Volvo S80 For Chinese Market To Be Produced in Chongqing Next Year
Nov 5, 2007
SHANGHAI - November 5, 2007: Volvo S80, the second Volvo model to be locally produced in China, will be produced in Changan Ford plant in Chongqing by the end of next year, local newspaper Beijing News reported today. Prior to the local production of S80, Volvo S40 started to be produced at Changan Ford in Chonqing las ... Continue reading
Audi A5, R8 To Be Imported To China Early Next Year
Nov 3, 2007
SHANGHAI - November 3, 2007: Audi A5 and R8 will be imported to Chinese market in the first quarter next year, said An Shihao, General Manager of FAW-Volkswagen Audi Sales Department. He said that the Audi A5 and R8 will be priced at 300,000 yuan ($40,187) to 850,000 yuan ($113,863) respectively. Equipped with the high ... Continue reading
China Imported 16,885 Lexus Vehicles in Jan-Aug, Up 160 Percent
Nov 2, 2007
SHANGHAI - November 2, 2007: Lexus has sold 16,885 vehicles in the first eight months this year, outselling every other brand in the imported luxury car segment. A senior official from Guangzhou Honda said earlier the company had no plan to locally produce Lexus in China until its sales volume hits 50,000 units. Zeng L ... Continue reading
Shanghai GM to Export Cadillac SLS to Middle East
Nov 1, 2007
SHANGHAI - November 1, 2007: Shanghai General Motors announced that it would start to sell the Cadillac SLS, the lengthened version of the STS luxury sedan, in the Middle East in the first quarter of 2008. It's the first export deal for the Chinese-made Cadillac, the joint venture automaker, formed by Shanghai Automoti ... Continue reading
China Raises Oil Product Prices By 8%
Nov 1, 2007
SHANGHAI - November 1, 2007: Oil product prices in China will raised by 8 percent or 500 yuan ($68) per ton starting today, China's economic regulatory body, National Development and Reform Commission announced on its official web site this morning. The price hike is made to reduce the widening gap between soaring glob ... Continue reading
Dongfeng Shows Own Brand Hybrid Vehicle in Beijing
Nov 1, 2007
SHANGHAI - November 1, 2007: Chinese auto group, Dongfeng Auto displayed its own hybrid vehicle codenamed EQ7200HEV at the 5th International Clean Vehicle Technology Exhibition and Forum in Beijing, local newspaper said. The hybrid vehicle, which is built on the platform of Dongfeng Nissan made Bluebird, will start vol ... Continue reading
2008 Cadillac Escalade Goes On Sale in China, Priced At About $149,000
Oct 31, 2007
SHANGHAI - October 31, 2007: Shanghai General Motors (Shanghai GM) announced today that it will start to sell 2008 Cadillac Escalade at dealerships in China starting today. The vehicle will be priced at about1.12 million yuan ($149,843). Since the second generation Cadillac Escalade went on sale in Chinese market last ... Continue reading
Mercedes-Benz to Produce Smart in China and Sue Shuanghuan
Oct 31, 2007
SHANGHAI - October 31, 2007: Mercedes-Benz is weighing a plan to produce Smart in China following its launch in the U.S market, Chinese media reported today. Citing a Mercedes-Benz official under the condition of anonymity, auto industry Web site Cheshi.com.cn reported that the company is considering producing Smart ei ... Continue reading
GM to Open $250 Million Alternative Fuel Research Center in Shanghai
Oct 30, 2007
SHANGHAI - October 30, 2007: Gasgoo.com is reporting that General Motors Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rick Wagoner said yesterday that the company will open a US$250-million alternative fuel research centre in Shanghai, Associated Press reported. "The Center will look into developing alternative-fuel cars, incl ... Continue reading
Mazda Increases Stakes in its Chinese Joint Venture By 15%
Oct 30, 2007
SHANGHAI - October 30, 2007: Japanese automaker Mazda Motor Corp has reached a stake purchase deal with FAW Mazda Motor Sales Co, Chinese media Beijing Morning News reported today. Under the stake purchase deal, Mazda Motors will increase its stake in the joint venture up to 40% from 25%, the report said. FAW Mazda Mot ... Continue reading
3M Raises Environmental Problems in China's After-Market Service Sector
Oct 30, 2007
SHANGHAI - China has given close attention to environmental problems in connection with automobile production and use, but ignored those in after-sales service sector, said head of 3M China yesterday at the sidelines of 5th Annual China Automotive Industry Forum in Shanghai. "We've paid a fair amount of attention to th ... Continue reading
Chery Tests Methanol-Fuelled Cars
Oct 29, 2007
SHANGHAI - October 29, 2007: Chery Automobile Co. Ltd unveiled its prototype methanol fuel-powered cars at their research base in northern China's Shanxi Province last week, an Interfax report said today. The report, citing a Chery employee, said the first batch of 20 cars has been tested and is ready to be put into fu ... Continue reading
Ssangyong to Produce S-100 Model in Chinese Plant Next Year
Oct 29, 2007
SHANGHAI - October 29, 2007: Ssangyong Motors' new plant in Yizheng, Jiangsu Province, will start volume production early next year and its first car will roll off the production line by next April, China's Nanfang Daily (Guangdong-based newspaper) reported today. Code-named S100, the first car to be made at Yizheng pl ... Continue reading
BMW plans local production of new X3 in China
Oct 26, 2007
BMW plans local production of new X3 in China http://www.gasgoo.com/autobiz/3700/BMW-plans-local-production-of-new-X3 -in-China.html Shanghai. October 26 (Gasgoo.com) German automaker BMW AG may have a plan to locally produce its new X3 in China by the second half of 2010. German magazine Auto Motor und Sport cited a B ... Continue reading
Chery's QQ Tops Subcompact Market in 13 Chinese Provinces
Oct 26, 2007
Chery's QQ tops subcompact market in 13 provinces http://www.gasgoo.com/autobiz/3692/Chery-s-QQ-tops-subcompact-market-in -13-provinces.html Shanghai. October 26 (Gasgoo.com) - Chinese automaker Chery's subcompact car model, QQ, has aced in 13 out of 32 provinces or municipalities in China in January -August period, ac ... Continue reading
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