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Gasgoo.com (Shanghai June 18) - Hainan-based Haima Automobile is entering a new phase this year. "We have applied for credit from banks to support [our] dealership network," Haima Automobile General Manager Wu Gang revealed at the...

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Gasgoo.com (Shanghai June 18) - Chery will begin manufacturing its new Ruizhen 7 sedan, which made its debut in concept car form as the α7, later this year, auto.qq.com reported today. The mass-...

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China Daily - To aid in the advancement of Chinese youth, Mercedes-Benz is again cooperating with the China Youth Development Foundation on a new program that kicked off on May 31. The new initiati...

Reuters - Robust demand in China has become the engine driving growth at German auto maker Volkswagen (VW). Rising sales in the world's biggest car market made VW shine in May, despite the dark clouds...

NewVision (Kampala, Uganda) - An international player in the Chinese car manufacturing industry has penetrated Uganda's market and is set to build a car plant in the country. Only a nod from the go...

Saudi Gazette (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) - After about a year and a half of Geely introduction to Saudi markets, Haji Husein Alireza & Co., Ltd., unveiled last week the new model Geely Emgrand X7, a new s...

Reuters (Sindelfingen, Germany) - German luxury carmaker Daimler does not expect the current spat between the European Union and China will escalate to include cars, Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche sai...

The Standard - Shares of Dongfeng Motor Group (0489) rose as much as 3 percent yesterday against a retreating market. The stock was cheered by the mainland environmental authority's approval of a j...

China Daily - China's passenger vehicle sales in May maintained double-digit growth over a year earlier partly due to continued momentum from the Shanghai Auto Show in April. According to industry ...

Shanghai Daily - Honda Motor Co is gearing up to make further inroads in China by boosting the localization of its research and development. By the end of 2015, Honda plans to introduce 12 new mode...

Autonomous car programs from the likes of Audi, Toyota and Google have been a popular topic lately. While the technology currently exists for self-driving cars, we are likely years away from seeing them publicly available, due to ...

The Telegraph - UK plants run by the likes of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), BMW and Nissan are operating at close to full capacity amid increasing demand from countries such as China. Tim Abbott, managi...

Reuters (Berlin) - The growing number of overseas recalls afflicting Germany's Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) shows the perils of rushing for volume as Europe's largest automaker is vying for the world's top ...

Reuters (Seoul) - Recent free trade deals have helped foreign premium-brand automakers such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz drive up sales in South Korea, previously a heavily protected market dominated by H...

Bangkok Post - Almost 2,000 luxury cars have been smuggled into Thailand and stored at Laem Chabang port in Chon Buri's Si Racha district, a source at the port's Customs Office revealed on Sunday. ...