Changan Ford Sales Grow 111 Percent
3 Sep 2009, 08:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / China continues to remain a major market for most automakers selling cars in the country and Changhan Ford is the living proof that these companies are doing pretty well. Changhan Ford posted record...
GM Sales Still Down, Despite CARS Thrust
3 Sep 2009, 07:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Despite a very good performance in China and the success of the CARS program, American manufacturer GM still didn't manage to beat its own sales record, set in August 2008. And, despite August ...
GM Reveals 49.6 Sales Increase in China
2 Sep 2009, 13:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Sales are going pretty well for General Motors in China, as the company today revealed that the first eight months of the year brought a 49.6 percent sales increase on an annual basis to 1,111,401 u...
Geely Debuts Di Hao Sedan
31 Aug 2009, 16:38 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chinese carmaker Geely recently launched the first EC718 Di Hao sedan, a model entirely designed and manufactured in house. The car will be offered with a 1.8-liter engine, also designed by the Chin...
SAIC to Suspend UK Plant Until 2010
31 Aug 2009, 14:51 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Similar to Chinese rivals, SAIC is sketching plans to launch cars across Europe. But the company has an entirely new market strategy and, according to recent reports, it wants to avoid the global re...
BYD Wants Sales of 400,000 Cars in 2009
31 Aug 2009, 10:42 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chinese car company BYD has quite enthusiastic plans for 2009, with the company planning to sell around 400,000 vehicles in 2009, which basically means double figures compared to those of the previo...
GM and FAW Form Chinese Joint Venture
31 Aug 2009, 06:50 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors has just made another major step towards increasing its Chinese share by forming a 50-50 joint venture with FAW Group Corp. for the establishment of FAW - GM Light Duty Commercial Veh...
ESP to Rule China in 5 to 10 Years
27 Aug 2009, 13:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Electronic Stability Program (ESP) is going to become a must have feature in future new cars in China, Jennifer Jiang Director of Bosch China Marketing and Sales Controlling, Chassis Systems Con...
Chinese Chery Tiggo Released in Brazil
26 Aug 2009, 08:11 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chery is one of the Chinese automakers which are aiming to expand their offering overseas and this week launched the Tiggo in Brazil, a South American market which is also tackled by Chevrolet and o...
New Geely SUV in October
25 Aug 2009, 10:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chinese manufacturer Geely confirmed that its SUV production facility in Chengdu, capital city of southwest China's Sichuan province, will start building cars as soon as next month, which means...
BYD to Launch All-Electric e6 in the US in 2010
24 Aug 2009, 09:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BYD continues its expansion outside China, this time in the United States, one of the first countries to get the all-electric battery car as soon as next year. Chairman Wang Chuanfu told the WSJ tha...
Lamborghini China Sales Grow to 29 Cars
21 Aug 2009, 14:25 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Italian sports carmaker Lamborghini is becoming more popular in China, a country in which it improved its first half of the year figures by 32 percent to no less than 29 units. However, the company ...
Honda Starts Building Spirior/Accord in China
20 Aug 2009, 13:55 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Honda is one of the companies that are trying to benefit from the cheap labor costs in China and yesterday announced it started production of the Spirior, globally known as the Accord, at a Chinese ...
Ford Prepares for China's Attack
20 Aug 2009, 09:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Car Allowance Rebate System, which is now on the verge of closure, brought US automakers back on track and made them hope for better times in the future. Ford, the only major US-based car manufa...
Guangzhou to Build Jeep Compass for Chrysler
20 Aug 2009, 09:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Jeep Compass will be produced by Guangzhou Auto in central Chinese city of Changsha, becoming the first model to be made by this plant as part of the joint venture the Chinese automaker has with Fia...
Chinese Cash for Clunkers Continues Through 2010
19 Aug 2009, 15:09 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / China decided to extend the local cash for clunkers program into 2010 as the scheme has the potential to boost car sales even more through the cash incentives offered by the government. The Chinese ...
Hyundai Equus Launched in Beijing
19 Aug 2009, 15:07 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / South Korean manufacturer Hyundai yesterday launched the new Equus sedan in Beijing, the very first location outside the domestic market that gets the new luxury model. Pricing for the Chinese versi...
Kia Reveals 17.5 Percent Global Sales Increase in July
19 Aug 2009, 10:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Kia is one of the companies that benefit the most from government scrapping schemes around the world and this thing can be easily seen in the official sales figures rolled out by the carmaker a few ...
Changan Auto Prepares Third Plant in Chongqing
19 Aug 2009, 10:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chinese automakers are continuously seeking for new ways to expand their local businesses, driven forward by overseas companies who are seeing China as one of the most important auto sectors nowaday...
BYD to Supply Li-Ion Batteries to SAIC
18 Aug 2009, 14:21 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Just as we told you yesterday, Chinese manufacturer BYD signed a deal with a major local carmaker to supply lithium-ion batteries for powering a future electric vehicle. Today, the name of the secre...