Posts Tagged ‘chinese automaker’

Detroit 2008: Geely FC makes an argument for Chinese cars

Sunday, November 4th, 2007
click above to view more images of the Geely FCOf all the Chinese automakers in attendance this year at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, Geely is the only one with cars we believe could actually be sold in the U.S. We have no idea if its new FC sedan, which debuted in China just five months ago, would pa......

Detroit 2008: The Return of ChangFeng!

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
click above to view more images of the ChengFeng Leopard and KylinChangFeng Motors was here last year and made the familiar claim that its Chinese cars would soon be on sale in the U.S. The Chinese automaker made the pilgrimage to Detroit again this year and was welcomed with open arms by Carl Galea......

Detroit 2008: The Return of ChangFeng!

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
click above to view more images of the ChengFeng Leopard and KylinChangFeng Motors was here last year and made the familiar claim that its Chinese cars would soon be on sale in the U.S. The Chinese automaker made the pilgrimage to Detroit again this year and was welcomed with open arms by Carl Galea......

CES 2008: The cars of CES

Friday, October 26th, 2007
Among the never-ending sea of house-sized LCD TVs, untold navigation devices and cutesy robots at CES are more than a few cars. While last year the theme among custom-car builders was overwhelming gaudiness, this year someone must have written a rule mandating at least a little class.We expected to ......

SAIC buys Nanjing, finally gets MG

Sunday, October 14th, 2007
The twisted saga of MG's resurrection from the ashes at the hands of Chinese automakers has come full circle. Last year both SAIC Motor Corp. and Nanjing Automobile Corp. fought tooth and nail for the right to build MGs in England, and Nanjing, the smaller of the two automakers by far, won. Since th......

VIDEO: Wall Street Journal goes inside Chery factory

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
The Wall Street Journal was allowed behind the scenes at Chinese automaker Chery, a rare privilege in Communist China. The reporter didn't discover any top-secret plans for world domination or even a rendering of what Dodge's Chery-made car would look like. But he did see German and Italian robotics......

Chinese coming on strong at 2008 Detroit Auto Show

Sunday, July 29th, 2007
We remember back in 2005 2006 when the first Chinese automaker to exhibit at the Detroit Auto Show made history just by attending. That would be Geely, and though its display was relegated to the front lobby, the motoring press was impressed by its mere presence in the Motor City. Fast Forward to 20......

Brilliance releases $15k BC3 turbo coupe

Monday, July 23rd, 2007
click above image for more views of the Brilliance BC3You probably don't remember this car, but we do. It's the Brilliance BC3, shown to the public for the first time in Geneva last March and now officially on sale in China. The BC3 is somewhat special because it is the first sports car developed e......

Brilliant recovery? Brilliance BS6 garners 3 stars in Spain crash test

Monday, July 9th, 2007
Following its utterly calamitous performance in crash tests conducted by Germany's ADAC, Chinese automaker Brilliance said that it would work with the German body to improve the car's safety. To be honest, we don't know if any such changes have been designed or implemented yet, but apparently, Brill......

Rumormill: China Automobile almost kicked out of Frankfurt show?

Sunday, July 8th, 2007
According to UK-based media service Headline Auto, one of the hot rumors flying around the Auto Messe in Frankfurt earlier this morning was that China Automobile, the German importer for Chinese automaker Shuanghuan, was going to get booted out of the exhibit hall. The controversy stems from some ba......