12 Apr 2010, 08:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors has set itself a bold sales target for the Chinese market, where the company plans to surpass the 3 million units mark in 2015, as Gasgoo reports, citing Kevin Wale, president and man...
12 Apr 2010, 07:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Chinese automotive industry is moving towards new energy vehicles, in an effort to keep the country’s ever more crowded roads as green as possible.
The latest example of a development ...
9 Apr 2010, 13:43 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / China's passenger car sales rose 63 percent in March 2010, a growth fueled by strong demand as a consequence of tax cuts and government subsidies, reports the Associated Press. 1.26 million aut...
9 Apr 2010, 09:43 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Beijing Auto Show, which will be held between April 25 and May 2, will see 89 vehicles make their global debut, thus being a marker of China’s importance in the automotive world.
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8 Apr 2010, 13:06 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / After the static presentation to the press and the dealer network that took place in Beijing on January 25, in front of a public of 1,700 guests, Peugeot announced today the commercial launch in Chi...
8 Apr 2010, 10:50 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Germany's top three premium carmakers posted strong sales growth in China in the first quarter, meeting demand for luxury vehicles in the world's largest car market. The best results were ...
7 Apr 2010, 06:13 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German brand Mercedes-Benz today posted sales results for March, showing a positive trend, with sales up by nine percent compared to the same month last year. Moreover, it has delivered 15 percent m...
6 Apr 2010, 09:21 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Volkswagen is hoping that the expanding Chinese market will boost sales of its flagship model, the Phaeton sedan. Launched in 2003, the luxury car from VW has not enjoyed much success in the traditi...
31 Mar 2010, 08:04 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German carmaker BMW had just released the new long-wheelbase (LWB) BMW 5 Series Sedan, developed and built specifically for the Chinese market at BMW’s plant in Shenyang. The sedan features ne...
29 Mar 2010, 11:26 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The 500,000th Ford Focus rolled off the assembly line at Ford's joint venture plant, in Chongqing, China, today. The model in question was a 1.8-liter silver, 4-door sedan. The Focus is being b...
27 Mar 2010, 12:56 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / The Michigan-based manufacturer of highly engineered components and systems for vehicle powertrain applications worldwide inaugurated recently a new technical center in Shanghai, China. The facility...
26 Mar 2010, 08:35 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / It doesn’t happen too often when buying a car to receive the keys directly from the company CEO himself. In fact, chances are quite close to none. That is why Harriet Luo, who was going to pic...
24 Mar 2010, 13:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / BMW has set itself a double digit sales growth target on the Chinese market for this year, planing to sell over 100,000 vehicles in the country, as Gasgoo reports.
The German company will expand ...
24 Mar 2010, 12:49 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / SAIC's (Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation) Roewe 350 hatchback will be assembled in both China and Great Britain (at the Longbridge production site), as autocar reports.
The first uni...
21 Mar 2010, 15:33 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / One of the top Chinese automotive producers, FAW Group Corporation, announced that it will expand its business to South Africa, where it plans to open a truck production site, as Xinhua reported.
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19 Mar 2010, 15:44 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Following a recent partnership with Xi'an Dong Fang Group, TRW Asia Pacific will set up an airbag inflator and seat belt pretensioner manufacturing facility in Xi'an, Shanxi Province, Chin...
19 Mar 2010, 13:26 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Chinese vehicle producer Dongfeng announced that it sold almost 40,000 commercial vehicles last month, thus becoming the Chinese CV market leader.
Dongfeng Auto managed to sell 39,900 units l...
17 Mar 2010, 08:46 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The long acclaimed electric vehicle to be built for the Chinese market by local manufacturer BYD will no longer hit the market by mid-2010, after the carmaker / battery manufacturer plans to the a m...
15 Mar 2010, 17:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Changchun, the Chinese “auto city”, announced that it intends to more than double its vehicle production capacity by 2015, planning to reach a production output of 3 million units/year b...
15 Mar 2010, 13:11 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Chinese automotive market is passing through a booming period, but domestic automakers must make sure that they can sustain the sales growth by offering a complete range of services and maintain...