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REPORT: China's Changan delays plan to enter North American auto market

Changan is coming to America, just not yet. Aiming to establish a base in Mexico with which to move into the U.S. market, the Chinese automaker signed a deal last year to build a plant south of the border. The familiar story of planetary financial catastrophe has encouraged Changan to tap the brakes on its plans, however. Said the company's R&D head to Reuters, "We are still doing market research there. There won't be any big investment for the time being." As if the crisis weren't enough, Changan, like other Chinese makers, is also ... Read more →

Can You Hear Me Now? China reportedly developing 3G-based 'smart' car Jonathon Ramsey

Chana Auto, otherwise known as Changan (that's their Benni Sports pictured), has entered into an alliance with China Mobile "to develop a smart vehicle based on 3G wireless technologies." In ...

Shanghai 2009: Chang'An E301 Concept gets asymmetrical up in here John Neff

Chinese automaker Chang'An arrived at the 2009 Shanghai Motor Show with this concept in hand: the E301 crossover. The Citroen-ish concept appears to eschew practicality for gratuitously ...

Shanghai 2009: Chang'An CD101 debuts, looks production-friendly Chris Paukert

Chang'An Motors has rolled out its CD101 concept in Shanghai, and while we don't have much more than images to show you of this car yet, it could offer a glimpse as to what China's fourth largest ...

Chang'An channeling Citroen for its forthcoming Shanghai crossover concept? Jeremy Korzeniewski

Chinese automaker Chang'An has a new crossover concept to show at the upcoming Shanghai Motor Show. Based on the sort-of translated press release, we're betting the e301 uses some kind of ...

VIDEO: Drifting on a budget the Chang'an Motors way 8 months ago on Autoblog

A few years ago, drifting took the motorsports world by storm... and while its momentum seems to have cooled a bit, virtually everyone can appreciate the knife-edged balance of throttle and steering needed to execute a yawning slide. That appreciation has extended all the way to China, where a ...

Ford funnelling $58 million to China venture 1 year ago on Autoblog

Ford's not seeing GM-level success in China yet, but its joint venture, Chang'an Ford Mazda, is among the top ten selling automakers in China. The popularity of the Focus and S-Max have bolstered sales by 60 percent since last year, and the new money will be used to facilitate more production. ...

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 ...

Ford expects a very good year in China 3 years ago on Autoblog

Ford's joint venture with Changan Automobile expects its sales in China to double this year, driven by sales of two popular new models: the Ford Focus and Mazda3. So far the Focus, which debuted in China last fall, is selling at a rate of 5,000 to 6,000 units a month, about as fast as the company ...






Autoblog Podcast #156: Paukert comes back for more! 

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert chat and give each other grief. Merriment ensues.

 
 

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