Piaggio NT3 to Take on the Tata Nano
5 Nov 2010, 17:12 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / At this week’s 2010 EICMA Moto Show in Milan the Italian scooter maker Piaggio has taken the wraps off its NT3 concept. The small car has three seats, uses a four door configuration and was de...
GM Reaches 2 Million Units Sales Milestone in China
4 Nov 2010, 13:15 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / General Motors has accomplished an amazing feat today, becoming the first global automaker to sell more than 2 million vehicles in China in one single year. GM holds another record of this type, bei...
GM to Sell Used Cars with SAIC in China
30 Oct 2010, 09:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The ties between American manufacturer GM and the Chinese from SAIC are growing ever stronger, with the two carmakers working together in more than just one segments of the automotive industry. ...
BYD Q3 Profit Shrinks and Disappears: 99 Percent Down
27 Oct 2010, 13:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Not long ago, Chinese automotive company BYD was aiming high; with quite a fair share of decent technologies, a warm market to be in and the backing of people like American billionaire Warren Buffet...
Volkswagen eBora Pure Electric Sedan Rumored
26 Oct 2010, 10:52 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German automaker Volkswagen and their two joint venture partners seem to be keen on invading China with electric cars, despite the lack of a national charging infrastructure. While Shanghai-VW are w...
China Restricts Access to Rare Earths
26 Oct 2010, 06:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Back in the last months of 2009, the Chinese government began stating out loud its goal of restricting the exports of rare earths, in an attempt to gain more control on a raw materials which are cur...
Oshkosh Opens Tianjin, China Plant
25 Oct 2010, 12:51 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A new facility designed to produce JLG access equipment for China and other Asian markets has been inaugurated today by Oshkosh in Tianjin, China. The manufacturing plant was completed in the spring...
Jaguar Land Rover to Establish Chinese JV
25 Oct 2010, 11:50 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Last year, China became the world’s largest automotive market, surpassing the U.S. This has led to an important focus shift in the automotive world, with carmakers pushing the country to the t...
Great Wall to Begin Production in Bulgaria
22 Oct 2010, 12:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Chinese manufacturer Great Wall, one of the few currently selling cars in some European countries, is planning to expand its offering and provide lower prices for its cars by building more of them l...
Audi No. 1 Million Sold in China
21 Oct 2010, 06:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For quite some time now, a record or milestone announced by any carmaker which sells its products in China is no longer surprising. We've seen how the Chinese automotive industry surpassed that...
2011 Volkswagen Passat to Get Chinese Long Wheelbase Version
18 Oct 2010, 09:06 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Volkswagen used the 2010 Paris Auto Show to introduce a facelifted version for the B6 generation Passat. The B7 Passat is based on the PQ46 platform of the B6 but comes with multiple styling changes...
Fiat Plans 200 Chinese Dealers in 2012
14 Oct 2010, 13:24 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Now that Fiat's US plans are getting closer to reality, the Italian company turns its interest to China, one of the largest auto markets and the only one that brought steady sales despite the e...
Geely Could Buy Opel's Antwerp Plant
11 Oct 2010, 09:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After snatching Volvo and facing criticism coming from all over the world, the Chinese chief executives within Geely went out shopping once again. The most attractive product has its roots in Europe...
Volvo Exec to Lead Chinese Manufacturing Operations
8 Oct 2010, 08:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The mixing of Scandinavian and Chinese cultures continues at Volvo after Geely took over the now former Ford unit. After earlier this week Volvo announced the appointment of Chinese Freeman Shen as ...
Johnson Controls to Build New Automotive Battery Plant in China
7 Oct 2010, 09:08 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Automotive batteries supplier Johnson Controls announced today it plans to invest $118 million to build a third automotive battery plant in China. The new plant is set be located in Chongqing, joini...
Ford to Build New Plant in China
26 Sep 2010, 08:15 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Taking advantage of the economic boom in China, as well as of the increased appeal of the local consumers for American vehicles, car manufacturer Ford announced today its decision to begin the build...
SAIC Planning to Buy GM IPO Shares
21 Sep 2010, 14:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The GM initial public offering (IPO) is causing quite an interest in China, where the American manufacturer's strongest partner, SAIC, is currently weighing its options and is considering wheth...
Daimler Trucks to Return to Profit
21 Sep 2010, 09:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Being one of, if not the largest truck manufacturer in the world, Daimler Trucks felt the full force of the economic meltdown of 2009. With the truck market dropping to half in the terrible year tha...
Nissan Opens New Plant in China
21 Sep 2010, 07:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Japanese manufacturer Nissan announced yesterday it will open, together with it Chinese partner, Zhengzhou Nissan, it's second plant in the country. Located in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. The fa...
Geely Picks Locations for Three Volvo Chinese Plants
20 Sep 2010, 13:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Rumors regarding a potential Chinese Volvo plant that would open its doors after Geely completes the transaction have surfaced even before officials of the two companies shook hands and smiled in fr...