GM to move international HQ from China to S’pore
General Motors will shift its international operations headquarters from Shanghai to Singapore in Q2 2014, according to Reuters. In a bid to make it easier to focus on the Middle Kingdom market, …
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Qoros 3 Sedan makes China debut – 1.6L, from RM64k
Qoros, the new Chinese kid on the block, made its first ever appearance at the Guangzhou Motor Show by announcing the China spec and pricing for its first series production model, the …
Volkswagen opens its 16th Chinese plant in Ningbo
The Volkswagen Group is expanding its production capacity as planned in the world's largest auto market with the opening of Shanghai-Volkswagen’s new plant in Ningbo, south eastern China. The plant is designed …
Great Wall Voleex C20R coming to Malaysia next year
Great Wall Motor is set to introduce a passenger car to the local GWM range, which at present has the Wingle 5 pick-up truck and Haval H5 SUV. The car in question …
Baojun 630 to be sold as the Chevrolet Optra in Africa
General Motors, via its joint venture with SAIC and Wuling in China, will begin exporting a version of the Baojun 630 sedan to North Africa late this year. The car, which sits …
Dongfeng could buy 30% of PSA Peugeot Citroen
Dongfeng Motor Corp may buy a 30% stake in PSA Peugeot Citroen for 10 billion yuan (RM5.2 billion), China Business News has reported, and PSA has told Automotive News Europe that it …
Qoros 3 Sedan is first Chinese car to get 5-star Euro NCAP rating; highest score achieved this year
Yes, that's right - not only is the Qoros 3 Sedan the safest Chinese car ever made, it's also achieved the highest overall Euro NCAP score so far this year. The four-door …
Foday pick-up truck in Malaysia – RR face, D-Max base
Yet another Chinese pick-up truck is coming to Malaysia, after the Great Wall Wingle 5, ZX Auto Grandtiger and Bison Savanna a.k.a. Foton Tunland. Our regular spies Anol Alias and Apexkit recently …
Changan CS75 joins the domestic mid-size SUV scene
Though it's very much aimed at the domestic market, Changan Automobile decided to give its Changan CS75 a global debut in Frankfurt last week. Might be that the company wanted to highlight …
Great Wall Wingle 5 Premium X debuts – from RM69k
Remember the VW Golf Mk5-faced pickup truck, the Wingle 5? GWM’s local distributor, Green Oranges Sdn Bhd, has introduced a new variant of the Chinese-designed, last-gen Isuzu D-Max-based and Mitsubishi-engined truck, named …
Chery’s Brazilian plant to start production end 2013
Chery, China's largest passenger vehicle exporter, says that its new plant in Brazil will start production either at the end of this year or the beginning of 2014. The full-scale plant, as …
MG3 UK prices announced, range tops out at RM50k
Carmakers usually announce "from XXX" prices, with the lowest price possible sticker price to attract punters. That sum, as advertised, usually buys you the variant that is on the complete opposite side …
Bison Savanna – the Foton Tunland arrives
It has been nearly a year since it was spied doing road-evaluation rounds locally, but now the Foton Tunland has been officially introduced in Malaysia. The Chinese pickup won’t be known by …
Honda to build Acura models in Guangzhou by 2016
Honda is planning to produce Acura cars in Guangzhou, China with its local partner beginning 2016, Reuters has reported. The move is an attempt to tap into the growing demand for luxury …
China’s Dongfeng buying into PSA Peugeot Citroen?
Days ago, we read that PSA Peugeot Citroen's founding family could hand control of the financialy troubled carmaker over to General Motors in return for a fresh capital injection. Now, an AFP …
Chery Eastar XT – new variant joins lineup, RM94k
Chery Automobile Malaysia has introduced another Eastar MPV variant, this one being known as the XT. Its arrival brings to three the number of seven-seater Eastar versions in the country, the others …
Honda to launch 12 new models, introduce new tech and assemble hybrid cars in China by 2015
Honda will be a very busy company in China, as it lines up 12 new models and kickstart production of hybrid vehicles there before the end of 2015, Automotive News China reports. …
SPIED: BMW Zinoro X1 undergoing city testing
In April, BMW announced the birth of an EV sub-brand for China called Zinoro, and that its first offering, based on the BMW X1, would be built at BMW Brilliance Automotive's Tiexi, …
Chery RHD hub in Malaysia to start operating next year
Chery will set up a factory in Malaysia that will begin operations in 2014, according to reports from China. The plant won't be just making cars for local consumption, but will assemble …
Hong Kong’s first EV taxi fleet rides on the BYD e6
Over in Hong Kong, a small number of BYD e6 electric vehicles have joined the taxi fleet plying the city. According to Reuters, the Hong Kong Taxi & Public Light Bus Association …
