Honda CR-Z Set for July 13 China Launch
10 Jul 2012, 15:29 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While Honda’s clever sporty hybrid CR-Z has yet to break any sales records thus far, the Japanese giant will try to sell it to the Chinese, starting next month. The car is set for a July 13th ...
Japanese Truck Maker Hino Planning Aggressive Growth in 2013
10 Jul 2012, 11:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Hino Motors Ltd., one of Japan’s leading truck manufacturers, is set for an aggressive approach to growth, for the coming period. The company managed to shift 128,466 units in the 2011/2012 fi...
Annual EV Sales to Surpass 152,000 Units in China by 2017
9 Jul 2012, 11:01 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The global EV market is on the rise, and its rising at a rate which is already surpassing predictions made 10 years ago. Since this is now a global trend, and China is a huge player on the global ca...
Audi Delays Plans to Overtake BMW to 2020
9 Jul 2012, 09:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Bavarians do things their own way and they seem to be doing them right, as Audi has realized it will take longer to overtake them than was previously expected. In an interview with German pub...
How Demand from China and Russia Saved the G-Wagon
8 Jul 2012, 11:17 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / G-Class or G-Wagen is short for Geladewagen, which stands for cross-country vehicle in German. It’s currently being produced in Graz, Austria, but has been on the market as a civilian vehicle...
Spyshots: Chinese Qoros Sedan in Europe
5 Jul 2012, 15:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Qoros Auto is a Chinese carmaker with its headquarters in Shanghai and owned jointly by Chery and Israel Corporation. The name of the company is invented, with the ‘q’ standing for quali...
Skoda Celebrates Five Successful Years in China
5 Jul 2012, 08:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While people in Europe are doing horrible things to their cars, Czech automaker, Skoda, is celebrating five years of successful activity in China, along with group partner, Volkswagen. The Chinese m...
Marchionne Announces Introduction of Alfa Romeo in China
4 Jul 2012, 13:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Alfa Romeo is a globally renowned brand which has a history closely tied to its motorsport heritage, as well as its stunningly designed cars which have been some of the best examples of automotive d...
Bentley Sales Are 32% Higher Than in 2011
4 Jul 2012, 12:17 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With most manufacturers experiencing substantial sales increases, the luxury car segment in general and Bentley in particular could not have been left out. The British manufacturer is reporting a 32...
VW and Audi - Favourites of Chinese Buyers
3 Jul 2012, 10:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / As China’s economy keeps growing, there will be more and more people who will be able to afford increasingly luxurious cars. Audi is a brand well aware of this fact, offering many China-specif...
Guangzhou Cars Registrations Capped at 10,000 Per Month
2 Jul 2012, 13:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The city of Guangzhou, a booming center of Chinese industry and economy, the capital of the administrative region of Guangdong, and China’s third largest city with 12.7-million inhabitants is ...
Faulty Volkswagen DSG Gearboxes Reported in Europe
2 Jul 2012, 07:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We have been informed that owners of Euro-spec VW cars (Polo, Golf and Scirocco) are reporting similar problems to the ones that caused a massive recall in China (500,000-strong). The issue has been...
Citroen Launches DS4 and DS5 in China
29 Jun 2012, 14:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Chinese people are able to, as of yesterday, to feast their eyes on what Europe’s finest car designers have come up with: the Citroen DS4 and DS5 (which we recently tested and enjoyed very...
New Chrysler 300C Hits China
28 Jun 2012, 11:18 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The current generation Chrysler 300C was released last year, but despite the car being a considerably better package than its predecessor and having clever marketing campaign to back it up, it wasn&...
Dongfeng-Nissan to Build New Chinese Plant
25 Jun 2012, 09:28 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Nissan’s Chinese partner, Dongfeng Motor Co. Ltd. have announced the building of an all-new plant in Dalian, Liaoning Province. The building costs for the plant are expected to be around the $...
Great-Looking Alfa Romeo SUV Already Built in China
22 Jun 2012, 07:23 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Yes, the title is true, but not in the way you might expect. After copying the BMW X1, in the form of a compact SUV called V5, Chinese automaker Zonghua has struck again, this time, though, with an ...
BYD F3 Comes With Remote Which Moves the Car
21 Jun 2012, 14:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / You thought Chinese car manufacturers were only good at copying stuff. Well, not any more! Meet the first original piece of tech to be fitted to a Chinese-engineered and built vehicle. The BYD F3 co...
Fiat Viaggio - Spotted Driving in Italy
21 Jun 2012, 13:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite not having a clear launch date (or one at all), Fiat’s Viaggio was spotted on the roads of Turin, Italy, last week. It would be the first Fiat saloon sold in Europe in a long time, and...
Fiat Viaggio - New Official Photos Released
21 Jun 2012, 13:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While the Fiat Viaggio is already on sale in China, Europeans will still have to wait a while for the car to arrive in dealerships. If you were having doubts, the car is coming to European showrooms...
Tesla Roadster to Be Driven Around the World in 80 Days
19 Jun 2012, 14:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After having successfully completed a pan-European tour in a Tesla Roadster last year, Spanish-born entrepreneur Rafael de Mestre, whom we met in June of 2011, has already begun a much more challeng...