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Maximum Bob talks about Invicta and how not to rebadge cars

Click above for high-res gallery of the Buick Invicta Concept GM Vice Chairman Bob "Maximum" Lutz published a new post today on the corporate GM Fastlane Blog that addresses the automaker's newest concept that debuted recently at Auto China 2008 in Beijing: the Invicta. The concept heavily hints at what the next-generation Buick LaCrosse will look like, but Bob points out that the global architecture underpinning the vehicle will be the basis of new cars for Chevy, Saab, Opel/Vauxhall and more. In the past, we would've expected those ... Read more →

Autoblog Chinese wraps up 2008 Beijing Motor Show John Neff

We're proud as peacocks of our blogging brothers at Autoblog Chinese who, in blogging parlance, tore the 2008 Beijing Motor Show a new one. We showed you just a sampling of the dozens of cars they ...

Beijing 2008: Hyundai debuts facelifted Elantra John Neff

Click above to view high-res gallery of the 2008 Hyundai Elantra in China As we learned last week, Hyundai used the occasion of Auto China in Beijing to debut its slightly refreshened Elantra. Its ...

Beijing 2008: 1st Bugatti Veyron in China sells for $3.6m Noah Joseph

Click to view the Bugatti Veyron's unveiling in Beijing If you were looking for the new epitome of capitalism's slow-but-steady takeover of communism in China, we've got it for you right here. ...

Beijing 2008: From Jeep clones to this? Beijing 700R concept Alex Nunez

It turns out that the Geely GT didn't corner the market on coupe concepts at Auto China 2008. Beijing Automotive -- whose Wrangler-style B40 you saw earlier -- is also on the case with its 700R coupe ...

Beijing 2008: Land Wrangler? It's the Beijing B40! 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the Beijing B40 The basic Jeep shape has essentially carried forward from World War II to the present day. It has also been replicated many times over by automakers scattered around the world, and variations on the theme continue to appear. The Chinese auto ...

Beijing 2008: Brilliance BS4 wagon is good looking... no BS! 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the Brilliance BS4 Wagon The Brilliance BS4 sedan is a pretty good-looking car, so it stands to reason that its wagon variant would be easy on the eyes as well. Unveiled in Beijing, the BS4 wagon is indeed a snazzy-looking, ostensibly practical machine. Power ...

Beijing 2008: Volkswagen Lavida meets its home audience 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the VW Lavida for China Shanghai Volkswagen developed the new VW Lavida in China, for China. Now it's made its big debut before the home-market audience in Beijing. Stylistically, the made-in-China design looks oddly dated, quite frankly. The petal-shaped head- ...

Beijing 2008: Nissan unveils new Teana and Teana XV 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the Nissan Teana and Teana XV Back in October of last year, Nissan unveiled the Intima concept at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show. The large front-wheel-drive sedan previewed the styling for the new Teana (above, dark) and more luxurious Teana XV (above, light) that ...

Geely TX4 LTC show car turns London taxi into hot rod. Sort of. 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image for a gallery of the Geely TX4 LTC Geely builds the LTI TX4 under license, and naturally, it's showing off the popular London taxi at its display in Beijing. The standard TX4's kind of vanilla though, so to grab showgoers' attention, the automaker has also plopped an electric blue "hot ...

Beijing 2008: Geely CE concept makes its debut 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the Geely CE Ok, the Geely car parade at Beijing is officially in full swing. One of the good-looking renderings we posted during the runup to the show was of the CE concept, a small hatchback that looked like it could just as easily be an Acura that's slumming ...

Beijing 208: Geely Tiger GT concept steals the show 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the Geely Tiger GT concept Of all the cars being debuted at this year's Auto China show in Beijing, most of them are from one company: Chinese domestic automaker Geely. The brand has over 20 some debuts, but most are ho-hum little econoboxes that Chinese ...

Beijing 2008: HongQi SUV concept doesn't look like a photochopped MKT 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image for a high-res gallery of the HonQi SUV FAW's premium HonQi (Red Flag) division has unveiled its V12 luxury SUV concept in Beijing. While photoshopped images based on the Lincoln MKT concept surfaced on a Chinese website ahead of the show, the actual vehicle on display looks nothing ...

Beijing 2008: Guangzhou Honda's Linian concept shows where new brand is headed 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Linian concept Last Summer, we told you how Guangzhou Honda planned to develop a separate, China-only brand. Today in Beijing, the first step in that direction is on display in the form of the Linian concept. Specifics are hard to come by, but according to ...

Beijing 2008: Porsche unveils the Cayenne Turbo S 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image for a hi-res gallery of the new Cayenne Turbo S Porsche says that Asian and Eastern European market demand for ridiculously high performance SUVs has resulted in a new addition to the Cayenne range. After a brief respite following the introduction of the current-gen Cayenne, the Turbo S ...

Lifan 320 MINI ripoff to debut at Beijing Motor Show 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for photo gallery of the Lifan 320 The production version of Lifan's egregious MINI clone is set to debut this weekend at the Beijing Motor Show. The Lifan 320 as it's called has an 87-horsepower 1.3L underhood that drives the front wheels alone. We're sure that Lifan will point to the ...

Beijing '08 Preview: 2010 Mercedes-Benz GLK 350 to debut in China 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above to view high-res gallery of the 2010 GLK 350 Mercedes-Benz debuted the GLK last January at the Detroit Auto Show in the form of two lightly veiled concepts: the Townside and the Freeside. Until now, the only place we've glimpsed the production version is on the set of Sex and the City. ...

Beijing '08 Preview: Changfeng Qi Ling CP1A 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image for photo gallery Imagine a Hyundai Elantra minus the swoopy body line and with a more assertive, Opel-ish beak, and you have the Changfeng Qi Ling CP1A that'll be unveiled this weekend at the Beijing Motor Show. According to thetycho.com, the CP1A designation is simply a code name, and ...

Beijing '08 Preview: Roewe 550 unveiled, and it's impressive 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image for photo gallery Every 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 ...

Beijing '08 Preview: BYD e6 electrifies family hauling 1 year ago on Autoblog

When Auto China (a.k.a. the Beijing Motor Show) opens next week, BYD will pull the wraps off its e6, an EV crossover/MPV with a front end similar in appearance to the JDM Honda Odyssey. Unlike Honda's people-mover, the e6 runs exclusively on batteries. Its operating range is stated as being 300 km ...

Beijing '08: Buick Invicta concept to be 4-door coupe 1 year ago on Autoblog

During a pre-Beijing Motor Show conference call today, Buick provided some more hints about the new Invicta concept that it will reveal this weekend in China. We've had a couple of teases about what to expect and won't actually be seeing any detailed images until Saturday, but what we do know now ...

Beijing '08 Preview: Nissan Livina C-Gear set to debut 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image for a gallery of the current Nissan Livina range The Nissan Livina "world car" will get the allroad-ish treatment next week when the new C-Gear variant bows at Auto China in Beijing. The C-Gear follows the Livina Geniss/Grand Livina minivan and Livina hatch to market, and it's ...

Nissan Intima Teana brochure leaked out 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a gallery of the Nissan Teana brochure. The Scoopers of Cars have gotten their hands on a scanned brochure of the production version of the Nissan Intima concept, and it seems that in addition to getting a mass-market makeover, it will also be sporting a Teana badge when it goes on ...

Beijing '08 Preview: Buick unveils updated 2009 Excelle for China 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Buick Excelle Long-time readers of Autoblog will recall occasional mentions of the Buick Excelle, a small but luxuriously appointed Buick that's only sold in China. It's what the Cadillac Cimarron never was, and the Chinese love it. The little Buick that ...

Beijing '08 Preview: Geely CE Concept 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image for a photo gallery of the Geely CE concept Via Autoblog Chinese, the parade of Beijing-bound debuts continues. Today we've got another one from Geely, which seems to be working to establish itself as a style leader in a sea of Chinese cars, the looks of which range from the vanilla to ...

Beijing '08 Preview: Nissan Intima to make production debut? 1 year ago on Autoblog

The Nissan Intima concept that was unveiled during last year's Tokyo Motor Show looked very complete. Now we know why. Spy photos suggest that a production version of the Intima will make its world debut next month at the Beijing Motor Show. As you can see from the above photos, the covered car's ...

Beijing '08 Preview: Geely GE MPV concept 1 year ago on Autoblog

When it comes to new Chinese debuts set for Beijing next month, the steady drip of photos accompanied by little to know info continues apace. The latest is another MPV study from Geely, which will have eighteen vehicles scattered about the show floor. Geely might call this an MPV, but everything we ...

Beijing '08 Preview: FAW B131 Sedan 1 year ago on Autoblog

The FAW Besturn is a Chinese sedan based on the current-gen Mazda6, and while it won't go down in the annals of memorable car designs, its certainly not offensive either inside or out. Come next month at the Beijing Motor Show, FAW is expected to introduce a new, still-unnamed 4-door that Autoblog ...

Beijing '08 Preview: Geely HL MPV 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image to enlarge According to its company website, Geely will have eighteen concept and production vehicles on display at Auto China (a.k.a. the Beijing Motor Show) next month. We have a feeling the spiffy Geely GT will suck all the oxygen out of the room; unless someone else unveils ...

Beijing '08 Preview: Roewe 550 sedan spied at commercial shoot 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image for a gallery of the Roewe 550 sedan SAIC'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 ...

Beijing '08 Preview: Geely GT concept to debut 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a gallery of the Geely GT concept The 2008 Beijing Motor Show will play host to the usual assortment of real automakers' wares, direct knock-offs of said automakers' wares, and a few concepts and production vehicles of genuine interest beyond comedic value. We'll count the Geely GT ...

JAC Vision 2: The sequel hits Beijing Motor Show 3 years ago on Autoblog

China's Jianghuai Automobile Co., Ltd., unveiled its Vision II concept car at the Beijing Auto Show. Again. As its name suggests, this is the second iteration of the swoopy sedan. It was first shown at the 2005 Beijing Auto Show as the Vision in a more conservative dark red paintjob, sporting a ...

Beijing Auto Show: DongFeng D120 3 years ago on Autoblog

Chinese carmaker DongFeng introduced its D120 sports car at the Beijing show Saturday. The two-door apparently was created by mating a Solstice with a streeted-up Tiburon and has a 137-hp, 2.4-liter engine. The rear wing's height is adjustable, apparently by way of an old-fashioned bellows-type ...

Volkswagen Neeza Concept: official shots and info 3 years ago on Autoblog

Click to enlarge This morning, Shanghai Volkswagen revealed the Volkswagen Neeza concept at the Beijing Motor Show. Looking exactly as we expected it to after seeing the advanced renderings and sketches released earlier this month, VW calls the bright red concept a "cross between a sport coupe and ...

Beijing Auto Show: Changan Xingqing concept 3 years ago on Autoblog

Resembling a neon-green, modernized Honda CRX, this is the ChangAn Xingqing concept car expected to be unveiled this weekend at the Beijing Auto Show. We hope to have more info about this diminutive two-door when the show opens, but the above illustration provides a little teaser for what will ...

Toyota launches baby Camry in Beijing with new Corolla 3 years ago on Autoblog

Toyota, in its seemingly never ending quest for world domination, targets the mostly untapped Chinese market with a redesigned Chinese-market Corolla. Looking much like a diminutive Camry, the 10th iteration of the China-bound Corolla will be on display starting Saturday at the 2006 Beijing ...






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