Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 GZ8 Bows in China
17 Sep 2012, 17:05 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When we offered you a virtual ride in a Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-5 Super Trofeo Stradale earlier today, we said that we expected Lambo to offer more special editions for the Gallardo until the Cab...
Smart ForTwo Gets Widebody Kit in China
17 Sep 2012, 14:31 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Smart ForTwo is one of the least-sporty cars ever conceived. It was specifically designed to be small, practical and efficient for in-town usage. Well, one of these cars was recently given a wid...
Skoda Announces Best August Sales Ever
17 Sep 2012, 13:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / With 67,700 units delivered in one month and an increase of 12.1 percent over the previous year. there’s little surprise that Czech carmaker Skoda is reporting its best August sales in the com...
The Umut - Hand-Made EV Carved Entirely Out of Wood
13 Sep 2012, 15:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / If you miss 1970s American station wagons, with wooden running boards on the side, or you are just generally into wood, a Chinese company may be exactly what you are looking for. It is called the Um...
August Sales in China Totaling 1.49-Million Units
11 Sep 2012, 14:45 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / August marked a 8.4% increase in car sales in China, when compared to the previous month, July. A total of 1.5-million vehicles were manufactured in the PRC in August, marking a growth figure of 7.7...
Shanghai VW Sells 105,000 Vehicles in August
11 Sep 2012, 14:33 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Shanghai-VW, Volkswagen’s Chinese joint venture managed an excellent sales performance in August, as they managed to sell some 105,000 units, bringing the total number to 836,074 units sold so...
Porsche Announces New Model for Paris Along With 20.8% August Sales Increase
11 Sep 2012, 12:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With a record 10,912 cars sold in August (20.8% over numbers from August of 2011), and a total of 92,474 units sold so far in 2012 (15% increase over the same period of 2011), Porsche sales are goin...
Matte-Orange Cadillac CTS Gets Body Kit of Questionable Taste in China
10 Sep 2012, 13:31 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Cadillac CTS, especially in its coupe form, is one very mean and very angular looking machine, and if that’s what you’re in the market for, you won’t find a more imposing car, ...
Russia-Bound Luxgen5 Spotted in China
10 Sep 2012, 07:29 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Moscow International Auto Show was the venue chosen by Taiwanese carmaker Luxgen to show off some of its offerings. One of these cars is the Luxgen5, a sedan powered by either a 1.8-liter turbo ...
Toyota Planning to Double China Sales by 2015
7 Sep 2012, 11:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Toyota Motor Corp. managed to sell some 900,000 of its vehicles in China last year alone. Now, according to Executive VP, Atsushi Niimi, who recently spoke at an automotive conference in the city of...
Ford Posts 39% Sales Increase in China
6 Sep 2012, 09:06 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ford China reported an increase in demand for its products of 39%, making this their best August ever. In total, 48,631 vehicles were delivered. Demand for the Mondeo increased 44 percent last mo...
GM Reports 7.3% August Sales Increase in China
6 Sep 2012, 08:35 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / General Motors has reported today that it and its joint ventures in China has sold 7.3 percent more cars in August than in the same month a year ago. What’s more, August figures were a tenth h...
Suzuki Swift Sedan Coming to China
5 Sep 2012, 14:59 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Suzuki has been making a sedan version of its popular Swift since 2005, in India (and a few other developing markets). This February, they launched a sedan version of the latest incarnation of the c...
New Saab EV Model to Be Launched in 18 Months
5 Sep 2012, 14:55 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / As you probably know, Saab is now owned by National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (NEVS), a company that plans to build EVs for the Chinese market. The carmaker’s new onwer recently announced tha...
Smiling Chinese School Bus Makes You Happy
5 Sep 2012, 14:41 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / This is easily one of the vehicles with the longest names in automotive history. It’s called the Kunding KWD6618QCXC, and it is a very cheerful looking school bus, in use in China. Why do all ...
New Saab Owner Can’t Use Griffin Logo
4 Sep 2012, 17:31 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Saab has recently been purchased by a company called NEVS (National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB), but while the latter has acquired the rights to most of the troubled carmaker’s assets, it won&...
How About a Matte Pink Ford Focus?
4 Sep 2012, 12:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Ford Focus is one of the most common cars on European roads, and with good reason, as it is one of the most capable all-rounders, while also being very fun to drive and very agile in town. Howev...
Taiwanese Luxgen Brand Shows Off in Moscow Ahead of 2013 Market Debut
3 Sep 2012, 11:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Taiwanese automaker Luxgen has shown off its offerings for the Russian market, at the Moscow International Auto Salon 2012, ahead of the brand’s official market debut, in the second quarter of...
Chinese Man Builds Cheapest Lamborghini Reventon Replica Ever
2 Sep 2012, 10:12 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Supercar replicas are big, and mostly very controversial news. But while a company trying to replicate the Aventador si bad news for Lamborghini, when a Chinese man gets his hammers out and makes a ...
Citroen DS3 Launched in China - Gets 4 Speed Autobox Option
31 Aug 2012, 14:32 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Citroen DS3 is a resounding success for both Citroen and the PSA group. It has been racking up steady and decent sales since its European launch, back in 2009. Now, the French manufacturer has l...