GM Opens New Production Plant in China
10 Dec 2010, 08:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors has just announced the opening of a new plant in China which will be operated together with its local partner FAW Group as part of a 50-50 joint venture they formed in 2009. The new f...
Volvo Shuffles Management, Readies China Strategy
10 Dec 2010, 08:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / What was a few months back a reason for joy for both the Chinese from Geely and the Swedish from Volvo slowly began turning into something entirely different. Rumors about possible internal Geely-Vo...
Renault Latitude to Star at Guangzhou Auto Show
9 Dec 2010, 10:34 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Renault will present the Chinese flavor of the Renault Latitude at the 8th Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition which will be open to the public between December 21 and December 27. Sales o...
Chinese Chevrolet Aveo Coming in 2011
9 Dec 2010, 10:24 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Now that Chevrolet has introduced the new Aveo at the Paris Auto Show in Europe, the company is also looking into ways to bring the car in other large markets as well, including China. And according...
GM EN-V Makes It into China Hot 100 List
8 Dec 2010, 08:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Presented at this year's World Expo in Shanghai, the GM-SAIC EN-V concepts have been already recognized as possible trendsetters in the future. The three models have been included in the 2010 H...
Volvo Won't Ship Chinese-Built Cars to India
7 Dec 2010, 17:05 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / A Volvo official from China stated the company does not intend to ship cars from its proposed manufacturing facility in China to India. The Swedish brand was bought by China's Zhejiang Geely Ho...
China Auto Imports More than Double
7 Dec 2010, 15:42 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Automobile imports to China have more than doubled in the first 10 months of this year, compared to the sales figures of last year. The number of passenger cars imported reached 628,100 units from J...
Geely and Volvo Still Negotiating Chinese Plants
7 Dec 2010, 14:31 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / In spite of their recent arguments, Geely and Volvo are negotiating an increased production of Volvo vehicles in China. Geely is keen on building three new plants in its home country and increase Vo...
AC Propulsion Expands Electric Drive Manufacturing in China
7 Dec 2010, 08:09 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / As part of a broader global expansion, AC Propulsion announced it has decided to expand its production capacity and upgrade manufacturing processes with a new facility in Beijing. The move doubles t...
Mitsubishi to Launch 1.6-liter ASX in China
6 Dec 2010, 14:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Mitsubishi is really keen on making its new ASX a real best-seller, so the company tries whatever it's possible to offer the crossover the necessary features to reach its goal. In China for exa...
Chinese Train Breaks Speed Record
6 Dec 2010, 08:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Fastest growing economy, fastest growing automotive market, why not fastest train, too? A long time goal of the Chinese has been achieved this weekend, after one of their trains managed to break the...
Renault Tests Chinese Market with Fluence EV
3 Dec 2010, 14:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A small number of Fluence EVs will be delivered by Renault to the Chinese market next year, in order to measure the success of a possible future move into the Asian electric car market made by the F...
Ford Felt Good in China in November
3 Dec 2010, 09:57 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / China is still a friendly market for American carmaker Ford, which continues to grow in the country and sell more vehicles each month. The company has just announced that it sold a total of 56,829 v...
Audi A7 Sportback in China in September 2011
2 Dec 2010, 13:42 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Audi will introduce the new A7 Sportback in China as soon as September 2011, confirmed Dominique Boesch, general manager of the Audi Sales Division at FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Co Ltd. The new model...
Toyota to Offer Hybrid Technology to Chinese Partner
2 Dec 2010, 10:24 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Toyota recently ruled out the possibility to start building hybrid cars in China so, in order to be able to compete against powerful names such as Volkswagen and General Motors, the Japanese company...
BYD F3 Mass Production Begins in Russia
1 Dec 2010, 10:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BYD F3 is slowly becoming a global product and this perfectly complies with the parent company's enthusiastic plans to become the world's number one carmaker by 2025. The car has entered p...
Ford to Launch Kuga in China
1 Dec 2010, 06:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Ford, one of the global carmakers with a very busy plan for the Chinese market, is currently in the process of preparing the launch of the Kuga SUV on the local market, as a means to tap into a segm...
Taiwan at the Top of Auto Electronics Producers
30 Nov 2010, 11:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With an automotive market which absorbs more and more cars every year, China is slowly becoming at the same time an important component supplier for the global auto industry. The companies working ...
Ghost Pushes Rolls Royce Sales in China
30 Nov 2010, 09:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd. plans to sell 800 cars in China in 2011 as it aims to raise sales eightfold in two years in the world’s largest auto market. The company managed to sell 500 new car...
Chinese Carmakers Looking to Buy Pininfarina
30 Nov 2010, 09:33 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / It's becoming a common thing to see Chinese companies involved in businesses all over the world and, after failing to snatch two or three big names in Europe, they are back for more. This time,...