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New Toyota Vios debuts on the Shanghai Auto Show
Published on April 21, 2013 by Tycho de Feyter
The new Toyota Vios debuted on the Shanghai Auto Show, with a really big mouth and two black teeth. Strange design there up front. The new Toyota Vios will be made in China by the FAW-Toyota joint venture that also made the old Toyota Vios.
Toyota launches the Ranz brand at the Shanghai Auto Show
Published on April 21, 2013 by Tycho de Feyter
Ranz is a new sub-brand of the FAW-Toyota joint venture, aimed at making cheap electric cars for the masses. The Chinese name for Ranz is Lang Shi, which means ‘Bright Life’. The brand was officially launched in March but was yet without a car. That changed at the Shanghai Auto Show were the ‘Ranz’ debuted. Not the Ranz Something, just the Ranz.
New China-made Toyota Vios will debut on the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show
Published on April 15, 2013 by Joey Wang
New spy shots from the new China-made Toyota Vios, it will debut on the Shanghai Auto Show later this week and it will be launched on the Chinese car market soon thereafter. The Toyota Vios will be made in China by the FAW-Toyota joint venture.
Spy Shots: new Toyota Vios seen testing in China
Published on April 10, 2013 by W.E. Ning
The very first live-shots of the new Toyota Vios testing in China. The new Toyota Vios debuted internationally on the Bangkok Auto Show last week, it will debut in China on the Shanghai Auto Show later this month. The Toyota Vios is made in China by the FAW-Toyota joint venture.
Toyota China sales Down 11.7% in March
Published on April 5, 2013 by Joey Wang
Toyota Motor Corp and its joint ventures in China sold 75,900 vehicles in the country in March, down 11.7 percent from a year earlier. Toyota sold 184,700 vehicles in China in January-March, down 12.7 percent from the same period a year earlier.
FAW-Toyota ‘Ranz’ concept to debut on the Shanghai Auto Show
Published on March 25, 2013 by Joey Wang
The FAW-Toyota joint venture has officially confirmed that a ‘Ranz’ concept car will debut on the Shanghai Auto Show in April. Ranz is a new sub-brand that will focus on electric cars. The first real Ranz, to be based on the FAW-Toyota Corolla EX, will be launched on the Chinese car market in 2014. The Chinese name for Ranz is Lang Shi, which means ‘Bright Life’.
Toyota Dear hatchback = new Toyota Yaris for China
Published on March 18, 2013 by W.E. Ning
Chinese automotive portal 163.com says this is the new Toyota Yaris, design-wise based on the Toyota Dear hatchback (scroll down) that debuted as a concept on the 2012 Beijing Auto Show. The renderings show a sporty little hatch with a newly designed front, neat but conservative, where the concept was mad and extreme. Read more »
Toyota Dear sedan = new Toyota Vios for China
Published on March 18, 2013 by Tycho de Feyter
Chinese automotive portal 163.com says this is the new Toyota Vios, design-wise based on the Toyota Dear sedan that debuted as a concept on the 2012 Beijing Auto Show. They might be right.
The renderings look very much like the vehicle we saw on earlier spy shots (which were apparently shot in Thailand), only the grille and bumper differ slightly with more chrome added for the Chinese car market. The new Vios will debut in China in November, likely on the Guangzhou Auto Show.
FAW-Toyota launches ‘Ranz’ EV brand on the Chinese auto market
Published on March 13, 2013 by Tycho de Feyter
The FAW-Toyota joint venture launched a new sub-brand for electric vehicles. The brand is called ‘Ranz’ and the first car is expected to hit the Chinese auto market in 2014, a concept car will debut on the Shanghai Auto Show in April.
Toyota sales in China down 45.7% in February
Published on March 5, 2013 by W.E. Ning
Sales in China of Japan’s largest automaker, Toyota Motor Corp, slumped 45.7 percent year-on-year to 36,300 vehicles in February.
After a recovery in January, Toyota suffered another drop in the Chinese market in February, which ranks second only to the company’s sales drop of 48.9 percent in September 2012.
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