Archive for the ‘Wuling’ Category
Girls looking for their Horses
Published on April 23, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Here we have two girls looking for their horses at the Beijing Auto Show, but all they found was a boring Baojun 630. Baojun means ‘treasure horse’ and that is the connection. Girls have the right caps, the right trousers and the right boots, but I miss those fine leather whips.
China-made Chevrolet Sail and Wuling Hongguang to be listed in India this year
Published on February 15, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
The China-made Chevrolet Sail and the Wuling Hongguang will be listed on the Indian car market this year. The Wuling will be rebadged as ‘Chevrolet’ but its name is not sure yet, for now it is simply called the ‘Chevrolet MPV’.
History: The Wuling LZW 7100, a Citroen Visa made in China
Published on February 1, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Back to 1987! Liuzhou Wuling Automobile was doing fine making minivans and the company wanted to go into passenger cars as well. Problem was, they didn’t have the resources to develop one of their own. Instead, in 1987 they imported a Citroen Visa MK2 and introduced that very same vehicle in China as the ‘Liuzhou Wuling LZW 7100 minicar’. Assembly of the LZW 7100 started in 1991 and continued until 1994.
History: the first Wuling minivan from China
Published on January 27, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Back in time again!, to 1982. Here we have a very nice picture of a very pretty old minivan. This is the very first Wuling-branded minivan, its full name was Liuzhou-Wuling LZ110. The small pick-up version on pic has the original Wuling-logo up front, much more a ‘W’ than the current over-styled logo.
History: the Wuling LZW6370A minivan from China
Published on January 24, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
This old beauty is the Wuling LZW6370 minivan, made from 1998 until 2003 by Liuzhou Wuling, a car-maker from the great city of Liuzhou in Guangzi Province. The LZW6370 was born way before the founding in 2002 of the SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture which is now the biggest minivan maker in China.
Spy Shots: Chevrolet Sail testing in India
Published on January 19, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
New spy shots from the China-developed Chevrolet Sail testing in India. General Motors and its Chinese partner SAIC (Shanghai Auto) are working together in GM-India that will bring several Chinese cars to the Indian auto market, all to be badged as Chevrolets.
GM China sales hit record 220.412 units in October
Published on November 15, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
US-based auto giant General Motors Corp and its China joint ventures sold a total of 220,412 cars in October, representing a year-on-year growth of 10.4 percent, the highest monthly level ever recorded.
Shanghai General Motors Co Ltd, the joint venture between GM and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp, sold 103,309 cars in October, up 4.3 percent year-on-year, said GM in a statement. Sales of Buick vehicles rose 3.1 percent year-on-year to a record high of 56,200 units.
GM cuts prices to maintain lead in Chinese market
Published on August 30, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
General Motors Co (GM) is sacrificing profit margins to maintain market share in China, cutting prices of low-cost minivans by as much as 15 percent to offset slowing sales in the world’s largest vehicle market.
Propping up minivan sales through sticker-price reductions is crucial for helping Detroit-based GM remain the top overseas automaker in China, ahead of Volkswagen AG, after the government ended stimulus programs and local authorities restricted purchases to curb road congestion.
GM to sell Chinese Wuling vans as Chevrolets in India
Published on August 15, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
General Motors Co (GM) will sell Chinese-designed minivans under its Chevrolet brand in India starting next year as the automaker expands in Asia’s second-fastest growing major economy.
GM, the world’s largest automaker, will adapt two small commercial vehicle models currently being sold in China for the Indian market and sell them through Chevrolet dealerships, said Matthew Tsien, executive vice-president at GM’s China unit, in an interview on Wednesday in Chengdu in southwestern China’s Sichuan province.
Wuling-Baojun 630 listed & priced in China
Published on August 10, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
Wuling has officially listed the Baojun 630 sedan on the Chinese market. Price starts at 62.800 yuan and ends at 73.800 yuan. That is on the high side, price was expected to start around 50.000 yuan. The 530 is still cheap, but not very cheap.
