MINI Chinese Job: World Record for Tightest Parallel Parking
3 Jun 2012, 16:30 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / MINI has done it again: the carmaker managed to squeeze a MINI in a space smaller than the car itself... we're joking of course. However, a new parallel parking Guinness World Record has been i...
Youngman Refuse to Give Up on Saab
2 Jun 2012, 16:20 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After a failed attempt to buy what’s left of Saab, and reports that a Swedish company was also interested, Chinese company Youngman Motors refuses to give up on the purchase. Following thei...
Chinese Clones - The Story of Soulless and Affordable Cars
4 Jun 2012, 08:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The recession is over, automakers are back on their feet and yet, China remains one of the most, if not the most, important auto markets in the whole world. The reasons are many, but we won'...
Ford to Build Explorer in China in 2015
1 Jun 2012, 10:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ford famously defended its F-150 pickup truck from being copied in China by protecting its lines with local copyrights. It was a true victory for the automaker, but it raised the question as to why ...
Jaguar-Land Rover’s Excellent China Sales Drive Up Profits
31 May 2012, 15:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Apparently, nowadays, every car manufacturer and their dog want a piece of the China action. And it has proven to be very good action for all the manufacturers who pushed for the opening of dealersh...
Rubber Stockpiles Indicate China Boom Slowing
31 May 2012, 08:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Automakers see the drop in Chinese demand this year as being something of a blip, as the market is nowhere near saturation right now. But there are indications the auto bubble has indeed burst. ...
Chinese Government Plans Financial Backing for Energy-Saving Vehicles
30 May 2012, 15:03 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / According to Auto News China, Chinese officials are looking into allocating as much as 2-billion yuan ($403-/€324- million) every year for the development of alternatively-powered vehicles...
Chrysler to Launch the 300C in China in June
30 May 2012, 13:53 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The new generation of Chrysler’s 300C improves on its predecessor, which according to Jeremy Clarkson was styled by Al Capone, in every single way. So, the new 300C, which is also on sale in E...
Scrappage Scheme to Be Revived by Chinese Government
30 May 2012, 08:38 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Scrappage schemes have been used successfully in 14 European states, ever since the dreaded recession hit us in 2008, with Norway using a version of the system as far back as 1978. Furthermore, in R...
Infiniti to Sell 500,000 Cars World-Wide by 2016
29 May 2012, 11:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With the premium German manufacturers already on their way to making millions of cars among themselves, only in China, Infiniti, a brand which recently opened its headquarters in Hong Kong, wants a ...
BMW Opens New Factory in China
29 May 2012, 10:54 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Nothing seems to stand in the way of BMW’s expansion into China. After joining forces with Brilliance Automotive 2003 and beginning production of BMW-badged cars in China in 2004. On May 24...
BYD Stocks Drop After EV Taxi Fire Incident
29 May 2012, 08:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Stock values are always a sensitive matter, with their value constantly changing, according to what the market is doing, and what the company is doing at the same time, as negative events tend to ma...
Chinese Automaker Dongfeng Makes Blatant Copy of Cadillac SRX
28 May 2012, 14:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Why is it that whenever a Chinese manufacturer decides that they want to copy a car, they always seem to pick the wrong one? Like that copy of the Matiz which frankly is pointless, though there&rsqu...
Drunk Driver in GT-R Causes Fatal Accident in China - EV Taxi Catches Fire
28 May 2012, 08:37 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Nissan GT-R is a great handling car. It’s partly down to its excellent chassis with all-wheel drive traction and partly down to its very clever electronic brain which always manages to kee...
Buick Encore Coming to China in November
25 May 2012, 15:15 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Buick’s new semi-luxurious compact crossover, the Encore, will go on sale in China near the end of the year, in November. With the Regal and LaCrosse already on the market, this will be Buick&...
Citroen DS4 and DS5 to Be Launched in China on June 28
25 May 2012, 14:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Citroen’s DS, despite its historic name suggesting the iconic DS of the 1960s, has absolutely nothing to do with the old car, and it cannot be associated with it in any way. That is generally ...
VW Officials Apologize for Faulty DSG Gearbox in China
25 May 2012, 14:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite Volkswagen’s DSG gearboxes being generally bulletproof, Chinese customers have had problems with their DSG-equipped cars since last year. VW officials have acknowledged the faults, hav...
Automakers Show Off their Cars Ready For Chinese Police Duty
25 May 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Unlike their counterparts in Europe, who usually get really rather bad cars as their standard-issue transportation, in China all the major automakers make a police version of one (or more) of their ...
Future Chinese PSA Dealerships to Cater for Both Citroen and Peugeot
25 May 2012, 13:26 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Following the recent opening of a Citroen dealership immediately adjacent to a Peugeot dealership and combining them into a single entity, Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile Co. have announced thei...
Saab May Be Bought by Swedish Electric Car Firm
25 May 2012, 08:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Saab story has definitely saddened the automotive world, but it’s not finished yet, and from the looks of it, it’s going to be more of an on-going thing, until everything is sorted o...