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

Foton and Great Wall Reportedly Planning Indian Attack

According to Chinese media reports both Foton and Great Wall Motors are planning to enter the Indian market in the near future. Foton has reportedly acquired a patch of land on which to develop a production facility for commercial vehicles due to the large demand for efficient CV’s in the Indian market.

Great Wall Motors are also reportedly planning…

Dec 11, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged announcement, Chery, Chinese, commercial vehicles, company, diesel, displacement, entry, era, Focus, foton, Gasoline, Great Wall, Great Wall Motors, Growth, India, Indian, Indian market, Market, market entry, part, pick, Society of Indian Auto Manufacturers, suv, turbo, Wall Street Journal Comments 1

BYD G5/Su Rui Sales Jump Over 10,000 Units

The BYD Su Rui Sedan seems to be BYD’s game changing vehicle, the Su Rui was unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show in April this year and launched shortly afterwards with pricing starting at 80,000RMB and topping out at around 120,000RMB. The Su Rui has now become known as the BYD G5 for overseas markets and will soon be exported out of China. In the meantime,…

Dec 10, 2012 Posted by administrator In BYD Auto, Industry News Tagged April, auto, board, boy, brand, BYD, China, Cites, clutch, company, cost, customer, date, direction, driving, dual clutch gearbox, Focus, G5, game, gearbox, generation, health, home, hybrid, indicator, Industry, Injection, jump, meantime, November, perception, Post, pricing, Qin, quality, range, RMB, Rui, Rui Sedan, sedan, show, start, step, Su Rui, suv, tech, technology, torque, vehicle, year Comments 4

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

Let’s Take a Look at Beijing Auto’s â€œWrangler”

Beijing Auto’s B40 SUV has been spotted out many times, it was initially expected to launch towards the end of 2011 but was effectively delayed until the the launch of the company’s own Shen Bao brand late last month at the Guangzhou Auto Show. Shen Bao will be housing an entirely new range of vehicles all of which are thought to be launching within…

Dec 5, 2012 Posted by In Chinese Car News Tagged auto, B40, beijing auto, brand, company, date, diesel, door, end, engine, gallery, Gasoline, gasoline engine, gasoline engines, gearbox, Guangzhou auto show, housing, imitation, IPR, IPR Beijing Auto, last, launch, Look, Market, month, mystery, nissan, pricing, range, Saab, semi, Shen Bao, show, speed, succession, suv, take, Tangshan, technology, version, Wrangler, year Comments 5

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

BAIC New SUV Concept Channels Next Generation Defender

BAIC may have seen the Read More →

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…

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

BYD Shoots Up Quality Scales

JD Power’s 2012 China New Automobile Quality Study…

Nov 29, 2012 Posted by In BYD Auto, Industry News Tagged apple, automobile, Bosch, brand, BYD, China, China New Automobile Quality Study SM, company, cooperation, development, die, Factory, German, Haval, history, Hyundai, increase, introduction, IQS, JD Power, joint venture, Kia, Korean, level, mainstream, Mercedes, model, New, Nokia, Ogihara, painting, partnership, Power, PPG, quality, Quality satisfaction, Quality Scales, report, RMB, S6, Samsung, Satisfaction, Scales, score, seller, Shoots, Sportage, standard, study, Subaru, suv, SUVs, Tatebayashi, technology, Tiguan, venture, Week, year Comments 6

Chinese Made Peugeot 3008 is Guaranteed to be a Winner

The Peugeot 3008 was originally imported into China, but cost a small…

Nov 28, 2012 Posted by In Dongfeng Peugeot-CitroÃ«n Automobile, Guangzhou Auto Show Tagged China, Chinese made compact SUV, Chinese Made Peugeot 3008, CRV, Dongfeng, Dongfeng-Peugeot, facelift, fortune, gallery, honda, Honda CRV, Market, model, naturally aspirated, Peugeot, Peugeot 3008, pricing, RMB, suv, the Chinese market, version, volume, winner Comments 1

Youngman Lotus SUV Appears at Guangzhou Auto Show

The Youngman-Proton tie up is producing some interesting cars, not interesting in a ‘wow‘ factor but more interesting in the ‘What were they thinking?‘ aspect. Youngman bases its cars off the Proton RCR, a car that was originally sold in China but has since given away to two self developed models from Youngman, neither products are…

Nov 28, 2012 Posted by In Guangzhou Auto Show Tagged Appears, APX, aspect, auto, car, China, Concept, control, countryside, cruise, Design, displacement, economy, end, engine, eye, factor, favor, gallery, Guangzhou auto show, guerrilla, halogen, interesting cars, introduction, leather, LED, Lotus, LxWxH, mantra, Market, Mitsubishi, naturally aspirated engine, plan, Porsche, pricing, Proton, Proton RCR, RCR, rival, RMB, self, shelf, show, step, suv, the, tier, turbo, vehicle, war, way, wheelbase, Youngman, Youngman Lotus SUV Comments 6

JMC’s Qu Sheng SUV Ready To Roll Down Hill

JMC’s shot back into the car making…

Nov 27, 2012 Posted by In Guangzhou Auto Show Tagged addition, car, Chinese, commercial vehicles, cost, diesel, Duratorq, engine, Ford, Ford SUV, Ford Transit, Ford vehicles, gallery, game, JMC, lifting, metal, multitude, partner, pick, pick up truck, praise, Qu Sheng, range, Ready To Roll Down Hill JMC, Roll, sheet, Sheng, shot, suv, testing, Transit, truck, version, work, year Comments 2

Toyota Presents Tree to Chinese People, Changes Name From ‘Toyota China’ to ‘China Toyota’

Nov 27, 2012 Posted by In Guangzhou Auto Show, Toyota China Tagged aligncenter, amp, attachment, auto, caption, car, change, China, China Toyota, Concept, Daily, Day, degree, Diao, executive, first, friend, goal, grass, heat, Incident, Industry, manufacturer, Market, middle, morning, name, October, Presents, production, Qin, Qing, redemption, road, September, show, Shuang, source, spat, stage, stand, standing, strategy, sub, suv, Tian, time, Toyota, Toyota China, Toyota executives, tree, way, width, world, year 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

Sichuan Yema’s Electric Audi A4 Taxi Shows its Face

Sichuan…

Nov 15, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged Audi, Audi A4, Austin Maestro, auto, auto range, automaker, car, drivetrain, Electric, electric motor, face, Face Sichuan Yema, future, gallery, goods vehicles, Maestro, motor, nbsp, platform, plucky, Power, production, Question, range, Restrictions, series, service, service taxi, sichuan, Sichuan Yema, suv, taxi, time, Wagon, wheelbase, yema Comments 1

Peugeot 3008 Gets Styled Up in China, To Launch Soon at Dongfeng-Peugeot

The Peugeot 3008 was a handsome car in concept car, but the…

Nov 12, 2012 Posted by In Industry News, Spy Shots Tagged ASX, AWD, Cant, car, China, competition, Concept, concept car, Design, diesel, Dongfeng, engine, exterior, face, facelift, favor, fish, introduction, launch, Market, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi ASX, model, month, mouth, News, option, Peugeot, Peugeot 3008, Peugeot models, Peugot, Power, product, production, range, RMB, sale, spy, Styled, suv, the Chinese market, top, update, weekend, wont Comments 0

Cadillac’s Design Is Not The Issue, Its the Cadillac Package That’s All Wrong

Cadillac is far from catching up the likes of Audi and BMW in the Chinese market, but they might grow their current market share in the next few years if they play their cards right. According to a Reuters report filed yesterday, Cadillac just isn’t cool with Chinese consumers due to the use of sharp angular designs on show which goes against Chinese…

Nov 7, 2012 Posted by In Commentary, Industry News Tagged American, angular, ATS, Audi, autohome, automaker, Baijiu, basketball, bat, beacon, bhp, bmw, brand, business, Cadillac, cannot, Cant, car, cash, cellphone, challenge, China, Chinese, college, com, consumption, cost, course, CTS, cylinder, date, daughter, deal, delivery, Design, diagnosis, displacement, drink, engine, exterior, eyelid, fan, fuel, game, Gasoline, General, globalize, Group, Infiniti, Injection, issue, list, Long, Look, love, Luxury, Market, Merc, Mercedes, neglect, nothing, oil, owner, Package, par, part, pedigree, Power, prestige, problem, production, purchase, push, range, reliance, report, Reuters, rival, RMB, road, S-Class, sedan, segment, series, servicing, share, show, side, SLS, spending, SRX, Stealth, stereotype, Style, styling, suv, tea, team, term, Tigers, update, use, Volvo, waiting, way, world, XTS, Yesterday Comments 9

New Models Dont Move Sales Up in China for Mercedes, Sales Down 3.9%

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…

Nov 7, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged A-Class, area, Audi, August, B-Class, bmw, C-Class, car, China, class, company, Daimler, decrease, displacement, Dont, E-Class, facelift, generation, GLK, introduction, Market, Mercedes, middle, models, mpv, New, product, RMB, savage, September, suv, tailor, Times, turbo, use, volume, whilst, year 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

JMC SUV Gets Updated with Ford’s 2.0T Ecoboost Technology

The JMC Qu Sheng SUV came about in partnership with Ford, the two companies have focused over the past few years on commercial vehicles which has now branched out into SUV’s. The Qu Sheng is not a strong seller, largely due to its high price when compared to better known Greatwall models, but the SUV has received strong reviews from Chinese media. The…

Nov 1, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged April, auto, commercial vehicles, diesel, Ecoboost engine, engine, Ford, Ford engine, gallery, Gasoline, gearbox, Greatwall, JMC, language, model, partnership, petrol, price, Qu Sheng, range, RMB, seller, Sheng, show, speed, spy, suv, technology, turbo, Updated, year Comments 0

Honda Pulling Back On Profit Thanks to China

The rift between China and Japan is making some companies, such as Honda, pull back on their profit goals for 2012. How long will this last and will the CRV lose its crown as the best selling SUV in China?

Oct 29, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged Akino, auto, aversion, Bloomgberg, China, China and Japan, company, confidence, crown, CRV, cut, estimate, forecast, government, Group, honda, Hyundai, Hyundai Motor Co., Ichiyoshi, Ichiyoshi Investment Management Co., Investment, Management, Market, Mitsushige, Mitsushige Akino, motor, operating, opportunity, percent, profit, projection, Pulling, purchase, revenue, rift, risk, share, suv, target, toll, Volkswagen, Volkswagen AG, VOW, world Comments 3

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

On the Chinese Import Car Market

Oct 25, 2012 Posted by Ralf Drauz In Industry News Tagged aligncenter, amount, attachment, Audi, automobile, Benz, bmw, brand, CAAM, capacity, caption, car, car imports, case, China, class, close, competition, Consumer, consumption, Country, customer, Data, Demand, development, difference, displacement, engine, favor, Ferrari, geology, Growth, import, Imported, imported car, imported cars, Industry, infrastructure, Kasperk, Lexus, location, Look, Luxury, luxury car, luxury cars, Market, Mercedes, mix, nto, percent, period, policy, population, Porsche, price, producer, proximity, reason, relation, Runners-up, segment, Sinomach, state, status, story, suv, SUVs, tax, tier, today, utility, vehicle, vice, Volkswagen, well, width, WTO, Wuxi, year Comments 1

Besturn SUV Reveals its Face

FAW’s Besturn brand suddenly burst into life with the creation of the Besturn B50 in 2008, before that they created the B70 and recently the B80 midsize sedan, all of which use the Mazda 6 platform. FAW are hoping that Besturn can become a major player in the Chinese auto industry, but the brands late arrival when compared to Roewe and MG, has left…

Oct 18, 2012 Posted by In Besturn, Spy Shots Tagged answer, arrival, auto, Besturn, brand, burst, Chinese consumers, compact SUV, company, competition, competitor, course, creation, date, engine, face, FAW, form, gallery, Industry, launch, life, lot, mazda, mistake, platform, player, Power, Roewe, sedan, suv, update Comments 1

Mitsubishi Quietly Produces the ASX in China

The ASX has very quietly been produced in Changsha earlier this week, the compact SUV is the first product from the joint venture between Guangzhou Auto and Mitsubishi and came after Guangzhou took over Changsha Auto who originally had the JV with Mitsubishi.

The ASX comes with a 1.6L and a 2.0L engine with both 5 speed manual and CVT gearboxes…

Oct 16, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged ASX, auto, beijing auto, car, changsha, Changsha Auto, China, circa, closure, company, course, CVT, deal, engine, entry, entry level models, generation, guangzhou, Guangzhou Auto, level, licensing, Market, Mitsubishi, Outlander, potential, pricing, Produces, product, Quietly, RMB, SouEast, spat, speed, suv, venture, Week Comments 0

Volkswagen China Keeps Up Strong Sales Momentum

VW China is continuing with its strong sales in the Chinese market, the group saw total sales of 2 million in the first 9 months of the year and continues to see strong growth despite the Chinese market cooling off.

VW’s China market growth stayed well above the market average with 18% growth in deliveries in the first 9 months of 2012.

â€œI…

Oct 15, 2012 Posted by In Industry News, Volkswagen Group China Tagged Audi, average, board, brand, carmaker, China, deliveries, Group, Growth, head, Heizmann, incl, increase, January, Jochem, Jochem Heizmann, Keeps, KODA, Market, Member, model, Momentum, month, percent, performance, period, position, Prof, result, sale, sales, sept, September, Skoda, story, strategy, Strong Sales, success, suv, the Chinese market, Volkswagen, Volkswagen AG, Volkswagen China Keeps, worldwide, year Comments 0

Mercedes Dissapointed with China Sales

According to Chinese media reports Mercedes China will have a new boss come December, London born Nicholas Speeks will be taking over the top China job and has plenty of experience in running an Asian market after a number of years as the top man in Japan for Mercedes.

Mercedes Benz is apparently going through a period of adjustment at the top of…

Oct 15, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged adjustment, Association, attempt, Audi, automotive, Benz, bmw, boss, C-Class, career, changer, China, China Association of Automotive Manufacturers, Chinese media, company, course, cylinder, December, decrease, Dissapointed, E-Class, edge, engine, experience, FAW-Audi, front, game, Gap, Gasoline, GLK, Growth, history, image, increase, job, launch, line, mainland, Man, margin, Market, Mercedes, Mercedes China, Mercedes Dissapointed, Mercedes-Benz, model, month, New, number, par, percent, period, plenty, Post, price, pricing, product, promise, resume, RMB, sale, September, series, size, suv, talent, task, the, time, top, version, wash, Week, whilst, work, year Comments 4

Buick Encore Launches, Chevrolet Trax on its Way

The Buick Encore launched yesterday in the Chinese market,…

Oct 11, 2012 Posted by In Industry News, Spy Shots Tagged addition, are, Aveo, bhp, brand, Buick, Buick Encore, car, chevrolet, Chevrolet Aveo, Chevrolet models, Chevrolet Trax, Chevrolet Version, China, Chinese, Cruze, Encore, engine, forefront, GM China, GTI, hand, Hover, Hyundai, launch, Launches, leak, line, Market, moment, month, nbsp, nissan, number, office, pad, par, patent, Polo, qashqai, RMB, Sail, September, series, suv, the Chinese SUV sales, The Encore, Tiguan, Trax, TSI, unit, version, way, Yesterday Comments 1

Luxgen’s Master CEO MPV to Hit the Market Soon

Luxgen’s slow but sure rise to fame is happening in…

Oct 11, 2012 Posted by In Dongfeng Automobile Company, Luxgen Tagged are, August, auto, back, bhp, Buick, business, Cant, comfort, company, connectivity, course, Dongfeng, Driver, driving, engine, fame, family, home, Luxgen, Market, Master, model, name, night, opportunity, partition, popularity, Power, pricing, projector, rise, Seat, segment, September, suv, Taiwan, technology, torque, turbo, unseat, use, vehicle, venture, version, vision, way, Yulong Comments 0

Daihatsu Back to China? Spy Shots Say Maybe Yes

Daihatsu is one of those car manufacturers that made massive early gains in the Chinese market only to proverbially piss it all into the wind just as the market began to really open. The Japanese company played upon early warm relations between Japan and China when Japan was all about investing its new found wealth into its former colony, Daihatsu hit…

Oct 10, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged arrangement, auto, body, brand, car, car companies, center, Chang, Charade, China, city, Clone, colony, company, Daihatsu, Daihatsu Charade, ebola, FAW, FAW-Toyota, frame, gallery, gold, hafei, home, Idea, Japanese market, launch, level, license, Market, model, number, outbreak, parent, parent company, PRC, presence, Shots, spy, stage, start, story, suv, technology, Terios, the Chinese market, tie, time, Toyota, wealth, weight, Wind, Wuling, Xiali, Zotye Comments 1

Ford Fiesta Saloon Gains Aston Style Grill

The US market Ford Fusion has already been aired in the states, the Chinese version has not yet been officially aired but we have seen it plenty of times out testing and we do enjoy its thinking mans Aston Martin looks, we’re quite sure it will shake up the market when it does arrive in the PRC in early 2013. The Ford Fiesta is likely to be…

Oct 9, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged Asia, Aston, Aston Martin, Blue, business, company, developing, Ecosport, engine, facelift, Fiesta, Ford, Ford Fiesta, Ford Fiesta Saloon Gains, Ford Fusion, Fusion, gallery, Gear, Grill, launch, link, Market, model, mouth, Operations, Oval, plenty, PRC, saloon, Style, suv, testing, the Chinese version, time, version, world Comments 0

Toyota Becomes BYD to Avoid Protestors

Bumper sticks are not yet the rage in China, neither…

Sep 17, 2012 Posted by In Culture Tagged Becomes, car, cars, course, Drivers, Infiniti, Japan, Japanese car, Protestors, rage, sight, suv, Toyota, Toyota owners, truck Comments 3

FAW’s Besturn SUV Turns Out Rather Handsome – Spy Shots

FAW are not known for their stylish cars, the Besturn B70 was a blockish affair even though it was penciled by Giorgetto Giugiaro, who seemingly sold the same drawings to Dongfeng for the Fengshen series, it was an odd looking car, the smaller B50 wasn’t much of an improvement, but this new SUV could be considered a masterpiece in the Besturn showroom…

Aug 13, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Besturn, Spy Shots Tagged Besturn, Besturn X80, spyshots, suv, X80 Comments 2

Ford’s China Plan: Go Cheap

Ford came very late to the China party, despite an early entry into Taiwan and other parts of Greater China, Ford didn’t seem to place a great emphasis on the Chinese mainland where 1.3 billion consumers were waiting. Instead the 1.3 billion took to GM and VW products whilst the Blue Oval stayed away from the car buying party, then when Ford did arrive…

Aug 7, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Chang'an Ford, Industry News Tagged Bloomberg, Blue, car, China, choice, Expansion, Ford, Fords, gm, party, percent, suv, the China party, truth, VW, Wuling Comments 0

Nissan Juke to be Priced from 280,000RMB ($43,000USD)

The Nissan Juke is coming to China – it’s no secret, the car has been sighted out and about in China for the past few months. The mini SUV has already won fans in North America and Europe, but how will it fair with the Chinese? Nissan have recently introduced the Murano SUV with a 3.5L V6, as of the end of May it sold just 210 units in China whilst…

Jul 18, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged car, China, Chinese, Infiniti, Juke, model, Murano, nissan, Nissan Juke, North America, qashqai, suv, tag, version Comments 18

Yema’s “People’s Toureg” Readying for Production

Sichuan Yema are a wily bunch based…

Jun 22, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged Sichuan Yema, Spy Shots, suv, Toureg Comments 1

GLK Sporting Face Lift in China

Mercedes unveiled their facelift GLK SUV in March this year with computer renders showing the minor changes to the cars front and rear: More bulbous lights at the front in line with the other Merc SUV’s, and a redesigned front clip with LED day light running lights.

”made-in-china-glk” Read More →

May 30, 2012 Posted by CatherineQu In Spy Shots Tagged Audi, car, China, China Mercedes, China versions, computer, facelift, GLK, line, March, Merc, Mercedes, running, sun, suv, version Comments 0

JMC Prepping Ford SUV for China Market

Ford’s Chinese partner, JMC, are rumored to be prepping a new SUV for the Chinese market. Ford realized over the past 24 months that the best way into mass Chinese sales is to introduce its hearty range of SUV’s into China, the company already has the Canadian made Edge crossover on sale in China but plans to introduce other models as locally made produce….

May 30, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Chang'an Ford, Industry News Tagged China, Ford, industry news, suv Comments 1

Zhongshan buys Carlsson Automotive

It’s been a good week for Carlsson, first they launched their CGL 45 SUV in China for a cool 2.45 million RMB (389,000USD), secondly…

May 28, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged beijing, car, Carlsson, Carlsson Automotive, Carlsson Autotechnik, China, Holdings, Huang Yi, Ltd, luxury cars, Mercedes car, Mercedes cars, network, percent, retailer, specialist, suv, Zhongsheng Comments 3

In Chinaâ€™s Mid Size Sedan Market, Looks Donâ€™t Matter Nearly so Much as Branding

May 28, 2012 Posted by In Commentary, Industry News Tagged business, car, China, Chinese consumers, government, hawtai, Hyundai, Mid, Mid Size, mid size vehicles, model, segment, suv, use, VW, way Comments 14

Dongfeng Combines Cadillac with Low Cost in New SUV

Dongfeng’s own car making abilities have to be drawn into doubt with the introduction of this new SUV. The SUV hasn’t yet been named, but hopefully it wont be along the lines of SLX. Chinese automotive media are saying that it will be priced from 80,000-120,000RMB when it launches later this year via the Dongfeng Liao Qi subsidiary and will carry a…

May 28, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Industry News, Spy Shots Tagged Cadillac, Clone, Dongfeng, Spy Shots, suv Comments 3

Eterniti Gets First Sales at Beijing Auto Show

Eterniti, the British auto maker,…

May 15, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged Artemis, Beijing Auto Show, Beijing Auto Show Eterniti, Eterniti, excess, maker, press, price, show, suv, tag, Track Comments 1

Ford Sales Up 24% in April

The new generation of Ford Focus is taking the claim for boosting Ford’s China sales by 24% in April 2012. Ford has striven to introduce and widen its product range for the Chinese market over the past 6 months, the move is likely to pay dividends as sales are likely to continue to increase this year.

Sales of the new Focus reached 9,400 units in…

May 10, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged area, being, capacity, China, Expansion, Focus, Ford, Ford Focus, Ford Sales, performance, Plant, range, RMB, suv Comments 1

Gleagle GX5 Gains Slight Design Change for 2012

“Nothing here is a concept” is what Geely’s PR Director Victor Yang told me at the Beijing Auto Show in 2010 when Geely put on a massive company changing display of cars from then then not yet produced Emgrand EC7 to the slightly whacky Geely Tiger sports car. I smiled, a lot, and remarked that Geely is at the beginning of a long road. Victor…

Apr 30, 2012 Posted by In Beijing Auto Show Tagged Beijing Auto Show, Geely, GX5, suv Comments 7

Youngman-Lotus SUV arrives at Beijing

The Beijing Auto Show starts tomorrow, and cars have started arriving at Beijing. One of them is the Youngman-Lotus still unnamed SUV, similar in size to the Honda CRV. It looks like it’s based on the APX concept shown by Lotus back in the 2006 Geneva Auto Show.

Apr 22, 2012 Posted by Nathan Y In Beijing Auto Show, Youngman Tagged beijing, Beijing Auto Show, Bitauto, Concept, CRV, engine, Geneva Auto Show, Lotus, show, size, suv, tomorrow, variable valve timing, VVT, Youngman, youngman-lotus Comments 0

Brazil! This is for you! JAC SII appears ahead of Beijing Auto Show

Update: This is an accidental repost of this post, we will be more careful in the future!

The Beijing Auto Show is going to be a big event for JAC. The Anhui based…

Apr 21, 2012 Posted by In Beijing Auto Show, JAC Motors Tagged Beijing Auto Show, brazil, jac, SII, suv Comments 0

Lamborghini SUV to be named Urus

Chinese media are reporting that the long rumored Lamborghini SUV will be on show at the…

Apr 19, 2012 Posted by In Beijing Auto Show Tagged hypersuv, Lamborghini, supersuv, suv, Urus Comments 1

GreatWall to launch H7 at the Beijing Auto Show, 2.0T engine to debut

Great Wall’s rise came on the back of the SUV and pick…

Apr 17, 2012 Posted by In Beijing Auto Show, Great Wall Motors Tagged Beijing Auto Show, Greatwall, H7, Luxury, suv Comments 1

MG Icon SUV Official Renders Leaked

I got a text message at 5pm from a friend at auto.sohu.com, “Ive got a cool thing to share” he said “get on QQ ASAP“. Nursing a suspected cracked rib and sitting on the train, I was clearly in no rush to open my laptop and get online to look over a concept car from any company, but it seems the error was totally mine. The cool thing…

Apr 17, 2012 Posted by In Beijing Auto Show, Nanjing MG Tagged Classical, Concept, Icon, MG, mg icon, suv Comments 10

JAC SUV revealed ahead of Beijing Auto Show, to gain dual clutch and 1.5T engine

Anhui based JAC have had a major rise over the past five years. The truck manufacturer turned its hand to car manufacturing rather late after a succesful partnership with Hyundai that saw the company rise on the back of its MPV products, later JAC introduced its small car range which is really what took it higher in the Chinese car sales grid.

Apr 11, 2012 Posted by In Beijing Auto Show, JAC Motors, Spy Shots Tagged Beijing Auto Show, jac, spy, suv, SUV-S2 Comments 2

BYD Rolls out 4-Year Warranties on all Models, Sales Strengthening

Chinese automaker BYD has introduced a ground-breaking 4-year/100,000 km warranty on all of its models. BYD hasÂ abandonedÂ the tradition of 2-year/60,000 kmÂ warrantys as a means of boosting sales and improving the company’s reputation as a quality manufacturer. Chinese auto makers are struggling in the face of an anemic Chinese auto market coupled…

Apr 10, 2012 Posted by Jeff Lundblad In Chinese Car News Tagged Acquisition, Benz, Chinese auto makers, Chinese automaker, Chinese automakers, face, models, mold, perception, Qin, sales, suv, Warranties, Warranty, year Comments 4

MG to show concept SUV in Beijing, and possibly 1.5T

MG’s rise is slow but sure, the company started with the large 6 but followed up with the 3, both models have acquired volume sales in China although the MG6 is lagging behind in the UK. The MG3 is expected to have its unveiling in the UK next month on May 17. The MG5 was launched just last week with fairly competitive prices, somewhere above its Chinese…

Apr 5, 2012 Posted by In Nanjing MG Tagged 1.5T, MG, MG SUV, MG5, suv Comments 4

FAW to build VW SUV in next two years

Chinese automotive media are reporting that First Automobile Works, a major partner to VAG will begin work on a jointly developed SUV in the next two years. VW are already producing the exceptionally popular Tiguan SUV at their joint venture with Shanghai Auto and its likely that First Automobile Works also wants in on the SUV action, both FAW and SAIC…

Mar 20, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Industry News Tagged FAW, Seat, suv, VW Comments 0

BAICâ€™s C70G ready to roll, details inside.

BAICâ€™s first car, the E-Series hatchback which overly looks like a Mercedes B-Class will hit the market in March according to media reports. Media testing is already underway in Hainan with media being able to test drive the car around the island, initial reports seem to be overly in favor of the car. The second car from Beijing Auto will be…

Mar 9, 2012 Posted by In Beijing Auto Works, Spy Shots Tagged B-Class, BAIC, beijing, Beijing Auto Show, car, E-Series, island, launch, March, Saab, suv, test Comments 0

Trumpchi GS5 rolls down the production line, pricing announced.

Guangzhou Auto Company…

Mar 2, 2012 Posted by In Guangzhou Auto Tagged GS5, industry news, New Car, suv, Trumpchi Comments 0

Latest Honda CRV lands in China

The latest generation of…

Feb 24, 2012 Posted by In Guangzhou Honda, Industry News Tagged career, China, Chinese media, class, collar, CRV, Honda CRV, ladder, line, model, period, RAV, suv, warm welcome Comments 0

Suzuki Vitari to be made in China

Suzuki’s China line up largely consists of the Swift…

Feb 3, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged cars sales, China, China Suzuki, Grand, Grand Vitari, ground, Jimney, line, production, range, splash, status, suv, Suzkui, Suzuki, Suzuki Vitari, Vitari Comments 0

Another look at the Youngman Lotus SUV

Youngman are busy trying to buy Saab yet again, but their own car project has not been held back. Proton signed a deal to supply Youngman with parts, platforms and cars to develop their own brand which was originally called Europestar but swapped over to the Lotus name. Youngman’s involvement with Lotus/Proton has obviously moved on a step with the…

Feb 2, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged APX, Lotus, Spy Shots, suv, Youngman Comments 2

New BYD Mid-Size Sedan Spyshots, Looks Sharp

The year 2012Â promisesÂ to be a challenging year for all of China’s automakers, BYD is no exception. That said, BYD has at least two new vehicles due out in 2012 which look quite promising. The first, believed to be known at the F5, was revealed on CCT a few weeks ago. Now BYD is teasing a mid-size sedan due out in September, the L6.

Feb 1, 2012 Posted by Jeff Lundblad In Chinese Car News Tagged attempt, CCT, China, exception, G6, Mid, piece, series, size, suv, TID, version, year Comments 0

Porsche Owner Stages Sit In Protest Outside Porsche dealership

One Porsche owner was clearly upset with his recent 2.7 million RMB Cayenne purchase, after owing the SUV for just two months the owner found a string of problems with the super-SUV and tried to talk things over with the dealer in Shenzhen city, without a solution being found the owner towed the Cayenne to the dealership and staged a loud protest outside…

Jan 16, 2012 Posted by In Culture Tagged car, car owner, Cayenne, city, customer, hand, link, Porsche dealership, Porsche owner, Porsche Owner Stages, Protest, purchase, solution, Stages, suv, the dealership, truck Comments 17

Zhengzhou Nissan to get new models in 2012

Zhengzhou Nissan’s current model line up consists of several of Nissan’s older commercial vehicle products such as the first generation X-Terra (sold under the Paladin name), pick up trucks and of course the relatively new Nissan NV200 mini van. Zhengzhou Nissan’s sales have thus been limited by the models it sells, in 2012 it seems that Nissan will…

Jan 12, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged Dongfeng, line, model, models, nissan, Nissan NV200, Nissan Pathfinder, Pathfinder, production, shot, suv, van, vehicle, X-Terra, Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou Nissan, Zhengzhou-Dongfeng-Nissan Comments 0

Chang-an’s first SUV sighted out testing

The…

Jan 6, 2012 Posted by In Chang'an Motors, Spy Shots Tagged chana, changan, Spy Shots, suv Comments 0

Gleagle GX7 SUV Aiming to Hit Market in Early 2012

Geely hasn’t yet made its own SUV, whilst its rival over at Chery have been tootling along with their own Tiggo3 SUV for a number of years, Geely has recently invigorated its line up with the new Emgrand and Gleagle brands which have boosted the companies sales considerably. The Gleagle brand will be the first to benefit from some SUV-Love in the next…

Jan 6, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged Geely, Gleagle, GX7, spyshots, suv Comments 2

Lotus-Proton SUV sighted in China

The Youngman-Lotus range of cars have so far been targeted at second and third tier cities where the brand seems to have the strongest level of support, however the new SUV from Lotus will likely lift the brands awareness across China. This…

Jan 3, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Spy Shots Tagged Lotus, Lotus APX, Proton, Spy shot, Spyshot, suv, Youngman Comments 2

Buick Encore SUV spotted in China

How many SUV’s does GM make in China. Answer: 1. GM is synonymous with large trucks and gas guzzling cars, however the American company has only just introduced a single SUV into the Chinese market as a locally produced vehicle, the Chevrolet Captiva was first introduced in 2008 as a Korean built vehicle but was only just recently put into production…

Dec 30, 2011 Posted by In Spy Shots Tagged Buick, Encore, Spy Shots, suv Comments 0

Chang-an’s new SUV out testing

Chang’an unveiled their SUV concepts…

Dec 19, 2011 Posted by FrankF In Chang'an Motors, Spy Shots Tagged changan, Spy Shots, suv Comments 1

Riich X3 sighted yet again

The Riich X3 compact SUV may share a name with a more famous American made, Bavarian branded SUV, but the rest of the design is relatively unique when compared to other Chinese designed and developed SUV’s. The X3 has been codenamed T21 in the Chery internal naming system and should be launched in 2012 at the Beijing Auto Show where it will be packing…

Dec 1, 2011 Posted by In Chery Automobile, Spy Shots Tagged Chery, Riich, suv, X3 Comments 0

Brilliance V5 hits the market at the Guangzhou Auto Show

In one hall BMW was celebrating the launch of its…

Nov 25, 2011 Posted by In Guangzhou Auto Show Tagged brilliance, Guangzhou auto show, suv, V5 Comments 0