Infiniti CEO de Nysschen Is Confident in the Future!
22 Aug 2012, 15:21 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / A few months back, we reported a surprising move at the very top of the premium car market’s shot-calling level, when Audi CEO, Johan de Nysschen left the German brand, in order to take up a s...
Pagani Zonda Cinque Performs Donuts in China
22 Aug 2012, 13:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / If they guy that’s hooning the Zonda Cinque in the video below gets it out of control and crashes the Italian supercar, the world is left with only four vehicles of this kind. The aforemention...
Over 150 Illegal Taxis Get the Axe in China - Literally
21 Aug 2012, 12:05 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Illegal taxis are a big problem in most of the world’s countries, but in China, it is a widespread and very difficult to control phenomenon. In the Chinese city of Hefei, in the Anhui province...
Remote-Controlled BYD Su Rui Now Available in China
21 Aug 2012, 11:32 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / You may remember a while back an article about a Chinese car which you could move about without actually being inside? Well, it’s now officially here - the BYD Su Rui (formerly known as the &l...
Peugeot 3008 Facelift Spotted in China
17 Aug 2012, 08:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / In May 2009, French carmaker Peugeot unveiled the 3008, a 5-seater compact crossover. It’s won various awards over the years but we think very few of them were for good styling, because the ca...
Buick Regal Gets Lime Green Paint and Pink Wheels in China
14 Aug 2012, 16:33 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The rebadged Opel Insignia, the Buick Regal, is a car which wears its mods well. However, we thought of it as more of a serious car for serious people, picturing it in dark colors, possibly even mat...
VW Creates China-Bound Version of Skoda Rapid Saloon
13 Aug 2012, 12:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Skoda Rapid has already spawned another ‘sibling’ in the form of the Seat Toledo. We must admit to not being particularly fond of the Rapid (though we are waiting for the hatchback v...
Small Chinese Hatchback Boosted to 10X Its Original Power
13 Aug 2012, 12:37 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The term tuning is so liberally used these days, as it encompasses everything from remaping one’s engine, to fitting an aftermarket exhaust. This little hatchback, however, is China’s eq...
Great Wall Coolbear Gets Tuned in China
13 Aug 2012, 11:50 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We had not heard, until today, that is, about the Great Wall Coolbear - a Chinese car which is strikingly similar to the Scion xB, while also borrowing some styling cues from other models. We will i...
Battery Manufactuer A123 Systems Getting $450M Cash Injection from China
9 Aug 2012, 14:31 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Battery manufacturer A123 Systems Ltd. has hit a bit of a rough patch, recently, and the company is only now starting to recover. To further boost their effort, a Chinese auto parts company, Wanxian...
Citroen C4L Sedan Spotted in China
9 Aug 2012, 12:55 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Citroen C4L, the sedan version of the European C4 hatchback, was revealed alongside the cheaper C-Elysee, a few months ago. It was primarily destined for the Chinese market, where it has now bee...
The Evil Green S-Max From . . . Beijing
7 Aug 2012, 15:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Ford S-Max is probably the only really sporty looking (and driving) MPV on the market, as it shares the same sophisticated suspension architecture as the Mondeo sedan. However, a Chinese owner f...
BMW 3-Series Touring Coming to China
6 Aug 2012, 15:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Right now, BMW only offers the new F30 sedan and the old coupe and cabrio in the 3-Series range in China. But that could change, as the automaker has filed a Patent to protect the shape of the 3-Ser...
Bentley Continental GT Crash in China: Wheels Fall Off
6 Aug 2012, 15:32 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / No, this is not a flying car, even thoug hwe’d like to believe in movies from the 50s that told us we would get this kind of vehicles around the year 2000. Instead it’s a Bentley Contine...
Fiat Viaggio Launch in China: September 10th
6 Aug 2012, 15:09 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / While the Fiat Viaggio has already been revealed in China, at the Beijing Motor Show, customers there still have to wait for it to arrive at dealerships. Although they haven’t yet released pri...
Carlsson Mercedes-Benz CGL 45 Royal Last Edition for China
6 Aug 2012, 08:36 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Sinche China became the world’s largest auto market, it was only natural that the country would also start having its own tuners that would create products that can cater to the specific needs...
Flammable Interior Materials to Blame for BYD EV Fire
3 Aug 2012, 16:09 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While everybody may have jumped to conclusions when they first heard about this rather unfortunate incident from China, when a BYD E6 EV which was being used as a taxi, caught fire after being hit b...
Chinese Wheel Clamp Too Small for Ferrari
3 Aug 2012, 13:36 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that the wheel clamps used in the city of Guangzhou, from the Guangdong Province, China, are just too small to fit over and around the large (and wide) rear wheels of an old Ferrari 360 Mod...
A Nod to the Simplicity of EVs
1 Aug 2012, 15:31 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The electric motor is far more simple and reliable than its internal combustion counterpart - though, they are so different, they shouldn’t even be placed in the same sentence. Nowadays, c...
Hyundai Working on Sonata-lite for China
1 Aug 2012, 09:29 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Hyundai is paying attention to the Chinese buyers’ needs (just like most carmakers, since China is now the world’s largest auto market) and the company is now preparing to make a new ste...