Great Wall Motor opens its first European plant in Bulgaria
Chinese carmaker Great Wall Motor has opened its first factory in Europe, a major part of its strategy to grow in the region. Great Wall's plant in Bulgaria will assemble 50,000 units …
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Great Wall making great strides in its Dakar programme
Some news about Great Wall - the Chinese automaker has certainly been making great strides in its Dakar Rally programme, which it began getting involved in back in 2010. In the 2012 …
Volkswagen to start making electric cars in China by 2014
The juggernaut keeps rolling. Volkswagen's two joint ventures in China, Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Co and FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Co, will start making electric vehicles in 2014, VW China CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann revealed. Initial …
Jianghuai Automobile Co to unveil Ford F-150 clone
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, it is said, and with that do we come to the clone of the week segment. According to reports, Chinese state-owned automaker Jianghuai Automobile Co …
Proton and Hawtai expected to ink collaboration deal soon
Reports indicate that Proton and Chinese carmaker Hawtai Automobile are expected to sign an official collaboration agreement before Chinese New Year at the earliest. According to an unnamed Hawtai executive, discussions have …
BYD-Daimler set to roll out electric concept at Beijing show
Last year, Daimler and China's BYD started a 50:50 research and technology joint venture called “Shenzhen BYD Daimler New Technology Co Ltd” (BDNT) that will develop an electric vehicle in and for …
FAW launches new brand called Oley in China
Chinese automaker FAW Group unveiled a new brand called Oley (or Oulang, in Chinese) last week at the Guangzhou auto show. The small car brand is hoping to attract young consumers with …
China to introduce tighter rules for new automakers
China is set to introduce new standardised rules for companies applying to start a car-making business in the country, in what looks like a bid to limit new entrants as sales begin …
Great Wall Motor forms JVs with Bosch and BorgWarner
Great Wall Motor, the latest automotive brand from China to enter Malaysia, announced that it has formed joint ventures with America's BorgWarner and Robert Bosch GmbH of Germany to engineer key components. …
Youngman SUV spied in China – based on the Lotus APX?
Over in China, a report says that a Proton SUV - supposedly based on the Lotus APX concept - will see the light of day in that market possibly sometime next year, …
Saab sale to Pang Da and Youngman to be reworked, after GM makes objections over the deal
According to reports, the rescue deal for Saab made by Pang Da and Zhejiang Youngman will have to be redone after General Motors made objections. "We have to go back to the …
BYD begins selling its e6 EV to individuals in China
Chinese automaker BYD, which is looking to lead the market for alternative-energy vehicles in the country, has begun selling its e6 electric vehicle to individuals in China, according to reports. The five-seater …
Geely exports second batch of vehicles to Cuba
According to reports, Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely has exported a second batch of Geely vehicles to Cuba, shipping 1,560 cars to the country last week. It's the second time the automaker has …
Bufori debuts in China – first showroom to be in Shanghai
Bufori Motor Car has launched the brand in China at the Top Marques Shanghai luxury show, where Bufori MD Gerry Khouri and Chinese superstar Liu Xiaoqing jointly unveiled a La Joya in …
Saab ends investment deal with Youngman, Pang Da
Swedish Automobile, the company which owns troubled automaker Saab, has said it has ended a 245 million euro investment deal with Chinese companies Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile and Pang Da Automobile, following …
Chery hits export targets early, Brazil is biggest market
Other than Proton, who else uses 'FL' to mark a facelift? This is the Chery Tiggo FL! There are so many car brands in China that only a visit to a Chinese …
China NCAP to be upgraded, 64 km/h front impact speed
The China New Car Assessment Program (C-NCAP) will be made more stringent, according to a report by Asia Pulse website. The new standards for C-NCAP, which awards new vehicles one to five …
Chery and Magna Steyr join forces to penetrate Europe
If you can't do it on your own, why not get some help? Chinese carmaker Chery is planning to enter Europe with the help of Magna Steyr, which is based in Austria …
Chinese brand Hawtai to partner Proton after Saab failure?
When Youngman recently bought a stake in troubled Swedish brand Saab, we raised the question on the former's relationship with Proton. Youngman has been Proton's partner for quite some time now - …
BYD sales decline by 20%, sales boss resigns as a result
Not every sales stories from China is a rosy one. Private Chinese automaker BYD, which is partly owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, is seeing sales slump. After it almost doubled in …
