Archive for the ‘Dongfeng’ Category
A truckload full of beer and a sweet Chinese girl; it must be Weekend again
Published on February 3, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Hello Readers,
Late Friday night here in Beijing. To end this very busy week a nice pic with a truckload full of beer and a sweet Chinese girl, sure she is the designated driver. Car is the very cool Dongfeng V21, the single-cap pickup version of the Dongfeng V27 minivan that debuted in May last year. Price for the V21 starts at 33.800 yuan, cheap indeed, but that is without the girl, or the beer.
Cheers, see y’all tomorrow.
History: the Dongfeng EQ7200 HEV hybrid concept
Published on January 27, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Back to 2007! The Dongfeng EQ7200 HEV was a concept for a Dongfeng-branded hybrid sedan based on Nissan Bluebird that was made at the time by the Dongfeng-Nissan joint venture. Dongfeng sais in 2007 they wanted to start production within three years, price was to start around 250.000 yuan. Sadly, it never happened.
The Dongfeng-Citroen ZX pickup trucks from China
Published on January 23, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
While doing some research on my story about the very rare China-made Peugeot 504 pickup truck I met a car even more special; the Dongfeng-branded Citroen ZX pickup truck. The Citroen ZX was made in China by the Dongfeng-PSA joint venture, they made the ZX for the Chinese car market, called ‘Fukang’ in China. They also made a rare ‘Dongfeng-Citroen’-branded Fukang van.
Partner Dongfeng thought just a van was not enough and they decided to make a four-door pickup version of the van, branded as ‘Dongfeng’, and that is the car you see on these pics.History, so far, doesn’t tell whether PSA liked the initiative…
Dongfeng sets 2012 sales target at 3.3 million vehicles
Published on January 17, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Dongfeng Motor Corp, China’s second-largest carmaker by sales, last week announced a 2012 sales target of 3.3 million vehicles, an 8 percent increase from last year.
The auto group based in Hubei province in Central China said in a statement that it also aims to improve sales revenue to 420 billion yuan this year, up from 400 billion yuan in 2011.
Renault waiting for government permission to start making cars in China
Published on January 12, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Renault, France’s second biggest carmaker wants to enter China this year in a move to boost sales and improve its market share in the booming Asian market, a group’s official said Wednesday.
Speaking to the Economic Affairs Committee of the National Assembly, Carlos Tavares, Renault’s general director expected to sign a cooperation agreement with the Chinese company Dongfeng by the end of this year.
Spy Shots: Dongfeng EV1 city-car
Published on January 10, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
The Dongfeng EV1 dull electric city-car will be hit the Chinese market in late 2012. The EV1 debuted as the Dongfeng EJ02 concept at the Shanghai Auto Show in April last year. By that time Dongfeng already said they had plans for production and that seems to become reality.
History: the Dongfeng DFM7160 sedan
Published on January 8, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Back to 2008! This is, or was, the Dongfeng DFM7160 sedan. As far as we know there was only one ever made. It was a prototype based in the Citroen Fukang sedan made in China by the Dongfeng-PSA joint venture. Dongfeng wanted to bring the DFM7160 to the market in late 2008 but for yet unknown reasons that never happened. The DFM7160 was a carefully kept secret, it didn’t appear on any auto show. Well, it ain’t no secret anymore now; it’s on CarNewsChina.com.
New Badass Armored Car from the Chinese Army
Published on December 27, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
Christmas is over so we go back to war. This is the newest kill-machine from the Chinese army. It is a 4×4 armored vehicle based on the Dongfeng EQ2050 (thank you America!). The new car seems designed as a hit-and-run fast attack vehicle with a big turret on the roof for a big fat machine gun or rocket-propelled grenade launcher.
China’s Dongfeng wants to buy Saab’s remaining assets
Published on December 27, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
Dongfeng Motor Group, China’s third-largest automaker, intends to buy the remaining assets of Saab, after the Swedish automaker filed for bankruptcy on Dec. 19, China Economic Net reports. Dongfeng is actively developing its own independent brand of car and its planned acquisition of Saab’s assets may lend technical support to its efforts.
Spy Shots: new Dongfeng SUV based on Nissan Qashqai
Published on December 21, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
Dongfeng is working on a new SUV that will be based on the Nissan Qashqai from the Dongfeng-Nissan joint venture. It will be sold under the Fengshen-brand just like the Dongfeng Fengshen A60 that debuted at the Guangzhou Auto Show last month. The A60 is based on the Nissan Tiida from, again, the Dongfeng-Nissan joint venture. Dongfeng indeed seems unable or unwilling to develop its own cars. Question is, if they get ‘m so cheap from Nissan, where will all this money go?
