Archive for the ‘Spy Shots’ Category
Spy Shots: Chery-Quantum Qoros testing in China again
Published on March 20, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
New spy shots from the Chery-Quantum Qoros testing in China. Chery-Quantum is a joint venture between Chery Auto of China and Quantum LLC from Israel aimed at making ‘luxury cars’ for the Chinese market and for export to Europe. Their new brand-name is Qoros, the first Qoros-branded car has to hit the market in 2013.
Spy Shots: Roewe R95 in China, inside & out
Published on March 20, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
The very best spy shots so far of the new Roewe R95, successor of the Roewe 750, which will debut at the Beijing Auto Show in April. It will get a twin-sister called the Shanghai R95 which is exactly the same car with different badges. On these new pics the Roewe R95 inside & out.
Spy Shots: Volkswagen Magotan Blue Motion in China
Published on March 19, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
New spy shots from the Volkswagen Magotan Blue Motion in China. The Magotan is basically a Passat B7 stretched by ten centimeters in the middle and therefore called B7L. Interestingly the Blue Motion will be powered by a 1.6 TDI diesel engine, while diesels are forbidden in most Chinese cities. Volkswagen possibly got an exception, otherwise it is very unlikely they would offer the Blue Motion in the first place.
New Renault Safrane = Renault Talisman
Published on March 19, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
The new large Renault sedan for the Chinese car market will not be called Safrane but Talisman instead. The Chinese name is yet unknown. The Talisman will debut at the Beijing Auto Show in April and it will be listed in the same month.
Spy Shots: Brilliance H330 hatchback testing in China
Published on March 19, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
These are the very first spy shots of the upcoming Brilliance H330 hatchback. We have seen many spy shots of the H330 sedan before, both cars share the same platform and engines. The sedan will debut at the Beijing Auto Show next month, the hatchback probably later.
Spy Shots: facelifted Haima Family sedan & hatchback in China
Published on March 18, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
New spy shots show the final production version of the facelifted Haima Family sedan & hatchback. Both cars will debut at the Beijing Auto Show in April and will be listed on the Chinese car market soon thereafter. The Family’s are based on the last-last gen Mazda 3 that was made by the Hainan-Mazda joint venture.
Spy Shot: Toyota Camry Classical for China
Published on March 18, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
The new Toyota Camry was listed on the Chinese car market in December last year. The old Camry however didn’t die just yet, it will continue as the ‘Camry Classical’, it will be listed late this month.
Spy Shots: JAC B-SUV is Ready for Beijing
Published on March 15, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Here we have the first pics of the final production version of the JAC B-SUV, aka JAC SII. The JAC SII will debut next month at the Beijing Auto Show and marks the first ‘modern-style’ SUV for JAC, all its other SUV’s are basically not much more than rebadged old Hyundai’s, with one very notable exception. The SII however will still use Hyundai underpinnings and loox, well.., like a modern Hyundai does. Progress? Sure some.
Spy Shots: Hongqi H7, more interior, engine news
Published on March 15, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
The Hongqi H7 sedan will debut at the Beijing Auto Show next month. It is an important car for owner FAW that hopes to bring the Hongqi-brand back to former glory. Whether this H7 can do that is however not so sure. The H7 is based on the rear-wheel drive Toyota Crown that is made by the FAW-Toyota joint venture and therefore not exactly a ‘Hongqi-original’ as FAW once promised it would be.
Greenwheel J0 of China does the Renault Zoe
Published on March 15, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
New pics from the Chinese patent office show a new electric car from Greenwheel that seems a 1:1 copy of the Renault Zoe EV concept. ‘Shenzhen Greenwheel EV’ is a rather big company that makes EV’s based on existing cars and converted to electric power, such as the ZEVi EV which is based on the patrol-powered Shuanghuan Noble.
They also make electric golf carts and the very cool Jummer that loox like a Hummer. The new ‘J0′ however is supposed to be Greenwheel’s first completely self-developed car.
