21 Dec 2011, 14:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / BMW and Mercedes are battling hard for the luxury car market as Lexus struggles, but the global market is also undergoing major changes. Bloomberg today reports that China will likely become the new...
20 Dec 2011, 15:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you’ve ever said to yourself that your local car club, packed with tuned Zs and other Japanese coupes, is awesome, you need to have yourself a slice of humble pie before anything else.
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16 Dec 2011, 09:59 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / There are certain types of cars that will never enter the gates of facilities belonging to crash test authorities such as the NHTSA or the Euro NCAP and the Rolls-Royce Ghost is a perfect example of...
8 Dec 2011, 08:24 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Now that China is the world’s largest automotive market, Top Gear has decided to head over there in order to film an episode for the next series.
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7 Dec 2011, 18:57 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / A few pieces of news ago, we showed you a series of photos from the recent grand opening of the new Lamborghini Las Vegas dealership. We’re back on the same topic, but this time we shall trave...
5 Dec 2011, 16:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The first GLK compact crossover has rolled off the assembly line at the Beijing plant of Beijing Benz Automotive Co., or BBAC. This is actually the third Mercedes Model to be assembled there, after ...
1 Dec 2011, 14:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Audi pushed back the introduction of the A3 for a full year in order to bring the A4 and A5 facelifts, which are crucial in order to keep up with BMW and Mercedes on the global market. But now that ...
25 Nov 2011, 12:17 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Chinese market has huge demand for cleaner cars and electric vehicles right now, due to the strong government incentives. This is causing a number of automotive giants like VW and GM to consider...
7 Nov 2011, 10:36 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If you think that a MINI should only have four wheels and a steering wheel, you’d better look away, because what we’re going to show will surely prove disturbing. What you have here is a...
2 Nov 2011, 12:12 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Kia has announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding to build its third manufacturing plant in China. The facility will have an annual capacity of 300,000 units produced and will...
31 Oct 2011, 10:04 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Bentley today announced it has secured a GBP3 million (USD4.80 million or EUR3.43 at the current exchange rates) grant from the Department for Business Regional Growth Fund (RGF), with the company s...
19 Oct 2011, 15:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It’s a slow news day, so the fact that George Clooney drives not a Nespresso machine but the new Mercedes E-Class L in a Chinese commercial is about as interesting as it’s going to get.
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17 Oct 2011, 16:13 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Chinese market is very important for GM, as the American automaker is even expected to produce electric vehicles there next year in order to take advantage of new government incentives.
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14 Oct 2011, 12:49 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Porsche has once again managed to stay well ahead of the global market in sales, with a 37 percent increase for the month of September, adding up to a 10,560 total figure for the month. For the year...
12 Oct 2011, 14:17 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Daimler and Chinese automaker BYD are going to debut their jointly built electric car in April of 2012, according to the German automaker’s boss, Dieter Zetsche. According to Inside Line, the ...
10 Oct 2011, 16:00 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It looks like Jaguar Land Rover is not the only carmaker looking to boost its Chinese operations these days, as Ford is also following this pathway, with the Blue Oval set to introduce a new sub-bra...
10 Oct 2011, 15:11 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Jaguar Land Rover is approaching the closing of a deal with Chinese carmaker Chery Automobile, which will see the British company build cars in China. According to various media sources cited by aut...
4 Oct 2011, 12:23 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ford has recently announced that it could be assemble electric cars locally for the Chinese market, not wanting to reveal a full schedule or what it’s the Focus Electric they were talking abou...
4 Oct 2011, 11:52 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / BMW is treating its Chinese consumers like royalty in the year of the tiger, and we can’t say that we’re not jealous a bit. We’ve seen every sort of carbon fiber component, matte p...
27 Sep 2011, 16:42 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Increased demand from China and the recovery of the Japanese automotive industry after the earthquake have resulted in a surge in demand for tires, but the downside is that it has also increased the...