Berichten in January 2012
Beijing Auto BC301 to be listed in China in March
Published on January 18, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
The Beijing Auto BC301 will be listed on the China car market in March, price will range from 50.000 yuan to 75.000 yuan. Power comes from 1.3 and 1.5 Mitsubishi-sourced engines. The production-version of the BC301 debuted back in April 2011 at the Shanghai Auto Show. Via: Autohome.
Great Wall Motor targets 23% sales growth in 2012
Published on January 18, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Great Wall Motor Co Ltd, China’s top manufacturer of sport utility vehicles and pick-up trucks, aims to deliver 23.3 percent more vehicles in 2012 from last year. Great Wall said it aimed to sell 600,000 vehicles this year. The total last year was 486,800, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.
Introducing: Binzhou Pride Automobile from China
Published on January 17, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Here we have a very interesting car company from China. It is called ‘Binzhou Pride Automobile’ and was, it is sadly gone today, located in the great city of Binzhou in Shandong Province. The company was established in 2006 and started making cars in 2007. Quick work indeed!
The problem was they couldn’t get a license from the central government to make cars, which you need if you want to sell your cars in the whole country. They did however have a license from the local Binzhou government so they could sell their vehicles inside the city, and only there.
That however also meant that the cars couldn’t legally drive outside the Binzhou city limits; the law was very strict on that. No wonder than that the whole Binzhou Pride project was killed in 2008. Still, they sold a couple of hundred cars. Let’s have a look at the line-up:
Spy Shots: MG6 Diesel for the UK
Published on January 17, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
The very first spy shots of the new MG6 Diesel for the UK. China doesn’t want diesels but old Europe can’t live without ‘m. MG hopes that the 1.9 turbo diesel engine will prop-up sales a bit because things don’t go very well for the Chinese MG’s in England. The MG6 diesel will hit the UK market within three months.
Xiali TJ7100 Convertible from China
Published on January 17, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
A very rare car again, actually, there is likely only one. This is a self-made convertible based on the Xiali TJ700 hatchback which was a licensed copy of the Daihatsu Charade. The person who made this mad machine didn’t take it easy, he removed the rear doors, took the roof off, welded everything back together again, added a rear wing, and added Mitsubishi-badges.
A very Stretched Hummer in Hainan, China
Published on January 17, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Here we have a very stretched Hummer H2 on the always sunny Island of Hainan. The Hummer is stretched by over 10 meters and worx for a hotel in the great city of Sanya. It is a rather sober car, not much bling to see except for a few tasteful stickers in the middle section.
The Carlsson CGL45 arrives in China
Published on January 17, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
The massive Carlsson CGL 45 has landed in China. The German tuner debuted on the Chinese market at the Guangzhou Auto Show in December (hello sexy girl) and has now opened two dealers in China, one in Beijing and one in Guangzhou.
Introducing the mighty Shaanxi SX6100 SPF ‘Desert Tank’
Published on January 17, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Here we have a mighty new machine from China. This is the Shaanxi SX6100 SPF, nicknamed the ‘Desert Tank’. It is a bus-like vehicle based on a 6×6 Dongfeng truck chassis, made for all-terrain duty in the desert. Shaanxi just sold twenty SX6100′s to security services in the great country of Kazachstan where they will be used for ‘anti-terrorism-patrol’ in the vast empty deserts in the east, near the border with China’s Xinjiang Province.
Spy Shots: FAW-Besturn B90 gets Ready in China
Published on January 17, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
New spy shots from the FAW-Besturn B90 and as you can see it is almost ready. The new biggest Besturn so far will debut at the Beijing Auto Show in April. The Besturn B90 is based on the Mazda 6 made by the FAW-Mazda joint venture.
Spy Shots: new Citroen C4 pops up in China
Published on January 17, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Spy shots and leaked factory pics from the new Citroen C4, called c-Quatre in China. The new c-Quatre sedan will debut at the Beijing Auto Show in April, it is made in China by the Dongfeng-PSA joint venture.
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