21 Jun 2012, 13:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite not having a clear launch date (or one at all), Fiat’s Viaggio was spotted on the roads of Turin, Italy, last week. It would be the first Fiat saloon sold in Europe in a long time, and...
21 Jun 2012, 13:48 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While the Fiat Viaggio is already on sale in China, Europeans will still have to wait a while for the car to arrive in dealerships. If you were having doubts, the car is coming to European showrooms...
19 Jun 2012, 14:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After having successfully completed a pan-European tour in a Tesla Roadster last year, Spanish-born entrepreneur Rafael de Mestre, whom we met in June of 2011, has already begun a much more challeng...
19 Jun 2012, 14:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Skoda is doing very well in China, so well, in fact, that it has become the Czech manufacturer’s number one world market. Also, as far as production plans go, the Yeti was already set to enter...
19 Jun 2012, 13:20 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The lack of independently-develped automatic transmissions has been a major problem for all Chinese manufacturers. Now, Geely, instead of using parts from other manufacturers, have developed their o...
19 Jun 2012, 13:19 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that there’s a real trend among Chinese automakers to look outside the country and find visionary and talented people that can breathe new life into their companies. BMW’s partn...
19 Jun 2012, 11:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Oh how we love to talk about the Chinese and their replicas. These folks will copy the Eiffel Tower and the Egyptian pyramids if it suits them in the casino business. No wait, that’s the Ameri...
19 Jun 2012, 08:15 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Remember the special edition Ferrari 458 Italia 20th anniversary? The China-only vehicle might only come in only 20 units and it might celebrate the 20 years of the Prancing Horse in China and the C...
19 Jun 2012, 07:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Every time we go to a major motor show in Europe, there’s some Chinese folks, one carrying a clipboard, the other a tape measure, and they are usually going over the dimensions of some brand n...
15 Jun 2012, 15:42 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The total number of cars made in China in the month of May was 1.57 million, while total sales accounted for 1.61 million units. This latest production figure marks a 4.66% decrease as of April, but...
15 Jun 2012, 11:22 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Rolls-Royce today announced that it has appointed Henrik Wilhelmsmeyer as Director for Mainland China, with the move set to become effective from July 1st 2012. Wilhelmsmeyer has held multiple senio...
14 Jun 2012, 08:00 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Having followed the Saab story closely from the very beginning, we are finally relieved that the ailing Swedish carmaker has been purchased and is set to restart actual car production at some point ...
11 Jun 2012, 15:43 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Many drivers can and drive cars on the road, in traffic, through tight spots and any other more difficult situation they may find themselves caught up in. Yet when it comes to parking of the paralle...
9 Jun 2012, 17:11 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It seems that Cadillac isn’t the only manufacturer to have airbag problems. Apparently, in China, Hyundai’s Chinese partner will be pulling almost 100,000 cars off the road, due to safet...
8 Jun 2012, 13:06 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / In an effort to promote a quicker adoption of EVs, the major global automakers are expected to cooperate and collaborate in the setting of a global standard for EV fast charging. There are currently...
7 Jun 2012, 16:39 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Honda’s Chinese joint venture with local manufacturer Dongfen has produced its second MPV, the new (and slightly awkward-looking) Elysion. The car will go up against other large MPVs, though i...
6 Jun 2012, 10:34 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / GM officials don’t seem contempt with controlling most of the US and part of Europe’s automotive worlds in one way or another, they are (like all other manufacturers) aiming to get a foo...
5 Jun 2012, 15:10 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Until his resignation on Friday, Johan de Nysschen had been the president of Audi America for the last 19 years. He has quit his long-time job in order to spearhead Infiniti’s incursion into A...
5 Jun 2012, 12:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Being part of BMW, MINI also have very ambitious intentions for the Chinese market, and so, they’ve released a new, special version of the Cooper, specially for the market.
It features an e...
5 Jun 2012, 12:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With VW, like most other manufacturers planning their large-scale incursion into China, cannot afford any slip-ups. So, to avoid any management-related problems, VW CEO Martin Winterkron has replace...