Modern Gentleman production begins
The first new "Modern Gentleman" cars have rolled off Nanjing's assembly line in Nanjing, from a factory that Nanjing managed to piece together using the robots and assembly lines they bought from …
China rips off smart fortwo
Remember my China Pirates post? Those amazing engineers from China have done it again, this time with a clone of the smart fortwo, not so much of an complete engineering clone with …
Proton and Chery CKD operations to begin mid-2007
Tan Sri Cam Soh, group executive chairman of Chery's local partner Alado Corporation Sdn Bhd says Proton and Chery are expected to start their CKD program by mid-2007. The CKD program will …
Visionary Vehicles to sell China-made hybrid
Here's Malcolm Bricklin's new plans for his Visionary Vehicles brand. Hybrid cars, made in China for real cheap. Bricklin's previous plans with Chery to bring in Chery vehicles into the US under …
Chrysler and Chery sign small car letter of intent
After news of talks between Chrysler and Chery surfaced in May last year, Chrysler group CEO Tom LaSorda has finally signed a letter of intent with Chery Automobile Co to develop a …
China automotive industry growing too fast
China, the world's 2nd largest auto market had grown 25% since last year, reaching 6.45 million vehicles in the first 11 months of 2006. With such a huge market to tap, it …
Chery recalls 1,875 Chery T11 Tiggo SUVs
Chery Automobile Co. Ltd has shown signs of being a responsible car manufacturer that intends to stick around, rather than taking the "make fast profits and ignore issues like brand building and …
No more Chery Visionary Vehicles for the US?
Malcolm Bricklin, who wanted to bring in Chery vehicles into the USA via his company Visionary Vehicles has abandoned his plan, some say because of the news of Daimler Chrysler talking to …
Volkswagen Neeza Concept
Volkswagen's Neeza concept car is a concept car for the Chinese market - looking somewhat like a coupe and station wagon crossover, it was designed with the tastes of Chinese customers in …
Volkswagen Magotan for China
Another car manufacturer has developed a model specially for the Chinese market. Introducing the Volkswagen Magotan. Despite sounding like a strange hybrid fusion between a Mango and a Rambutan, Volkswagen's joint venture …
Daihatsu D-01 Concept – China’s Avanza
The Toyota-Daihatsu siblings take economies of scale to a whole new level unheard of with the introduction of the Daihatsu D-01 Concept recently at the Auto China 2006 motor show. While Toyota …
Lotus gets Jinhua Youngman engineering deal
The feasibility study between Lotus Engineering Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Youngman Automobile Group Co Ltd (Jinhua Youngman) recently concluded with positive results, and Lotus has managed to secure the deal to assist …
Fiat to use Chery’s AVL-designed ACTECO engines
Fiat and Chery have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will result in Fiat using Chery's ACTECO family of engines in it's China-produced cars, with a possibility of the ACTECO engines finding …
Petronas E01 engine to be built in China
Petronas has reached an agreement with two Chinese automotive companies to jointly manufacture the Petronas E01 engine for commercial use, after a Letter of Intent was signed between the three parties back …
Chery and Fiat in talks
Chery Automobile's latest ally to be in the automotive industry might just be Fiat. Fiat has an existing alliance with a Chinese auto manufacturer - Nanjing Automobile Group, but that partnership has …
Chery JV develops hydrogen fuel cell car
Chery Automobile Co., Ltd, J&K Technologies Inc and Tsinghua University has developed a hydrogen fuel cell car which can reach a top speed of 80 km/h and like a traditional hydrogen fuel …
2006 Paris Motor Show Gallery: Shoemobile
This little oddball spotted at the 2006 Paris Motor Show is the Tang Hua Xiao Ya, looking quite sesat in the middle of all the other displays. It's booth doesn't even have …
Geely moves assembly plant plans to Indonesia
According to a report by China Knowledge, Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd has scrapped it's plans to set up an automotive assembly plant in Malaysia. Previously it applied to start assembling cars in …
Chery to build Dodge subcompacts for DCX
Some news regarding collaboration between DaimlerChrysler and Chery. Previously it was reported that Chrysler will name it's subcompact car partner by the end of 2006, with talks currently on-going with a few …
Proton to produce MPV and SUV with Chery
NOTICE: This news was posted back in 2006, but things could have changed now. More news on the Proton-Chery partnership - Business Times reported today that Proton Holdings Bhd may produce an …
