Chery sets up ASEAN assembly base in Malaysia
Chery Alado Holdings Sdn Bhd will assemble 5,000 Chery vehicles at Oriental Assembler Sdn Bhd's assembly plant in Johor in the next 12 months beginning July 2008, with 60% intended for ASEAN …
Volkswagen Lavida for the Chinese domestic market
The car above is the Volkswagen Lavida, a Chinese domestic market model that has been developed and set to be sold only in the China market as it was developed for domestic …
ChangAn CV6 Ben Ben spotted in Putrajaya!
A silver ChangAn CV6 Ben Ben has been sighted at the JPJ Putrajaya building last week, most likely brought in by Changan Berjaya Auto Sdn Bhd. This would be the second ChangAn …
Hafei Minz 1.1 liter 7-seater van
Singapore is a place where both the original Hafei Lobo and the Naza Forza are sold in the same market, but Hafei in Singapore exists with a 2 model line-up. Other than …
Chery A6 Coupe in second half of 2008
Chery's new Chery A6 Coupe will go on sale in the second half of 2008. The front wheel drive coupe was based on the Chery A6CC Concept shown at Shanghai 2006. It …
Brilliance BL18T wins BorgWarner China Heart award
BorgWarner has announced the winners of the 2007 China Heart awards - an annual event which picks China's top 10 engines. The 2007 China Heart awards are selected by an independant evaluation …
Chang’An Jiexun HVE: China’s first hybrid
After 6 years of development, the Chang'An Jiexun HVE hybrid vehicle has rolled off the production lines - China's first locally developed hybrid vehicle. It's your run of the mill hybrid - …
Europestar RCR – rebadged GEN2 in China
It seems that the abomination of a jaundiced GEN2 is not the final Europestar product after all. This is the recently announced Europestar RCR based on the GEN2 and it looks pretty …
Europestar GEN2 gets “unique” styling
A recent lucrative export deal to China involving the Proton GEN2 has been cited as one of the ways to spearhead Proton's recovery, as most of you would know by now. Proton …
No made in China Lotus
Something Lotus generally does not do is respond to individual articles in the media, but this time the British company has stepped up and responded to the recent news that Jinhua Neoplan …
Jinhua Neoplan to assemble Lotus cars in China
Jinhua Neoplan will be assembling CKD kits of Lotus cars in China, with one of the first cars set to be the Lotus Europa. Interesting to note that Jinhua Neoplan is part …
China’s first independently-developed hydrogen engine by ChangAn
Of the many Chinese car manufacturers, some of the Malaysian public would have been introduced to the ChangAn brand already because of the ChangAn MPV that has been spotted going around the …
Youngman to sell Proton GEN2 badged as Europestar in China
Proton has secured a deal to supply fully built-up (CBU) Proton GEN2 cars to Youngman Automobile Group Ltd Co. to be sold in China. The agreement was signed between Proton Managing Director …
PSA Peugeot Citroen signs JV MoU with Hafei
PSA Peugeot Citroen has signed a MoU for a 50:50 joint venture with Chinese automotive manufacturer Hafei to manufacturer small people movers for the Chinese market at Hafei's Shenzhen plant. I wonder …
Chery B240 7-seater MPV in Malaysia
UPDATE: Chery Alado launches locally assembled Chery Eastar 7-seater MPV Alado Automobile has introduced the Chery B240 in Malaysia, another CBU fully imported model for us to consider soon after launching the …
Proton GEN2 Black Interior
The Malaysian market Proton GEN2 now has a black interior, as shown above in a photo I took at Proton Edar's branch in Juru Auto City. The black interior was also launched …
ChangAn CM8 spotted in Malaysia!
UPDATE: The CM8 has been launched in Malaysia as the Chana Era CM8, the cheapest 7-seater in Malaysia with a price tag starting from under RM40k. A long time ago back in …
Nanjing to get European turbodiesel for MG 7
Nanjing Automobile, who owns the MG brand now, will be purchasing diesel engines from an European engine supplier to slot into its' MG 7 for the European market. What Nanjing has right …
Chery and Chrysler discusses two small car projects
Chery S12 to enter South American market After a short pause because of the recent change in ownership over at Chrysler, the talks between Chery and Chrysler on their small car collaboration …
Geely begins Geely CK1 sales in Indonesia
The Geely CK1, who used to sport a W203 Mercedes Benz C-Class front end but has been recently revised has just made it's debut in Indonesia last week. It is sold by …
