Roewe
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0Beijing 2008: Roewe 550 debuts, still good lookin' 1208800620
Click above for high-res gallery of the Roewe 550Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation debuted the Roewe 550 over the weekend at the Auto China show in Beijing, and it joins the 750 in a lineup that was designed and engineered entirely in Britain. For those who don't remember the story, a little ...
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Beijing '08 Preview: Roewe 550 unveiled, and it's impressive 1208455080
Click image for photo galleryEvery now and then, you have to eat crow. This is one of those times. Early spy shots of the Roewe 550 had me thinking it was nothing special -- and far from beautiful. Subsequent spy shots cast it in a better light, and now, with the release of official images of the ...
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Beijing '08 Preview: Roewe 550 sedan spied at commercial shoot 1206635520
Click image for a gallery of the Roewe 550 sedanSAIC's Rowe brand (nee Rover) is set to formally unveil its new 550 sedan in Beijing next month. The sedan's styling is very mainstream save for its unfortunate front fascia. Those undersized, oddly-shaped headlights just seem very out of place. That ...
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China's SAIC to revive historic Longbridge UK plant 1199822580
MG's former Longbridge, UK headquarters has been pretty quiet since production ceased in 2005. Newly-merged owners SAIC and Nanjing want the clatter of carbuilding to once again echo through the plant and plan to base their European and overseas operations there. The plant itself has the ...
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SAIC buys Nanjing, finally gets MG 1198778220
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 ...
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Rendered Speculation: Roewe SUV 1196805360
Roewe, SAIC's renamed Rover, has an SUV in the works. Details are scant, though it's reportedly based on a Ssangyong model. We think the Ssangyong Kyron is hiding under the Roewe's handsome sheetmetal. The Kyron carries its Mercedes-esque styling atop a ladder frame and off-road capable 4WD ...
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Roewe W2 concept a Chinese delight 1176744420
We've had our fun with Chinese-designed cars before, but it looks like someone over at Roewe knows what makes a decent-looking car.Roewe is expected to officially introduce its W2 concept later this month at the Shanghai Auto Show. Though officially a concept, Internet rumors indicate production ...
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Roewe developing Focus-fighter with ex-Rover employees 1170464520
Ford pulled a shrewd move back in September when it exercised an option to purchase the rights to the Rover brand name from BMW, which meant that Chinese automaker SAIC couldn't use the brand name to sell the ex-Rover cars it had just won the rights to build. Hence, the Roewe brand was born and the ...
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China to be biggest car market by '09, or maybe '15 1165955040
China has come on quickly in the automotive world. Long known as a nation of bike riders, it now represents the third largest manufacturer and second largest market for cars in the world. As People's Daily Online points out, in just five years since joining the WTO, sales of Chinese made vehicles ...
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Spy shots: New three-door Roewe? 1162996260
We reported back in October that China's Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corp. planned to introduce its recently purchased Rover 75 as the Roewe 750 at next year's Shanghai Auto Show.Now pictures have turned up that seem to indicate SAIC's plans for the Rover 25. The spied car closely resembles ...

