Earlier this year, the first images of the facelifted VW Phideon flagship sedan surfaced on the web courtesy of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Now, the successor to the ill-fated Phaeton has officially debuted at the Beijing Auto Show with minor styling and content upgrades. Built by the SAIC-VW joint venture, the Phideon […]
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The Buick Electra is back but not as a successor to the flagship luxury car GM built from 1959 to 1990. The iconic name is now used on an all-electric crossover concept that has just made its global premiere in Shanghai, China and previews Buick’s next-generation design language for electric vehicles. Adopting the “potential energy” […]
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Chinese car companies are planning on boosting hydrogen fuel cell vehicle sales – a niche category in the world’s largest car market. Government officials are expected to announce supportive policies as early as this month. The largest carmaker from the People’s Republic, SAIC Motor, wants to sell over 10,000 hydrogen fuel cell models by the […]
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After catching a glimpse of it in those patent images made public in July by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Volkswagen Tiguan X SUV coupe has surfaced in the first official photos. Adopting the revised front end styling of the facelifted 2021 Tiguan SUV, the “flattened” variant is very different from the […]
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Chevrolet has updated the popular Malibu XL mid-size sedan in China by introducing a new powertrain. Sold alongside the 1.3-liter and 2.0-liter turbocharged units, which are mated to a CVT and a 9-speed automatic transmission respectively, the new mill has 1.5 liters in displacement, direct-injection and turbocharging, and comes paired to a 9-speed Hydra-Matic automatic […]
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The tiny Wuling Hongguang Mini EV unveiled by the SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture in China a few months ago has been very well received by the local market. Measuring just 2,917 mm (114.8-in) long, 1,493 mm (58.8-in) wide, and 1,621 mm (63.8-in) high, and with a 1,940 mm (76.4-in) wheelbase, the Hongguang Mini EV is incredibly […]
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The Wuling Victory midsize MPV has finally been revealed in full as the partly GM-owned automaker has released official photos of the exterior. While the interior shots we saw earlier this month included one CGI that showed bits of the exterior as well, we now get to see actual studio shots of the MPV and […]
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Baojun, the brand owned by the SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture, has launched the new RC-5 liftback and RC-5W wagon on the Chinese market. Local prices start from RMB59,800 (equal to around $8,600 at today’s rates) for the Baojun RC-5 liftback and RMB72,800 ($10,490) for the RC-5W wagon. Sized similarly to their Skoda Octavia equivalents, both compact models […]
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The Wuling Hong Guang X concept has been officially unveiled at the Chengdu Motor Show and it might just be one of the best-looking vehicles to come out of China for many years. The Hong Guang X is the work of the SAIC, General Motors, and Wuling Motors joint venture which has primarily produced minivans […]
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Back in April this year, Chinese media reported that the Wuling brand had plans to go global, with three models to fuel its expansion. According to slides from an internal presentation that leaked online, one of the models will be an SUV presented under the Ursa name at the time. Now, the brand owned by […]
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