The Hongqi H9 was unveiled last year and quickly drew comparisons to other luxury sedans like the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and even cars including Rolls-Royces and Maybachs. However, is the car actually a rival to the established Europeans? There’s no doubt that the H9 has presence. Dominating the front end is a Rolls-Royce-inspired grille with vertical […]
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<!––> <!––> A group of 45 supercars were stopped by police in Hong Kong over the weekend, making for a rather astonishing sight for bystanders. Authorities launched their operation at 7am on Sunday morning and pulled over the vehicles shortly after they were seen driving westbound at high speeds along the Island Eastern Corridor expressway. […]
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Evergrande, China’s largest property developer, has just revealed three new electric vehicles dubbed the Hengchi 7, Hengchi 8, and Hengchi 9. The company took the covers off its first six planned production vehicles in December 2020, named (rather unimaginatively) the Hengchi 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. The three latest additions to the Hengchi […]
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Daimler CEO Ola Kallenius stated that sales of the Denza X SUV in China will play a crucial role in the future of the brand. The German car manufacturer established Denza through a 50:50 joint venture with BYD and unveiled the production-spec Denza X SUV in late 2019. It is a sleek-looking vehicle using many […]
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Porsche isn’t interested in building a factory in China, even though the country is its biggest single market. Last year, Porsche sold 272,162 vehicles and of those, 88,968 were delivered in China. That was more than the 80,892 vehicles sold in Europe and the 57,294 in the United States. While other premium automakers such as […]
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<!––> <!––> Tesla is set to manufacture its $25,000 electric vehicle in China and will look to export it around the globe. Tesla chief executive Elon Musk first confirmed the carmaker’s plans in September 2020 to launch the $25,000 model and at the time, it was initially thought that production of the vehicle would commence […]
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After a tepid 2020, 2021 has started in a very good way for Volvo as in the first month of the year the Swedish brand’s sales rose by 30.2 percent compared to January 2020. Although Volvo’s sales were not particularly strong a year ago (down by 9 percent compared to 2019), this doesn’t diminish its […]
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Silk EV and First Automobile Works (FAW) are set to design and build the Hongqi S9 hybrid hypercar in the heart of Italy’s Motor Valley, the Emilia-Romagna region, which is already home to Ferrari, Lamborghini and Pagani. The Silk-FAW joint venture will seemingly aim for such supercars and the ultra-premium class, with the development of […]
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Shortly after it was announced that Faraday Future will be listed on the Nasdaq, it has been revealed that Geely and Foxconn are in talks to provide contract manufacturing services to the electric automaker. In a statement issued late last week, Geely announced that it had signed a framework agreement to offer technology and engineering […]
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What you’re looking at is not a new Range Rover variant but instead, a Chinese knockoff of the British SUV that’s bound to ruffle some feathers. Dubbed the Hunkt Canticie, it has been sold in China since April 2020. Its design has been heavily inspired by the Range Rover and this particular example, recently pictured […]
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