Automotive News

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai January 9) - SAIC Motor, which entered the SUV segment last year with the debut of the Roewe W5, looks to expand its reach into other market segments. Recent spy shots taken by Gasgoo.com (Chinese) in Shanghai...

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Gasgoo.com (Shanghai January 20) - Former BYD President of Sales Xia Zhibing has been officially picked up by Zotye Holding Group, where he will assume the role of company CEO, nddaily.com reported to...

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Gasgoo.com (Shanghai January 20) - Chinese automobile exports in 2011 totaled 814,300 automobiles, increasing 49.45 percent from the previous year, the Nanfang Daily reported today. The near 50 percen...

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Gasgoo.com (Shanghai January 20) - BYD sold 448,500 vehicles in 2011, Xinhua reported today, quoting the manufacturer's latest performance report. The figure is far less than the 520,000 vehicles the ...

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China Daily (Beijing) - Encouraged by better-than-expected performance last year in the world's top vehicle market, German luxury carmaker Audi AG, owned by Volkswagen Group, has raised its three-year...

RAC - Aston Martin has continued its impressive investment and growth in the Far East with the opening of its largest flagship store, in the Pudong district of Shanghai. The showroom has room for u...

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai January 18) - Changan Automobile will be releasing a maximum of two billion yuan ($317.36m) in company bonds, China Securities News reported today. The bonds will be dated between...

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Gasgoo.com (Shanghai January 18) - Following intense trilateral discussions with the local government, Changan Group has agreed to continue manufacturing Changhe Suzuki vehicles, the Beijing Times rep...

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Gasgoo.com (Shanghai January 17) - The Chinese government is once again collecting new opinions regarding the Responsibility for Repair, Replacement and Return of Household Appliances and Automobile P...

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Gasgoo.com (Shanghai January 17) - Reports of top-level restructuring have been commonplace among the Chinese automobile industry as of late. "The Chinese automobile industry has entered a restructuri...

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The Economic Times - Volkswagen on Monday said a recall of cars equipped with a two litre diesel engine would now affect 300,000 vehicles.

AFP (Bratislava) - South Korean carmaker Kia Motors said on Tuesday that it had raised output by 10 per cent at its Slovak plant last year, assembling more than 252,000 cars on the heels of 229,500 in...

Independent Online - To coincide with its tenth anniversary as a fully fledged subsidiary of its French parent company, Peugeot South Africa is offering a five-year full maintenance plan as standard o...

The Irish Times - The managing director of Volkswagen Group Ireland has expressed his frustration at the National Assets Management Agency (Nama) over its failure to respond to the car firm's plan to ...

Bloomberg News (Stockholm) - Brightwell Holdings BV, a Turkish private-equity firm, said it plans to bid for bankrupt Swedish carmaker Saab Automobile and revive its manufacturing. "We will make a ...