Honda Airbag Recall Expanded in China, 553,000 Cars Affected
16 Dec 2014, 15:33 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Just as if the Honda Takata-related recall in the United States wasn’t enough of a handful, the Asian carmaker is now the subject of a call back campaign in China. It seems like approximately ...
DS Brand to Open 50 Dealerships in Europe Next Year, Launch 6 All-New Models by 2020
12 Dec 2014, 14:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Founded in March 2010 with the funky DS3, the DS family is a little posher than the average C3 or so wants the automaker for us to think. To be utmost frank, the DS range isn’t that wow when c...
Tesla China President Veronica Wu Leaving The EV Automaker
12 Dec 2014, 13:31 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It’s a bit curious how the largest and most dynamic new car market in the world proved to be too much of a hassle for a top automotive manager in China. According to a recent report, Tesla Chi...
China’s New Microwave Pain Weapon Comes on a Shacman 2000 Truck
11 Dec 2014, 19:51 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / China has recently unveiled its millimeter-wave beam-projecting non-lethal anti-riot system. Similar to the Active Denial System version unveiled by US-based Raytheon, the ground-braking system was ...
Chinese Commercial Line Makes World’s Longest Train Journey
10 Dec 2014, 15:53 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / A 13,052 kilometers (8,110 miles) journey between the Chinese city of Ywu and the Spanish capital has come to an end the other day thus seting a new record for the world’s longest train journe...
China Unveils New High Speed Rail that Travels 914 Miles in 7 Hours
9 Dec 2014, 19:19 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / China is taking another step in its ambitious plans to have the largest, fastest and most technologically advances railway system in the world by 2020. Starting with Wednesday (December 10) Chinese ...
Shanghai GM Sold Over 10 Million Automobiles Since 1997
9 Dec 2014, 16:27 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Founded 17 years ago, Shanghai General Motors Company Ltd is the joint venture between China-based automaker SAIC Motor and GM. Although the first vehicle of the venture was manufactured in 1999, Sh...
Italjet Shows Buccaneer 250i, a New Retro Café-Scrambler
9 Dec 2014, 14:32 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We mentioned about Italjet’s plans to start manufacturing electric motorcycles, in a way using its electric bicycle platform as starting ground. Now it’s time for another piece of pleasa...
Tesla China to Use NavInfo Satellite Navigation
9 Dec 2014, 12:50 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Chinese digital map provider NavInfo struck a deal with Tesla Motors for a problem with the China-spec Model S electric sedan. As we told you back in July, Elon Musk’s pride and joy is using G...
EV and Plug-In Hybrid Production Grew Tenfold in China in November
9 Dec 2014, 11:01 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / China’s problem with smog and air pollution in general needs to be fixed as soon as possible. The government is making all sorts of efforts to deal with the issues and it seems like results ar...
Geely GC9 Is a Classy New Chinese Sedan
8 Dec 2014, 13:21 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Everybody who has heard about Chinese carmaker Geely knows they are the fine folks who own Volvo. However, they make their own very interesting cars for the biggest new car market in the world and t...
Cadillac to Introduce 9 All-New Models in China Over the Next 5 Years
7 Dec 2014, 08:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / According to November sales figures in the United States, Cadillac moved a lot less vehicles than any other brand in the General Motors portfolio. You might say that’s normal because Caddies a...
Shanghai Man Builds $250 Mini-Car, Comes with an Engine, Brakes and Sound System
4 Dec 2014, 17:44 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / While the toy car industry is expanding as fast as the bicycle one, some people out there still believe they can do a better job themselves. It’s the case of this Chinese man from Shanghai who...
Chinese Builds Wooden Electric Vehicle, “Arms” It with Radars and Missiles
4 Dec 2014, 17:05 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / It might not be the lumberjack-vehicle Brymer Mugford created when he made his own Toyota pickup truck re-bodied in wood, nor is it a wooden Bugatti Veyron replica. But what really makes this Chines...
The Biggest Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Fan in China Drives a Passat
4 Dec 2014, 14:13 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / You might’ve heard about this car from Lamborghini, the one made almost completely out of carbon fiber that weighs just 999 kg (2,202 lbs), right? It’s name is Sesto Elemento and unlike ...
Chinese Motorist Drives Car into Giant Sinkhole
2 Dec 2014, 13:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / I think everybody will agree that the apocalyptic movie "2012" is among the worst ever made, not helped at all by the acting of John Cusack. But I did like the beginning of the movie, w...
China Now Has over 300 Million Motorists on Its Streets
2 Dec 2014, 09:50 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / For quite some time now, China has become the sole biggest auto market in the world and demand keeps on rising based on the Chinese people’s newfound wealth. The number of motorists has increa...
Foreign Biker Stands Up to Driver after He Used Bike Lane in Beijing
28 Nov 2014, 18:59 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / When this Chinese driver decided to skip traffic and drive his car on a bike lane in Beijing, things took quite an unexpected turn. Even though he almost made it to the end of the crowded road, at o...
Top Gear Comes to China without Jeremy, James and Richard
28 Nov 2014, 12:55 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / For a while, we all thought the Chinese were a backwards people who all traveled on bicycles and rickshaws. And to a degree, they really were because the local government discouraged people from own...
Chinese Automaker JAC Copies Audi A6, Calls it Refine A6
28 Nov 2014, 11:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Should Chinese car companies be allowed to copy every important design made by West? We think not, but there doesn't seem to be a way to stop them, especially as local authorities are turning a...