Archive for the ‘Lifan’ Category
Lifan 820 to arrive at the Chinese car market in 2014
Published on May 14, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Lifan is working on a new sedan, the Lifan 820. It will be positioned above the Lifan 720 which debuted last month at the Beijing Auto Show. This 720 is the biggest Lifan so far but the 820 will be even bigger, wheelbase will be more than 2800 while the 720′s wheelbase is 2700.
New Lifan 720 debuts at the Beijing Auto Show
Published on April 29, 2012 by Joey Wang
The new Lifan 720 sedan debuted earlier this week at the Beijing Auto Show. The 720 is Lifan’s new flagship and will hit the China car market later this year. It is not exactly a pretty car but it is big and it will be cheap, price is expected to start around 80.000 yuan.
Lifan New 320 concept debuts at the Beijing Auto Show
Published on April 26, 2012 by W.E. Ning
This is the Lifan New 320 concept, it previews the new, well, Lifan 320. The new Lifan 320 will debut sometime late last year, the concept was likely meant to lure investors. The current Lifan 320 was still parked on Lifan’s booth like nothing was afoot.
New Lifan 720 is waiting lonely for the Beijing Auto Show
Published on April 22, 2012 by W.E. Ning
This is the new Lifan 720, Lifan’s biggest car so far. The 720 will debut tomorrow at the Beijing Auto Show (we typed this same line some ten times today, hope you don’t get bored) and was seen waiting lonely at Lifan’s booth at the exhibition hall. Boring grey-black color doesn’t do the already not too exciting 720 very well… It should have been red! Red is good, red is China.The Lifan 720 will be listed on the China car market in early May, price is expected to start around 80.000 yuan.
New Lifan 320 tries to hide for the Beijing Auto Show, fails
Published on April 22, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Here we have… a surprise. This is the new Lifan 320, it will debut tomorrow at the Beijing Auto Show and our spies snapped it while it was trying to hide in Lifan’s booth. This new 320 is a surprise because we haven’t seen any spy shots yet, this could indicate this new 320 ain’t yet ready for production yet.
Lifan 320 gets sporty in China
Published on April 7, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
The famous Lifan 320 in cherry-red sexed up to be a bit sporty. Some say it loox to much like a Mini, me think a Mini got two doors less. Furthermore, this fine little car costs only 36.500 yuan, including all the sporty stuff such as the low bumper and huge fake air vent under da bonnet.
Lifan will build a $150-million engine plant in Uruguay
Published on February 27, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Chinese automaker Lifan will build a $150-million engine plant in Uruguay, Argentina’s news website Infobae reported. The website cited Roberto Kreimerman, Uruguay’s industry minister, saying the plant will create 500 jobs at the facility making engines for sale in Brazil and other South American countries.
Lifan also plans to build a car assembly plant in the country that will produce 10,000 vehicles a year by 2014. That plant may export the Lifan 320 and 620 models to Brazil and other members of the Mercosur trading bloc.
Extreme Tuning from China: Lifan 520 from… Algeria
Published on January 11, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
We now move to great country of Algeria for a special episode of our ‘Extreme Tuning from China’ series. This indeed is an Algerian Lifan 520 sedan modified in a rather fine and stealthy way. We see an aero-kit, a fake air-intake on the bonnet, new alloys, new tires and very cool blacked-out headlights.
The Lifan LF1012 pick-up trucks from China
Published on January 10, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Time now for a very interesting line of pick-up trucks. They were made by Lifan Automotive, famous for the mad 320 mini. The pick-up came in two: the Lifan LF1012 single cap and the LF1012S double cab. There were also two panel vans, the LF1012S single cap and LF1012SJ double cap.
The LF1012-series debuted in December 2006 and was, according to Lifan, “designed for transport between rural and urban area’s”. Transporting cows to da city and taking a new TV back to the farm…
Lifan begins to build second Plant in China
Published on December 21, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
Construction has begun on Lifan Motor’s second automobile production plant. The factory, which has a designed annual capability of 150,000 units, will begin production in 2013. Meanwhile, the second phase of construction on the manufacturer’s first factory is close to completion, Yin Mingshan, Lifan’s board chairman said.
