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Chevrolet Code130 for China, Rear Wheel Drive Compact Fun Machine?
GM unveiled the Chevrolet Code 130R Concept in Beijing earlier today, it seems that companies like GM are trying to diversify beyond their usual sedan line up. The Code 130R was revealed to a Detroit...
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BAIC’s Saab-derived C70G makes its official debut in Beijing
Beijing Auto (BAIC), who purchased the production rights to the old Saab 9-3 and 9-5 revealed the C70 to the press a few days ago. Today, it made its official debut at the Beijing Auto Show. Apparently...
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BAIC unveils mysterious C51X SUV concept
Beijing Auto (BAIC) seems to be less content with just making cars for their joint-venture partners Mercedes and Hyundai. They brought a number of new cars to the Beijing Auto Show, including their...
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BYD launches Qin and F3 Plus
BYD launched their vision for tomorrow with the introduction of the Qin dual mode hybrid car and also the world ready F3 Plus sedan. The F3 Plus has been on China Car Times several times before, but...
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Beijing Auto not done with concept-fest, shows C60F and C50E
Beijing Auto (BAIC) has been producing cars for their partners Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai for a long time, which have enjoyed strong sales. On the other hand, Beijing Auto’s own brands have been...
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Zhongxing Uses Libyan Civil War as Propaganda Victory
When the ‘Toyota Wars’ broke out between Chad and Libya, Toyota was slightly concerned with its good, honest, family orientated brand being associated with North African wars and skirmishes as the...
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A Face Only a Mother Could Love – The MG Icon Concept
MG’s Concepts are typically fantastic pieces of automotive art, the MG6 was a sleek cherry red car that was clearly production ready, the MG3 was a cheeky little super mini that hung from the roof of...
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Gan Lou Lou’s security knocked me over, breasts improve the situation
Gan Lou Lou is famous for her breasts, and her mother. The mother daughter relationship is something akin to a WWF wrestling partnership, they are best friends for eva in front of the cameras, but...
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Mazda CX-5 arrives in China
Mazda got its mojo going in 2012 with the launch of the latest generation China made Mazda 3 sedan and hatch, the next move for the company is the importation of the CX5 SUV. If you’re a reader of...
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Japanese Auto Executives Looking Worried
40 years ago, British executives from Leyland were laughing at Japanese automotive exports to the United Kingdom. British Leyland was an international powerhouse that was eventually undermined by cheap...
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Suzuki Clinging to Life in China
Suzuki has become Japan’s Chrysler. Suzuki’s range of cars remain on the smaller side in terms of size. Aside from the company’s SUV and slow selling Kizashi sedan, Suzuki still remains tied to...
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New Elantra Launches in Beijing, Euro 2012 included
Three generation of Elantras will be on sale in China by the middle of 2012, the eighth generation launched today in Beijing and comes along with a Euro 2012 special edition model that will likely...
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Ssangyong XIV2 Unveiled in China
Ssangyong has some solid products however they have never been able to gain mass sales with their chassis based products that are more at home in rural areas than they are in urban environments. The...
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Shou Wang Comes Back to China
Hyundai’s Shou Wang brand was born at the Guangzhou Auto Show in late 2011, the spy shots that were later aired seemed to show a rebranded Hyundai Elantra, a model that lacks the sex appeal of the...
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Smart Fortwo Dragon Edition for China
So it seems that manufacturers have realized that China is a hot market for automobiles, and they’ve learned a little bit about Chinese culture as it’s the year of the dragon. The results? Special...
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Geely’s SX Series Merge Bentley with Chinese Style
Every auto show you can guarantee that Geely will make something that will impress or distress. The Englon series of cars did not fail our expectations. The Englon brand, which stands for...
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Toyota Qin, the other Qin on display at the Beijing Auto Show
BYD launched a Qin, Toyota also launched a Qin. The difference? Well the difference is all in the Qin, Toyota’s Qin is 亲 which means Dear, as in ‘dear friend‘, BYD’s Qin is 秦 named after the bad...
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BYD and Daimler’s Denza Concept Shines in Beijing
BYD and Daimler’s electric creation took to the auto show floor for the first time at the Beijing Auto Show this week. The cooperation between a world famous electric car company and a not so famous...
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Chinese prefer AE-86 to FT86
In 2005 Hong Kong Directors Andrew Lau and Alan Mak made a movie adaptation of the Japanese Manga and Anime series, Initial D. My Japanese friends seem to be in disgust that the series was made into a...
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Chery TX SUV Takes the Limelight
Chery’s TX Concept SUV was one of the stars of the auto show, the new SUV seems to incorporate what might be a new design style for the Anhui based company. Chery’s current design theory is very...
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