Chery to Supply 100,000 Gas Engines to Fiat Annually
Aug 7, 2007
SHANGHAI - August 7, 2007: Fiat and Chery completed a gas engine supply deal with yesterday. Under the agreement, Chery will provide 100,000 gas engines annually to Fiat. These 1.6 L and 1.8 L gas engines will be designed for Fiat automobiles manufactured in both China and elsewhere in the world. 'The forged deal (with ... Continue reading
Chery's millionth car to roll off assembly line in August
Aug 6, 2007
Chery's millionth car to roll off assembly line in August http://www.gasgoo.com/autobiz/2852/Chery-s-millionth-car-to-roll-off-as sembly-line-in-August.html The millionth Chery automobile will roll off assembly line by the end of August, making Chery the first homegrown automaker to reach this milestone in China's auto ... Continue reading
Chrysler-Dodge Cava-Van Production Wins Chinese Government Approval
Aug 3, 2007
SHANGHAI - August 3, 2007: Chrysler-Dodge has obtained production license from National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) to produce a new car model called Cara-Van, according to a NDRC announcement yesterday. "If everything goes smoothly, Chrysler-Dodge cars made in China will be launched in the last quarter of ... Continue reading
WTO to Adjudicate China Auto Parts Case by Jan 2008
Aug 3, 2007
SHANGHAI - August 3, 2007: The World Trade Organization (WTO) will adjudicate China's auto parts imports tariff case in January 2008, a senior official from Ministry of Commerce said yesterday. In March 2006, the United States, Canada and the European Union filed a complaint against China with the WTO regarding China's ... Continue reading
China's Geely Automotive To Cut Its Chinese Auto Parts Suppliers By Half
Aug 3, 2007
SHANGHAI - August 3, 2007: Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd, China's largest privately-owned carmaker, plans to cut its spare parts suppliers in China by over 50% in the near future. Meanwhile the company also set up a management team to take charge of the company's spare parts purchase procedures, spare parts inventory a ... Continue reading
Audi Ranks Top in China For Customer Satisfaction
Aug 2, 2007
INGOLSTADT, Germany - August 2, 2007: For the second time in succession, Audi is ranked top in the "J.D. Power Asia Pacific 2007 China Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) Study," which has now been released. As in the 2006 comparative study, the J.D. Power Asia Pacific report viewed the company with the four rings as the ... Continue reading
China Citroën to be Mass Produced in France
Aug 2, 2007
SHANGHAI - August 2, 2007: The mid segment model C-Triomphe developed by Chinese and French researchers will be mass produced in France and launched in Europe soon, Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile announced yesterday. Powered with either a diesel or a gasoline engine, C-Triomphe will also feature integrated advance ... Continue reading
Chevrolet SUV's To Re-Enter China
Aug 2, 2007
SHANGHAI - August 2, 2007: "Chevrolet SUV will come to the Chinese market by the end of this year." said Sun Xiaodong, Shanghai GM marketing director. "The new SUV is an Opel SUV model, but branded Chevrolet, and there are two versions: 2.4L and 3.2L engine for consumers to choose. Shanghai GM will not produce this mod ... Continue reading
China Auto Export Volume Up 71.2% In H1, Unit Price Up 23%
Aug 2, 2007
SHANGHAI - August 2, 2007: China exported 241,000 automobiles in the first six month of this year, up 71.2% from a year earlier; while China's total auto export revenue reached $2.7 billion, up 110.7% from a year earlier, China Securities Journal reported yesterday. The price of China's exported automobiles averages $1 ... Continue reading
Aug 1, 2007
SHANGHAI - August 1, 2007: BMW AG has sold 23,667 BMW-brand sedans and Mini-brand cars in the first six months, up 38% year on year, of which 22,891 units were sold in Chinese mainland, an increase of 36% year on year, according to Chinese media report. Sales of the BMW brand, especially China-made 5-Series sedans, ros ... Continue reading
SAIC-GM-Wuling Mini-Car Sales Hit 300,000 in 2008 H1
Aug 1, 2007
SHANGHAI - August 1, 2007: SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co., Ltd, the leader in China's mini-car industry, sold over 300,000 mini-cars in the first half year, representing 43% of China's mini-car market, the company said in a recent report. Earlier this year, the company announced its sales target of 520,000 units in 2007 ... Continue reading
Buick Enclave to be Imported to China by Year-End
Jul 31, 2007
GM Buick Enclave to be imported to China by year-end http://www.gasgoo.com/autobiz/2782/GM-Buick-Enclave-to-be-imported-to-C hina-by-year-end.html Sources say the Buick Enclave will be imported to China by the Buick division of General Motors before the end of this year. Based on GM Lambda platform, the Enclave was pre ... Continue reading
Green Plan Helps General Motors Save More Than 2 Million Yuan in China
Jul 31, 2007
Green plan helps GM save more than 2 million yuan in China http://www.gasgoo.com/autobiz/2783/Green-plan-helps-GM-save-more-than-2 -million-yuan-in-China.html GENERAL Motors Corp said yesterday its "green supply chain" plan introduced in China two years ago, has helped to save more than two million yuan (US$264,000) ov ... Continue reading
Infiniti's New Chinese Market Strategy
Jul 31, 2007
Infiniti's New Chinese Market Strategy http://www.gasgoo.com/autobiz/2777/Infiniti-s-New-Chinese-Market-Strate gy.html "The Chinese market is playing a more and more important role in the world auto market, especially to Infiniti, the premium unit of Japanese automaker Nissan." Said vice president of Nissan recently. C ... Continue reading
China Surpasses Germany in Auto Part Exports to the U.S. - Score One Profits
Jul 30, 2007
HONG KONG, July 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Score One Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: SREA) announced today that according to a recent article published in June by Network Center of MOFCOM, China has surpassed Germany and become the second largest auto parts exporter to the US for the first time. During the first quarter ... Continue reading
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