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Is the New Jetta Heading to the Taxi Market?

The New VW Jetta has been out on Chinese roads for a few weeks now along with the New Santana which look virtually indistinguishable from each other and look fairly similar to the larger Bora and Lavida, the only real differences being the FAW-VW and SH-VW badging on the rear of the car. Autohome.com.cn are running with spy pictures of a ‘poverty specification’…

May 8, 2013 Posted by administrator In Chinese Car News, Industry News, Spy Shots Tagged 2013 VW Jetta, China Taxi, FAW-VW, Taxi Car, VW Jetta Comments 1

Mk2 VW Jetta to Continue Production in China Under Different Brand Name

The mk2 Jetta is a stalwart of the Chinese automotive industry,…

Feb 6, 2013 Posted by Ash In Industry News Tagged buyers, China, Chinese manufacturers, Chinese media, FAW-VW, Jetta, mk2 Jetta, new Jetta, New Santana, new vehicles, Old Jetta, Skoda Rapid, VW Jetta 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

Top Selling Cars in October 2012. Hyundai Elantra is China’s Favorite Car.

Its been another good month for car manufacturers, as normal the usual faces are making it into the top 10 passenger cars but the addition of the latest Hyundai Elantra is an interesting one. A revised fifth generation Elantra was only just launched in China, the Lang Dong was aired at the Beijing Auto Show in April and seems to be gathering speed with…

Nov 12, 2012 Posted by FrankF In Industry News Tagged addition, April, auto, Bora, Buick, car, car manufacturers, chevrolet, Chevrolet Cruze, China, Cruze, Dong, Elantra, Exelle, favorite, fifth generation Elantra, gathering, gen, generation, Hyundai, hyundai elantra, Lang, Lang Dong, Lavida, month, October, October 2012, Passat, Passenger, passenger cars, production, Sagitar, Sail, sale, selling, show, speed, top, Top Selling Cars, VW Bora, VW Jetta, VW Passat Comments 0

The New Jetta NF Readying for Launch

The new VW Jetta NF is readying itself for production, the NF will replace the mark 2 Jetta which seems to have been on Chinese roads for seemingly ever. The old Jetta is truly a workhorse, it was used as a taxi, police vehicle, government fleet car, and of course home users bought it as parts were spare cheap and the car could be run on
deferred maintenance…

Jun 14, 2012 Posted by In Spy Shots, Volkswagen Group China Tagged new VW Jetta, VW Jetta Comments 1

FAW-VW Sagitar (aka Jetta) to launch in March 2012

The latest generation of VW Jetta will hit the market in March 2012 according to recent Chinese media reports, the new Jetta will be sold under the Sagitar name plate as with the last generation of Jetta as of course the second generation Jetta is still on the market in China.

The new Jetta will come with the same 1.4T, 1.6 and 1.8T engines as the…