15 Mar 2010, 11:52 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Seeing the “made in China” label on an iconic performance vehicle didn’t seem too probable, but it looks like this will happen during the course of the current year: Volkswagen wil...
15 Mar 2010, 07:36 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / China is a very important car market, so more and more automakers tend to open factories there. Nissan took things even further, as Nissan (China) Investment Co., Ltd. (NCIC), a Nissan subsidiary in...
10 Mar 2010, 13:37 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Chinese commercial vehicles market expanded by 21.5 percent in February, as compared to the same month of 2009, managing to reach 268,600 units. However, the sales can be translated into a 22.87...
9 Mar 2010, 13:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The major players of the global automotive market are making efforts to expand their businesses in China in order to make the most out the boom registered by the country’s automotive market.
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8 Mar 2010, 13:08 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / BMW will assemble a series of models in China, via its joint-venture with Brilliance Auto. The cars built in China will include the BMW X1 compact SUV, the BMW 1 Series and the stretched version of ...
8 Mar 2010, 07:45 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Zhejiang Geely Holdings, the initiator of the Geely-Volvo acquisition, said that the long awaited agreement has not been signed yet but the takeover will proceed according to the company’s pla...
5 Mar 2010, 13:38 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Avis Europe will extend its business in China, quadrupling its centers in the country, as it’s sales on European market have failed to meet expectations, as Bloomberg reports.
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5 Mar 2010, 13:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The momentum of past months continued in February 2010 for German carmaker Mercedes Benz, who posted a 13 percent increase in sales for the month, or a total of 72,100 vehicles. The achievement brin...
4 Mar 2010, 09:05 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even if the sale of HUMMER to Sichuan Tengzhong failed to go through, Geely is still in discussion to complete the Volvo acquisition, representatives of the Swedish brand said at the 2010 Geneva Aut...
4 Mar 2010, 08:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two months after GM's OnStar has been launched in China, the company announced, not without sime sense of pride, it managed to reach the 1,000 users milestone on February 28, when Shanghai OnSt...
1 Mar 2010, 20:04 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Daimler AG announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese BYD car manufacturer for the co-development of electric vehicles in China.
The two companies plan to create an el...
1 Mar 2010, 15:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As announced since yesterday, Toyota's CEO Akio Toyoda traveled to China to make amends for the company's huge recall. Then CEO apologized in front of 300 reporters in Beijing but, unlike ...
1 Mar 2010, 13:57 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / More and more automakers take advantage of China’s booming car market, with both domestic and imported brands enjoying increasing sales. China’s largest commercial vehicles producer, Bei...
28 Feb 2010, 20:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following a week like no other for Japanese carmaker Toyota's management in the US, the battle to win back the hearts and minds of consumers will move to China, where Toyota will address the sa...
26 Feb 2010, 11:31 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Moving a quarter, a half or even the whole production of a specific model production to China seems to be a smart choice for today's automakers, as this particular country is one of the few tha...
26 Feb 2010, 10:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Geely Automobile, the Chinese company that will most likely take control of Volvo, went out for shopping once again, this time purchasing Zhongyu Automotive, a company whose main focus is the produc...
25 Feb 2010, 10:28 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Top global tire producers are currently developing expansion plans for the Chinese market, as they are willing to take full advantage of sustained growth posted by the world’s largest auto mar...
25 Feb 2010, 07:37 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After months of negotiations and denial that HUMMER might be killed if the deal with Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines Co. fails to go through, General Motors today confirmed that it will ...
24 Feb 2010, 11:20 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Yesterday, we reported that Tengzhong, the Chinese company that intends to acquire Hummer from General Motors could try to perform the deal through Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co, a...
23 Feb 2010, 13:36 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Mazda Motor Company has recently announced that it wants to expand its production capacity in China, in order to satisfy the increasing demand in the country, as Bloomberg reports.
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