China Car Sales Slow in January
14 Feb 2011, 16:35 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Passenger car sales in China slowed in January as tax breaks for fuel-efficient cars ended and over-congested cities tightened the number of new license-plate registrations in order to reduce pollut...
Geely Aims to Enter World's Top 500 Companies
11 Feb 2011, 15:42 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After completing the Volvo takeover, the guys over at Geely have become much more optimistic, with their goals clearly pointing to milestones the Chinese would have never been able to achieve before...
General Motors China Sales Jumped 22.3% in January
11 Feb 2011, 15:37 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / General Motors announced on Wednesday that its sales in China increased 22.3 percent in January on a yearly basis, while also setting a new all-time monthly record. The US car giant has sold 268,071...
First Chinese Model Launched Down Under
11 Feb 2011, 10:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The fact that Chinese automakers are hoping to conquer the whole world with their incredibly affordable models is not a new thing anymore, so you shouldn't be too surprised to find out that the...
GM's Chinese Year Kicks Off in Style
10 Feb 2011, 06:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Not exactly the Chinese year (which started on February 3 and is called the Year of the Rabbit, by the way), but the fact did remains: GM's operations in China are off to a flying start in 2011...
India on Track to Become Fourth Largest Auto Market
7 Feb 2011, 13:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / India has grown a lot in the last few years despite the economic downturn that smashed carmakers' profits from all over the world. Just like China, India slowly turned into a huge and very attr...
Chinese MINI Countryman in the Works
7 Feb 2011, 08:23 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / MINI brought at the Guangzhou Auto Show in December the company's first-ever SUV and, although a lot of people were damn sure that the model will go on sale anytime soon, chief executives remai...
Opel to Launch New Antara in China
7 Feb 2011, 08:11 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Earlier today, we told you that General Motors, just like other carmakers selling cars in China, is trying to take advantage of the local boom by building cars in the country and selling them elsewh...
GM to Sell Chinese-Built Chevrolet Sail in Foreign Markets
7 Feb 2011, 08:01 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The fact that more and more Chinese carmakers are concentrating their efforts on the Chinese market is not a new thing anymore, but some of them are actually looking into ways to benefit the most fr...
Ford to Develop New Low-Cost Saloon
3 Feb 2011, 15:40 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Chinese market has become one of the most important ones for many carmakers, so it’s natural that it is on its way to receiving dedicated new developments. Case in point with Ford’s ...
Paul Casey Wins Volvo Golf Champions in Bahrain
31 Jan 2011, 11:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Whereas the auto makers conducting their business in the US have the Super Bowl, for instance, the Swedish from Volvo have quite a passion for golf. A major support of the sport, and sponsor of seve...
Taiwan Will Set Quota on Mainland Car Imports
28 Jan 2011, 06:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / During the second round of Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) negotiations, expected to be held sometime after the Chinese New Year, Taiwan is believed to place a quota on automotive im...
MINI Countryman in China Next Month
27 Jan 2011, 09:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / China is an attractive market for MINI too, as the iconic British brand has posted pretty impressive sales in 2010, with deliveries growing 140 percent as compared to the year before. And of course,...
BYD Working on New Compact Sedan
27 Jan 2011, 09:13 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The future will be a lot brighter for Chinese carmaker BYD which not only plans to debut in the United States in the years to come but also works on a number of projects, more appealing to the auto ...
Volvo Moves in New Chinese HQ
26 Jan 2011, 12:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having been passed over so smoothly by Ford to the Chinese from Geely last year, Swedish manufacturer Volvo is slowly coming to terms with the new management and, despite a few problems experienced ...
Porsche Sales Explode in China in 2010
26 Jan 2011, 11:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The awful year German sport car manufacturer had in 2009 is now behind it. Building on the newly found love it shares with the company it once tried to take over, Volkswagen, Porsche enjoyed enough ...
Volvo China Open to Take Place in April
26 Jan 2011, 06:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the most active car manufacturers when it comes to their involvement in niche sports like golf and yachting, Volvo is getting ready to kick off the 17th edition of the Volvo China Open, the o...
Chinese Stealth Fighter Looks Pretty Familiar...
25 Jan 2011, 15:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / So, here we have it, a photo of the newest Chinese-built stealth fighter. Look closely. Now look again, this time at the other photo, featured a few lines down. Anything? Of course not. The Chin...
Porsche Won't Build the Cajun in China
25 Jan 2011, 10:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A few weeks ago, it has emerged that Porsche might be looking into ways to produce the upcoming baby SUV called Cajun in China, while other models could be brought into local assembly facilities in ...
Toyota Remains World's Number One Carmaker
24 Jan 2011, 15:47 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Now that General Motors has released its sales results for calendar year 2010, it's clear enough that Toyota managed to remain the world's number one carmaker, despite the numerous problem...