Volkswagen Posts Strong Q1 2010
19 Apr 2010, 15:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As it happened with most manufacturer's across the world, the numbers depicting the sales for the first quarter of the year were encouraging for German group Volkswagen as well. Europe's l...
Citroen Reveals Chinese Designed Metropolis Concept
19 Apr 2010, 08:02 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Citroen has revealed the first photos of its Metropolis concept, a big luxury saloon that will be officially unveiled at the Shanghai Expo next month, Autocar reports. Bigger than a long-wheelbas...
Jenson Button Tops Bizzare First Practice in China
16 Apr 2010, 05:09 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jenson Button topped the first practice session on the Shanghai circuit this weekend, but somehow we hardly consider that the main news of this morning's action in China. Probably the most stra...
Sauber, Williams, Ferrari, Mercedes to Debut F-Duct System in China
15 Apr 2010, 14:44 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although it was initially believed that only BMW Sauber-Ferrari will use an own-developed F-duct system during the Chinese Grand Prix, a trick that would bring them some extra speed on straight line...
Mazda Recalls 90,000 Vehicles in China and Japan
15 Apr 2010, 09:12 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Mazda is recalling some 90,000 cars sold in China and Japan because of a possible oil leakage problem. The recall concerns the compact Mazda3 model, of which 54,000 units are to be recalled in China...
Petrov Aims to Finish the Race in China
14 Apr 2010, 10:21 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Renault is currently 5th overall in the Formula One manufacturers' classification, sitting on 30 points after 3 races, but none of that is the result of rookie Vitaly Petrov's input (at le...
Asian Premiere of the MINI Countryman at the 2010 Beijing Auto Show
13 Apr 2010, 14:50 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / The Auto China Beijing 2010, scheduled from April 25 to May 2, will host the Asian premiere of the MINI Countryman, the brand’s first four-door vehicle, as well as the continental premiere of ...
India Trails China as Fastest Growing Auto Market
12 Apr 2010, 14:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Asian automotive boom which started last year in China continues in 2010 with the same Asian superpower driving automotive sales of last year's battered carmakers. What interesting is that ...
Wonder Auto Awarded Danyang City Electric Car Project
12 Apr 2010, 14:09 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Chinese automotive electrical parts manufacturer Wonder Auto Technology announced today it has won a pioneering project mandate with the Danyang City People's Government to develop and produce ...
Chinese Carmakers Warned About Overproduction
12 Apr 2010, 13:08 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / China is not only the world’s largest automotive market but also the world’s number one car producing country. However, the automotive producers must carefully monitor the sales trend in...
Geely Shares Drop after Profit Announcement
12 Apr 2010, 12:06 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Shares in Geely Automobile Holdings, the listed arm of China's largest private carmaker Geely, fell over 5 percent after the company posted an 8 percent fall in earnings in the second half of 2...
New EV Charging Station Built in China
12 Apr 2010, 07:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Chinese automotive industry is moving towards new energy vehicles, in an effort to keep the country’s ever more crowded roads as green as possible. The latest example of a development ...
Passenger Car Sales Up 63 Percent in China in March
9 Apr 2010, 13:43 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / China's passenger car sales rose 63 percent in March 2010, a growth fueled by strong demand as a consequence of tax cuts and government subsidies, reports the Associated Press. 1.26 million aut...
Beijing Auto Show to Host 89 World Premieres
9 Apr 2010, 09:43 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Beijing Auto Show, which will be held between April 25 and May 2, will see 89 vehicles make their global debut, thus being a marker of China’s importance in the automotive world. Accord...
Mercedes-Benz Satisfied with March Sales
7 Apr 2010, 06:13 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German brand Mercedes-Benz today posted sales results for March, showing a positive trend, with sales up by nine percent compared to the same month last year. Moreover, it has delivered 15 percent m...
2010 BMW 5 Series LWB Full Details and Photos
31 Mar 2010, 08:04 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German carmaker BMW had just released the new long-wheelbase (LWB) BMW 5 Series Sedan, developed and built specifically for the Chinese market at BMW’s plant in Shenyang. The sedan features ne...
Ford CEO Personally Hands Over Focus to Chinese Customer
26 Mar 2010, 08:35 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / It doesn’t happen too often when buying a car to receive the keys directly from the company CEO himself. In fact, chances are quite close to none. That is why Harriet Luo, who was going to pic...
Roewe 350 Also Assembled in the UK
24 Mar 2010, 12:49 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / SAIC's (Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation) Roewe 350 hatchback will be assembled in both China and Great Britain (at the Longbridge production site), as autocar reports. The first uni...
FAW to Produce Trucks in South Africa
21 Mar 2010, 15:33 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / One of the top Chinese automotive producers, FAW Group Corporation, announced that it will expand its business to South Africa, where it plans to open a truck production site, as Xinhua reported. ...
Dongfeng Became Chinese CV Market Leader In February
19 Mar 2010, 13:26 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Chinese vehicle producer Dongfeng announced that it sold almost 40,000 commercial vehicles last month, thus becoming the Chinese CV market leader. Dongfeng Auto managed to sell 39,900 units l...