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REPORT: GM to give China dedicated vehicle, launch up to 30 models there in five years

According to Automotive News China, at least one new inexpensive model from Buick or Chevrolet will be dedicated to the Chinese and other emerging markets. The undisclosed model will arrive before 2011. In addition, two more Buick-badged vehicles, and four more wearing Chevrolet logos, will roll into Chinese showrooms in the next two years. Looking further down the road, Kevin Wale, General Motors' China Group president, reportedly also confirmed that the automaker plans to launch as many as 30 new models by 2014 in an effort to double sales. ... Read more →

GM expects sales in China to grow 20% in 2009 Michael Harley

General Motors boasted in April that it would double sales in China by 2013 with the introduction of 30 new or upgraded models over the next five years. Last month, GM forecasted that its vehicle ...

REPORT: China passes U.S. in auto sales Chris Shunk

Most of the world has been knee deep in a wicked recession for quite a while, and auto sales have been hit especially hard. Here in the U.S., the numbers have been abysmal, as the first half of the ...

REPORT: China rolls out 89 new models in six months - that's one every two days Jeremy Korzeniewski

We've been hearing Chinese officials say for quite some time now that there are far too many automakers in the country for a healthy market in the long-term, but we didn't realize until today ...

China's Hautai reportedly readying Bentley Continental knockoff Michael Harley

Hot on the heels of Geely's "this is not a Rolls-Royce Phantom" GE, Chinese automaker Hautai is apparently busy working on its own new luxury vehicle, one that would appear to borrow liberally ...

Hyundai Sonata gets redesign for China, we want too 1 year ago on Autoblog

The changes to the Chinese-market Hyundai Sonata are not enough to raise the roomy sedan's profile above handsome anonycar, but it's encouraging to see Hyundai figuring out freshening cycles without bringing the weird. This Sonata has been facelifted by BHMC, Hyundai's Chinese joint venture, and ...

Chinese Buick Regal caught dressed in red 1 year ago on Autoblog

Two weeks ago we showed you spy shots of a 2010 Buick Regal caught testing in China that appeared to be nothing more than a rebadged Opel Insignia. (As you may recall, we'll be getting the 2010 Buick LaCrosse in the States.) All three of those cars are based on GM's Epsilon II platform, which we ...

The Clone Wars: Chinese copy banned from Europe 1 year ago on Autoblog

Fiat's Panda is the best selling minicar in Europe, and has been for four years. When China's Great Wall Motor -- Chrysler's Chinese partner -- decided to make a minicar called the GWPeri, it borrowed from the best. That is, if by "borrowed" you mean created a car that differs only from the Panda in ...

Volvo's suitor of the week: China's Chery 1 year ago on Autoblog

Following up on our report last month about Volvo possibly going to the Chinese, state media is now reporting that Chery Automobile, one of the largest independent and fastest growing Chinese auto manufacturers, has its eyes on the Swedish automaker. Although officials at Chery rule out the ...

HongQi announces new photochopped Lincoln MKT crossover! 1 year ago on Autoblog

How brazen can you get? At least most of the Chinese auto-cloners automakers create their own renderings of the cars they are copying. HongQi, a "premium" brand produced by First Auto Works in China simply grabbed a couple of press shots of the Lincoln MKT concept from the Ford Media site and ...

Chinese create ultimate clone: the F1 "Ferrari" cell phone 1 year ago on Autoblog

It goes without saying that this isn't an officially-sanctioned Ferrari F430 cell phone. This is called the "F1 Phone," coming at you in bright-red injection-molded plastic direct from non-Ferrari manufacturing China. Like the Italian exotic, the F1 Phone offers a lot of performance with its ...

Detroit 2008: Steve Saleen presents... a bargain Chinese pickup! 1 year ago on Autoblog

Laugh if you must, the wares that CHAMCO were showing off at the Detroit Auto Show were certainly a lot more humble than what you'd find at Lexus. China America Cooperative Automotive is seriously considering bringing pickup truck to the United States that they've retained the services of Steve ...

Detroit 2008: Hang Ten with Tang Hua 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for mini gallery of high-res hilarity Sister site AB Green did a post on the Tang Hua clan yesterday, but we had to get in on the fun, too. A trio of bright yellow Dr. Suess-mobiles are being displayed by the Chinese company in the basement of COBO. As you might imagine, Chinese cars ...

SAIC and Nanjing merge to form mega Chinese auto group 1 year ago on Autoblog

Industry analysts widely agree that one of the principal factors preventing Chinese automakers from succeeding outside of China is the local industry's fragmentation, with over 100 automakers vying for their slice of the proverbial pie. However, a merger announced Wednesday between two major Chinese ...

Care to dance? - Geely looking for partners 2 years ago on Autoblog

"We started off building and selling cheap cars, but now we are changing," says Geely Automobile Holdings Chairman Li Shufu at at Tokyo press conference. Geely is the purveyor of some of the most inexpensive cars in China, and now it's looking to sell in other markets. Citing Geely's great respect ...

China's F1 entry... sorta 2 years ago on Autoblog

There have been many pretenders to the throne of "F1 car for the road". Ferrari, McLaren... even newcomer Caparo has joined the frey. But this has to be the farthest contender off the mark, if not the most worthy of the name "pretender" at least. Our friends at The Hollywood Extra have a spy shot ...

Asia auto sales set to eclipse Europe by 2009 2 years ago on Autoblog

A J.D. Power and Associates study reveals that before the end of the decade, vehicle sales in the Asia Pacific region will surpass those in the European arena – the largest market in the world. Although the report is nothing surprising considering the booming market in China and the ...

UPDATE: No Chinese-built Lotus on the horizon 2 years ago on Autoblog

Contrary to a report that surfaced Monday, Lotus has no intention of partnering with the Malaysian state-owned automaker, Proton, to build cars in China. This announcement debunks what Jinhua Neoplan has asserted throughout a number of articles in the Chinese press – including the ...

Buick lineup to get Chinese-infusion 2 years ago on Autoblog

Judging by the positive reception the Chinese-marketed Buicks have been receiving here in the States, GM would be ill-advised to continue offering the same warmed-over products that it's been selling over the past decade. According to Automotive News, the General sees the writing on the wall and ...

The inside of a Brilliance coupe, pre NCAP crash-test 2 years ago on Autoblog

If you want to know what the inside of a Brilliance coupe looks like before it disintegrates in an NCAP test, pictures are finally available. As was said of the sedan, it's actually ... all right. There's a plethora of plastic, it's a bit on the dark side, and forget about sitting in the back seats ...

Buick Skylark to land in China by 2009 2 years ago on Autoblog

Remember the Buick Skylark? While the car certainly had its day in the pre-Reagan era, the 1980s and 90s did a lot of damage to the nameplate with models that were uninspired in every way (see above). General Motors figures the name's still good in other markets where it never sold the car, and ...

Shanghai Motor Show: Girls of Shanghai Gallery 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view more model pics from the 2007 Shanghai Auto Show var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/world_news/Shanghai_Motor_Show_Girls_of_Shanghai_Gallery'; Whether it's the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the Mondial de l'Automobile in Paris, or the Shanghai Motor ...

The Brilliance are coming! Chinese automaker plans to export sedans to the US this year 2 years ago on Autoblog

After storming Europe in 2006, BMW's Chinese automaking partner Brilliance wants to start sending its BS6 sedan to our shores as soon as this year. If it does, it will be the first Chinese car maker to grace the US market. According to Brilliance President Zhigang Liu, if the BS6's don't make it ...

Shanghai Motor Show: Audi Cross Coupe Quattro live shots 2 years ago on Autoblog

click on the pic above to view the gallery Cross-training sneakers took a little while to catch on, too. They weren't the standout shoe in any of the segments they straddled, but they aimed to be competent for more than one use. Think of the Audi Cross Coupe concept as a vehicular cross trainter. ...

Shanghai Auto Show: LIVE shots of Chery A6CC Concept 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view more images of the Chery A6CC Concept In addition to the Shooting Sport Concept, Chinese auto manufacturer Chery also had the A6CC Concept on display at the 2007 Shanghai Auto Show. The A6CC appears even more production ready than the Shooting Sport, except for those faux ...

Shanghai Auto Show: LIVE shots of the Chery Shooting Sport 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view more high-res images of the Chery Shooting Sport Our colleagues at Autoblog Chinese have just provided us with our first live look of the Chery Shooting Sport concept, which is one of more than a few cars at the Shanghai Auto Show this year that proves Chinese design is ...

Shanghai Auto Show: More pics of the Buick Riviera Concept 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view more shots of the Buick Riviera Concept Our colleagues over at Autoblog Chinese have just shown us a bevy of new pics revealing more angles of the Buick Riviera Concept set to debut soon at the Shanghai Auto Show. As we reported earlier, the Buick Riviera Concept was ...

Changfeng wants to bring Chinese pickups/SUVs to the US 2 years ago on Autoblog

Changfeng Motor Company took a pair each of SUVs and pickup trucks to the NAIAS in Detroit as a first salvo at attacking the US market. Changfeng is a state-owned manufacturer that used to build vehicles for the Chinese army. Before you walk away snickering, consider this; Changfeng is hot to start ...

Geely Forwind Concept takes stage in Beijing... mass vomiting ensues 3 years ago on Autoblog

We're so sorry to bring this to you on a holiday, as your gullet full of turkey bird and oyster stuffing could make en encore after viewing the large photo gallery we've assembled after the jump of the Geely Forwind Concept. We showed you the Forwind last week when our colleagues at Autoblog ...

Chery at the Beijing Motor Show 3 years ago on Autoblog

Chery Automobile is one of a handful of Chinese automakers that has made its intention to sell cars across the world known and is actively pursuing that end. One such example of that pursuit is the improvement we're seeing in some of Chery's designs. Four concepts that will be appearing at the ...

Geely Fengyin Concept: Chinese take a wrong turn at Aztek 3 years ago on Autoblog

Our colleagues at Autoblog Chinese caught this concept from Geely called the Fengyin hanging out by the curb. It reminds us of exactly what a fifth-grader would produce were he given a Pontiac Aztek and an unlimited budget. The exterior design gives us paper cuts just looking at it, and the ...

Official pics of Roewe's new ride: the 750E 3 years ago on Autoblog

Thanks to our colleagues reporting from their home turf on Autoblog Chinese, we now have the first official shots of the Rover 75-based sedan from Roewe, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp.'s (SAIC) newly minted brand. We've shown you spy shots of the large sedan, but these are the first official ...

Ferrari goes Dutch: engine deal with Spyker-MF1 3 years ago on Autoblog

Spyker-MF1 has struck a deal with Maranello to use Ferrari engines for the 2007 Formula 1 season. The team formerly known as Midland and before that as Jordan was recently purchased by a consortium lead by Spyker, the quirky Dutch exotic carmaker. Autoblog previously speculated on the likelihood of ...

Surprise! Ford buys Rover name from BMW 3 years ago on Autoblog

Ford informed BMW today that it would be exercising its right to buy the Rover name from the German automaker and also announced that it will not be putting it up for sale. The Detroit automaker purchased Land Rover from BMW in 2000 and has since had the option to buy the Rover name or at least ...

Mau-tronic! FAW's Chinese robotic car 3 years ago on Autoblog

Now this has disaster spelled all over it. (If you can read Chinese.) Chinese carmaker First Auto Works (FAW) is demonstrating a sedan that drives itself. Equipped with two cameras hooked up to a computer guidance system of some sort, the FAW Hongqi (Red Flag) HQ3 prototype is designed to navigate ...

Ohio stockin' up on Chinese vehicles 3 years ago on Autoblog

Those who're reckoning to check out the first Chinese vehicle coming to the U.S. may want to book a trip to Columbus, Ohio. Sib site Blogging Ohio posts that not one, but two auto distributors have obtained the rights to distribute Chinese vehicles. The Ricart Automotive Group will be distributing ...

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