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Mercedes mines China for global car design

Oct 28,2009

A decade ago, in search of inspiration for an ultra-luxurious Mercedes-Benz, designer Olivier Boulay studied Japan's chauffeur-car culture.Now, as he dreams about the future of the automobile, he ...

• Will China miss out on electric car investment?   [Nov 03, 2009]

  Industry executives and government policymakers in China seem generally to agree on the need for China to encourage the shift to more economical and cleaner vehicles like electric-battery cars, and ...

• New Geely has ample reasons to acquire Volvo   [Oct 30, 2009]

  Shanghai, October 30 (Gasgoo.com) A month ago, Geely insiders told some reporters that it was going to acquire Volvo. At that time the media overwhelmingly believed that Geely's acquisition of Volvo ...

• Volvo may lose supplier contracts if Geely bid succeeds   [Oct 29, 2009]

  Volvo Cars, Sweden's third-largest private employer, may lose contracts with some suppliers unless Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., the favored bidder, promises to protect their patents and not ...

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  The Eight Overarching China Automotive Trends That Are Revolutionizing the Auto Industry (3)   [Oct 28, 2009]

  The forces shaping the third of the Eight Overarching China Automotive Trends That Are Revolutionizing the Auto Industry were addressed in my article entitled "The Path to Globalization of China's ...

• Toyota Motor flexing muscles in China   [Oct 22, 2009]

  Toyota Motor Corp., the largest automaker in Japan, is flexing its muscles these days so as to polish its brand in China, one of the largest auto markets around the globe. The Japanese titan is ...

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  Chery reaches Europe through Turkey   [Oct 20, 2009]

  Chery has fit perfectly into the Turkish automotive market by offering quality vehicles at a lower price. The products help change the mindset of the public regarding Chinese goods, and despite the ...
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  What happened to China buying all those foreign car companies?   [Oct 19, 2009]

  For a year, most large Chinese car companies were rumored to have their eyes on foreign car companies. None of these marriages have been consummated. Why?A year ago, the 21st Century Business Herald ...
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  Why the Hummer deal should be approved   [Oct 16, 2009]

  Admittedly I have always been quite critical when it comes to plans of Chinese auto manufacturers to acquire an international brand. In all the discussions around such a deal there is too little ...
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  The eight overarching China automotive trends that are revolutionizing the auto Industry (2)   [Oct 14, 2009]

  As noted in the introduction to this series, I believe we are witnessing the early stages of an economic revolution: a shift of the global center of gravity of economic strength towards the east, ...

• China auto market likely to slow after record 2009   [Oct 13, 2009]

  Chinese car sales soared to a record in recent months on government incentives, but the same money tap that turbocharged sales could easily be turned off in 2010 if Beijing frets about an overheating ...

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  China needs a standardized parts catalogue   [Oct 12, 2009]

  A lot of business is lost, a lot of time is wasted without one. I am working on a big contract for a big private label customer in Europe. They visited China. They were impressed by what they saw. ...
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  Beijing Auto maps out a global expansion   [Oct 09, 2009]

  Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. is looking to its president, Wang Dazong, to steer its quest to grow bigger quickly as China seeks to boil down its sprawling auto industry into a smaller ...