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Shanghai, April 24 (Gasgoo.com) Volkswagen's SUV Tiguan has made its China debut at the 2008 Beijing auto show. It is the German carmaker's second compact SUV after Touareg to blend the crossover pleasures in the city and the wilderness. Tiguan was well received for its excellent performance and sophisticated technology after its release at the 2007 Frankfurt auto show. As a model that combines strong power with an elegant body, Tiguan was designed to fulfill the dual pursuit of customers for urban and country driving exhilarations. Its name is a hybrid from Tiger and Iguana, an exotic mix of boldness and wildness.

The 2008 Beijing International Auto Show officially opened to the public on Tuesday, with more than 80,000 visitors in attendance. Sports utility vehicles, or SUVs, account for a large part of the new-to-market automobiles. SUV sales in China exceeded 370,000 units in 2007, increasing 60 percent year on year. Automakers are finding that for many of the country's newly prosperous car buyers, bigger is better.

Shanghai, April 21 (Gasgoo.com) The chairman of Daimler, Dieter Zetsche, announced on Sunday that his company's Mercedes-Benz division would begin exporting GLK midsize luxury SUV to China soon, and emphasized that sales of Mercedes SUV in China had doubled in the last year. Benz GLK 350