"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.

On January 16, Beijing Time, 2012 Dakar Rally lasting for two weeks came to an end in Lima, Capital of Peru. In the vehicle group, all Chinese racing teams completed the race; among them, Haval Racing Team for Dakar Rally not only ranked in top ten of the race for the first time together with famous racing teams including BMW and Hummer, but also created the best record of Chinese racing teams participating in the rally.

Recently Great Wall Motors built Voleex C30 and Voleex C20R have been approved by EU with WVTA. Following Florid, Coolbear, Haval, and Wingle, the complete series of Voleex saloon cars of Great Wall Motors have got this certification. This certification lasted for 1 year, and the certification organization of VCA in UK is responsible for the certification process which is considerably complicated and strict. Totally 48 testing items are involved in EU Certification, of which 13 are relating to active safety, 13 for passive safety, 8 for environmental protection. Fairly high standards have been set for the vehicles in regard to emission level, safety performance and environmental protection.

Great Wall Motor Co., China's largest SUV maker, expects its joint venture assembly plant in Bulgaria to start producing vehicles in February - according to autonewschina.com. The factory, in the northern Bulgarian town of Lovech, is a joint venture between Great Wall and Bulgaria's Litex Motors Co. Chinese tycoon plans to set up a technology center in Europe to develop vehicles that comply with the European safety standards - autonewschina.com said.

After sixteen years Bulgaria is back on the car manufacturing map of Europe. The first Great Wall Motor Voleex C10 rolled off the assembly line in Lovech. Litex Motors, which is a local partner of Chinese tycoon, has began testing a new assembly line and starts first attempts synchronization of montage. Litex ensures that enters one of the most modern cars’ production management system, which will lead to high quality of products produced in this factory.

The near-four year confrontation regarding intellectual rights infringement between Great Wall and Fiat may soon be coming to a close. Great Wall announced yesterday that it would not be appealing against Fiat's claim in Italian courts that exterior design of its Peri copied that of the Italian manufacturer's Panda, the Beijing Times reported today. Great Wall reportedly dropped the case because it felt that to continue to fight was not in its marketing, business or economic interests.

The official sales of Great Wall Motor (GWM) started in Bulgaria. The first offer includes three models - small city car Voleex C10, Hover H5 SUV and Steed 5 pickup. Each of them meet EURO 5 standard, have full homologation and can be sold in the European Union. Without any doubt, the most interesting car in presented group is controversial Voleex C10. This car was created to compete with such models as Dacia Sandero or Tata Indica Vista and is the fisrt Chinese passenger car which has real chance to fight for a European client.

As a result of a legal entanglement with Fiat, Great Wall Motor has been legally ordered to halt producing a portion of its vehicles, auto.sohu.com reported earlier this week. The court in Torino, Italy, where the case took place, also ordered Great Wall to compensate Fiat with nearly 30,000 euros ($42,578) and additional court fines.

Recently, there was another hot event on the export of Chinese automobiles. Great Wall Motors won a big order for 2,000 automobiles from Italy, and all vehicles ordered are Wingle Pickup. Among which, the first batch of 343 units of Diesel Wingle Pickup has been successfully shipped at Tianjin Port. The remaining vehicles will be shipped in several batches by November this year.

Voleex C10 sedan, Hover H5 SUV and Steed pickup are the three different vehicle models, which Chinese car maker Great Wall Motor Co and Bulgarian company Litex Motors will produce in the town of Lovech, Northern Bulgaria, at very competitive prices – according to novinite.com. The companies are to roll off their first vehicles by the end of the year amid expectations for a furore not least because of their low prices - service said.