SAIC to build new Roewe car in February 2010

Thu, 05/28/2009 - 20:45 — Michał Hadyś

Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. will start making a new Roewe model in February next year at its Pukou plant in the east China city of Nanjing. The new car will be the production unit of the N1 Roewe Concept car, displayed at the Shanghai auto show in late April. It will be built on SAIC's small vehicle platform code named AP11 - according to autonewschina.com.

Pictures of Roewe N1 concept - presentation at Shanghai

Equipped with 1.3-1.6 liter engines developed by SAIC's r&d in Shanghai, the car will be smaller than the two existing Roewe models, the Roewe 550 compact car and Roewe 720 mid-sized sedan. Pricing of the new car is not available. But it is widely expected to be priced below the Roewe 550 which has a starting price of 126,800 yuan ($18,600). Production of the new Roewe car is scheduled to begin on February 28. Annual output of the car will be 60,000 units initially, but will rise to 150,000 units in the future.

Source: Auto News China

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Haval H6 won "CCTV Annual Auto Model Award"

Sat, 02/04/2012 - 13:33 — Michał Hadyś

"CCTV Annual Auto Model Award" is jointly held by many authoritative organizations, such as CCTV Economic Channel and China Automotive Technology and Research Center. The judge panel of this contest consists of one hundred judges, including 30 authoritative automotive experts in China, 50 automotive journalists and 20 representatives from the circulation cycle. Each auto model winner is decided by judges through testing and voting. This contest is one of the most authoritative and popular auto awards in China. The contest is held annually and has become an important reference for Chinese consumers to purchase cars.

Geely bought Volvo designer

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 19:58 — Michał Hadyś

Volvo Car Corp. styling chief Peter Horbury is moving to the Swedish automaker's sister brand, Geely Group, as senior vice president of design - we can read in service autonewschina.com. He began his career with the Swedish automaker in 1991 as head of design, helping to create new models such as the XC90 crossover before he moved in 2002 to Ford's Premier Automotive Group. There, he oversaw design at Aston Martin, Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo - autonewschina.com said.

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If you want the subsidy, you should buy a lighter car

Sat, 10/22/2011 - 17:33 — Michał Hadyś

Many car dealers in China are stressed these days, because most of their products failed to reach the new limit to get 3000 RMB (€340) subsidy for fuel-saving cars again - according to China Car Times. The subsidy policy for fuel-saving cars started from June 1, 2010, which has involved more than 400 models and 2 million cars. The so-called fuel-saving car is a passenger vehicle powered by a petrol or diesel engine, including non-plug-in hybrid or bi-fuel power, and the displacement is less than 1.6 liter.

BMW inspired and not only

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China's July Car Sales Edge up

Wed, 08/10/2011 - 18:19 — Michał Hadyś

In July, the nation's auto sales and output saw its first increase after two consecutive months of decline. Auto sales in China climbed 2.18 percent year-on-year to reach 1.28million units in July, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) said Wednesday. The country produced 1.31 million cars in July, up 1.26 percent from one year earlier, the CAAM said.

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