BYD EV Will Not Be
17 Mar 2010, 08:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The long acclaimed electric vehicle to be built for the Chinese market by local manufacturer BYD will no longer hit the market by mid-2010, after the carmaker / battery manufacturer plans to the a m...
China's "Auto City" Plans to More than Double Production Capacity
15 Mar 2010, 17:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Changchun, the Chinese “auto city”, announced that it intends to more than double its vehicle production capacity by 2015, planning to reach a production output of 3 million units/year b...
Chinese Automakers Asked to Improve Quality Standards
15 Mar 2010, 13:11 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Chinese automotive market is passing through a booming period, but domestic automakers must make sure that they can sustain the sales growth by offering a complete range of services and maintain...
Nissan to Open New Design Studio in Beijing
15 Mar 2010, 07:36 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / China is a very important car market, so more and more automakers tend to open factories there. Nissan took things even further, as Nissan (China) Investment Co., Ltd. (NCIC), a Nissan subsidiary in...
Chinese February Commercial Vehicles Sales Up 21.5 Percent
10 Mar 2010, 13:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Chinese commercial vehicles market expanded by 21.5 percent in February, as compared to the same month of 2009, managing to reach 268,600 units. However, the sales can be translated into a 22.87...
Volvo Acquisition Proceeding According to Plan
8 Mar 2010, 07:45 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Zhejiang Geely Holdings, the initiator of the Geely-Volvo acquisition, said that the long awaited agreement has not been signed yet but the takeover will proceed according to the company’s pla...
Avis Expanding Chinese Operations
5 Mar 2010, 13:38 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Avis Europe will extend its business in China, quadrupling its centers in the country, as it’s sales on European market have failed to meet expectations, as Bloomberg reports. Avis Europe&r...
Volvo's Sale to Geely Won't Be Derailed
4 Mar 2010, 09:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even if the sale of HUMMER to Sichuan Tengzhong failed to go through, Geely is still in discussion to complete the Volvo acquisition, representatives of the Swedish brand said at the 2010 Geneva Aut...
OnStar Reaches 1,000 Users Milestone in China
4 Mar 2010, 08:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two months after GM's OnStar has been launched in China, the company announced, not without sime sense of pride, it managed to reach the 1,000 users milestone on February 28, when Shanghai OnSt...
Akio Toyoda Apologizes to China
1 Mar 2010, 15:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As announced since yesterday, Toyota's CEO Akio Toyoda traveled to China to make amends for the company's huge recall. Then CEO apologized in front of 300 reporters in Beijing but, unlike ...
Top Chinese Commercial Vehicles Producer Reports Tripled 2009 Profit
1 Mar 2010, 13:57 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / More and more automakers take advantage of China’s booming car market, with both domestic and imported brands enjoying increasing sales. China’s largest commercial vehicles producer, Bei...
Toyota to Address Safety Issues in Beijing
28 Feb 2010, 20:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following a week like no other for Japanese carmaker Toyota's management in the US, the battle to win back the hearts and minds of consumers will move to China, where Toyota will address the sa...
China-Built Volkswagen Passat CC Goes Live in June
26 Feb 2010, 11:31 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Moving a quarter, a half or even the whole production of a specific model production to China seems to be a smart choice for today's automakers, as this particular country is one of the few tha...
Geely Out for Shopping, Buys Zhongyu
26 Feb 2010, 10:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Geely Automobile, the Chinese company that will most likely take control of Volvo, went out for shopping once again, this time purchasing Zhongyu Automotive, a company whose main focus is the produc...
Tire Producers Plan Expansion in the Chinese Market
25 Feb 2010, 10:28 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Top global tire producers are currently developing expansion plans for the Chinese market, as they are willing to take full advantage of sustained growth posted by the world’s largest auto mar...
GM Scraps HUMMER Sale, Kills the Brand
25 Feb 2010, 07:37 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After months of negotiations and denial that HUMMER might be killed if the deal with Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines Co. fails to go through, General Motors today confirmed that it will ...
Chinese Ministry of Commerce Has Not Rejected the Tengzhong-Hummer Deal
24 Feb 2010, 11:20 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Yesterday, we reported that Tengzhong, the Chinese company that intends to acquire Hummer from General Motors could try to perform the deal through Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co, a...
Mazda Plans to Expand Its Production Capacity in China
23 Feb 2010, 13:36 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Mazda Motor Company has recently announced that it wants to expand its production capacity in China, in order to satisfy the increasing demand in the country, as Bloomberg reports. “We need...
Tengzhong Still Struggling to Buy Hummer
23 Feb 2010, 10:28 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Tengzhong - Hummer acquisition story has been going on for a while and, as you know, the Chinese company’s plan has not been received well by the Chinese authorities. Tengzhong could use a...
Chinese Carmakers Increase 2010 Sales Targets
22 Feb 2010, 15:14 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / After China’s vehicle market registered a 124 percent year on year increase in January, the country’s car producers have increased their sales targets for 2010, aiming to continue the as...