Archive for the ‘Brilliance-BMW’ Category
BMW sales in China up 37% in 2011
Published on January 17, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Riding the tide of booming luxury car demand in China, BMW reported sales of more than 232,000 vehicles on the mainland last year, a surge of 37.6 percent over 2010.
The record tally, including 217,068 BMWs and 15,518 MINI cars, consolidated China’s position as the carmaker’s third-largest market for a second year after the US and Germany.
Spy Shots: BMW 335Li pops up in China
Published on January 11, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Confirmed: there will be an extended BMW 3-series for the Chinese car market. It is called ’3Li’ and will be made by the Brilliance-BMW joint venture. Its wheelbase is about ten centimeters longer than the European 3-series. The 3Li will debut at the Beijing Auto Show in April. On these pics the top-spec BMW 335Li.
Brilliance BS6 Really Thinks it is a BMW
Published on January 6, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Here we have a very special car. It loox very much like the last gen BMW 5-series but it is not. It is indeed a Brilliance BS6 with a BMW-ized front. The combination isn’t so strange as it seems, Brilliance and BMW have a joint venture that made this old 5, it makes the new 5 now, and the 3. This automan so didn’t move that far away from home.
China-made BMW 3 will debut at the Beijing Auto Show
Published on January 6, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Extended or not, that is the question. The new BMW 3-series will debut at the Beijing Auto Show in April. Earlier on there were rumors about the possibility of an extended 3L to compete with the China-made Audi A4L. Later on these rumors were denied, but Chinese media now reports there might be an extended 3 after all, to be built alongside the standard car. Read more »
BMW and Brilliance to Create EV sub-brand in China
Published on December 15, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
BMW is set to create a new electric vehicle sub-brand in China, together with local partner Brilliance Jinbei Automobile, according to a report. The creation of the brand is coming about in order to meet China’s joint-venture rules. Read more »
No extended BMW 3-series for China (?)
Published on December 14, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
The BMW 3-series is made in China by the Brilliance-BMW joint venture. Production of the new 3 will start early next year. After seeing spy shots of an extended 3-series testing in China it was expected, and kinda confirmed by BMW, that BMW would launch an extended 3-series for China to compete with the Audi A4L. It might be not true after all.
BMW 5-series hybrid & EV for China
Published on December 11, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
BMW is working on two ‘green-energy’ vehicles for the Chinese market. Both will be made by the Brilliance-BMW joint venture and both will be based on the 5-series.
Spy Shot: extended BMW 3-series testing in China
Published on December 3, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
BMW is testing the new extended BMW 3-series in China, it will be called 3Li and made locally by the Brilliance-BMW joint venture. Wheelbase is extended by some 10 centimeters for more room in the back.
BMW to export China-made 5-series
Published on November 25, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
BMW will become the first foreign luxury car manufacturer to export China-made cars when it begins shipping locally produced long-wheelbase 5 Series sedans overseas at the end of the year.
The Bavarian carmaker said on the eve of the ongoing Guangzhou auto show that its joint venture in the northeastern city of Shenyang with China’s Brilliance Auto will export the 5 Series Li in December, but it did not specify the destination.
Spy Shots: China-made BMW X1 is Ready
Published on November 7, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
The China-made BMW X1 is ready for the market. The X1 will be listed in early 2012, debut is expected at the Guangzhou Auto Show near the end of this month. The X1 is made in China by the Brilliance-BMW joint venture that also makes the 3-series and 5-series.
