Toyota Planning New Brand for China
25 Feb 2011, 14:12 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just like some other brands in the industry, Japanese manufacturer Toyota is planning to create an entirely new brand that will be in charge with building and selling small cars in China. After Gene...
Volvo to Build Plant in China
25 Feb 2011, 08:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having been taken over by Chinese company Geely last year, Volvo has been hard at work trying to create a strategy which would insure it the success on the largest auto market in the world. The plan...
Opel to Debut in China this Year
24 Feb 2011, 10:23 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / German brand Opel is very likely to make its comeback in China as soon as this year, with the first models scheduled to arrive in a few months. A report by Gasgoo.com shows that Opel has already inf...
After India, Rolls Royce Wants Bigger Sales in China
23 Feb 2011, 15:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Rolls Royce is experiencing bigger sales in Asia and, of course, the company wants to fully benefit from this boom by bringing new models and opening new dealerships in the country. Company official...
smart fortwo Is China's Most Fuel-Efficient Car
23 Feb 2011, 14:35 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / At this point, creating the most fuel efficient vehicle out there is the main priority for many car manufacturers and, up until now, hybrids and electric vehicles seem to be the easiest way to do th...
Hyundai Looking for Rare Earths
23 Feb 2011, 06:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As hybrid and electric vehicles have a good chance of becoming the predominant vehicles on the automotive market in the decades to come, those who plan ahead can't help but worrying how their s...
GM to Bring Automatic Transmissions in BaoJun 630
22 Feb 2011, 07:29 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / When General Motors officially introduced the BaoJun brand in China, the company said it would only sell affordable models, which made people think that vehicles sold under the new badge would come ...
BYD Slashes Prices Aiming for Bigger Sales
21 Feb 2011, 15:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chinese carmaker BYD still fights to make its dream of becoming the world's number one carmaker come true but sales remained pretty low in the last couple of months. But the company hopes that ...
600 New Electric Taxis for China
21 Feb 2011, 10:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As the automotive industry grows bigger, state authorities are trying to make China a cleaner country and one of the first steps done in this regard is the introduction of electric taxis. Several ci...
New Toyota Vios, from China with Love
21 Feb 2011, 08:23 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota has already confirmed its plans to take over China and benefit from its growing market, so the Japanese carmaker will launch new affordable models accompanied by green projects to tackle the ...
Dark Side of China: $45Bn Worth of Fake Parts to Flood the Market
16 Feb 2011, 14:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / When China became the largest auto market in the world not so long ago, following a remarkable climb to the top, the world seemed to have forgotten one key aspect, a label which has stuck to the wor...
Subaru Finds New Soulmate in China
16 Feb 2011, 10:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Penetrating the Chinese market seems to be an easy job for every carmaker out there since there are so many buyers waiting in line for new cars, but the toughest job is to deal with competition. And...
Chinese Cars in India, a Match Made in Heaven
15 Feb 2011, 14:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / China and India are surely the two auto markets that have grown the most in the last couple of years, defying the economic recession and selling millions of cars per year. But how about a mix of the...
Chinese State Authorities Go for Foreign Cars Too
15 Feb 2011, 13:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / We're not saying that Chinese cars are less good or something like that, but we really believe in the power of example, especially when it comes to buying a new car. And as far as some Chinese ...
GM Commits to China, Promises Aggressive Plan
15 Feb 2011, 13:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Left pretty much unattended over the past few years, the Chinese market has slowly grown to become the largest in the world. For car makers the likes of GM, China meant salvation in 2009 (and since)...
Wuling to Sell GM's "Trash"
15 Feb 2011, 13:31 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors has already emphasized that its Chinese lineup will receive a lot of new additions in the next couple of years, but it seems like the upgrades the American-based carmaker was talking ...
Can You Say Top Gear in Chinese?
15 Feb 2011, 13:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If you're not Chinese, odds are you can't. On the other hand, judging by the way in which Chinese love to do things, chances are that soon we will all learn how to say it; because, if you ...
Toyota and FAW Developing New Electric Vehicle
15 Feb 2011, 11:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / China is currently one of the most attractive markets for global carmakers and, although most are investing in the local auto sector, only a few actually have the guts to tackle the green car segmen...
GM to Bring 20 New or Upgraded Models in China
15 Feb 2011, 10:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors sees China as a real paradise, especially because it keeps growing in terms of new cars sales, a fact which mostly translates into bigger sales for the US-based car giant. And because...
China Car Imports Almost Doubled in 2010
15 Feb 2011, 09:56 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Chinese customers bought nearly twice as many new foreign cars last year as in 2009. Japanese and German models were by far the most desired by customers looking to upgrade their vehicles, an indust...