Industry

First Guangzhou-Fiat to be listed in China in August next year

The new Guangzhou-Fiat joint venture will list its first car in August next year. It is tentatively named 'C-medium'. It will stand on the...

Toyota to launch small car for China in 2013

Toyota Motor Corp will launch a small car designed for the Chinese market as early as 2013, the Nikkei business daily reported. The new...

Toyota to up China engine capacity 30% by 2013

Toyota Motor Corp will spend 20 billion to 30 billion yen ($260-$390 million) to boost engine output capacity in China by 30 percent to...

Fresh blood for Ford in China

Ford is way behind its rivals on the biggest car market in the world. Not enough cars, not enough local production, not enough marketing...

Jaguar and Land Rover China sales up 48 pct

Tata Motors' Jaguar and Land Rover said on Wednesday it sold 48 percent more vehicles in China in the first half compared to the...

Nissan to invest $8 billion in China

BEIJING — Nissan and its Chinese partner Dongfeng Motor Co. will invest 50 billion yuan ($8 billion) and launch around 30 models in China...

Volkswagen: China Sales to top 2 million this year

BEIJING - Karl-Thomas Neumann, president and CEO of Volkswagen Group China, said last week that the German auto giant will for the first time...

Mercedes-Benz opens global design center in Beijing, China

BEIJING - German automaker Daimler AG inaugurated its fifth Mercedes-Benz Global Advanced Design Center in Beijing on Thursday, a sign of the growing importance...

Automobile ownership in China to exceed 100m by year’s end

BEIJING - Despite a slowdown in automobile sales during the first half of the year, the number of vehicles in China is expected to...

Honda cuts 2011 China car sales target by 13%

Honda Motor Co said on Wednesday it was cutting its 2011 car sales target for China by 13 percent as Japan's earthquake and tsunami...