Introducing the Greatwall Haval Limousine from China
Published on January 26, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
The Greatwall Hover Limousine debuted in 2006 at the Guangzhou Auto Show and is still in production today as the Greatwall Haval Limousine. First about the name:
Hover/Haval is Greatwall’s brandname for SUV’s. In Chinese it is called Hafu (哈弗). The English name was ‘Hover’ but Greatwall changed it to Haval in 2009. By that time they started to export the SUV’s to Europe where the Hover-name was already taken. Confusingly, Greatwall still uses ‘Hover’ as the English name in China.
Back now to the limo!
(recent) History: the Chery Eastar Limousine
Published on January 26, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Back now to the April 2009 Shanghai auto Show. Chery surprised friend and foe with this massive Chery Eastar Limousine based on the cheap and no-nonsense Chery Eastar sedan. According to Chery it was ‘the first China made western-style limousine’, and that was likely truth indeed.
Spotted in China: 8-wheel Hummer H2
Published on January 26, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
We have seen some 6-wheeled Hummer H2 in China before but this white baby is the first Hummer H2 with eight wheels. It is called the ‘Hummer H8′ and offered for 4.48 million yuan or 707.000 US dollar by a dealer in the great city of Tianjin.
Old Pic: Chairman Mao and a Dragon tractor
Published on January 26, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
June 20, 1958. Chairman Mao inspects one of China’s first self-made tractors in the Zhongnanhai government compound in Beijing. The tractor was simply named ‘Dragon’ and made by the ’147 Machinery Production Plant’, also know by its pre-communist name ‘Hebei Yan Xing Machinery Company’ from in the great city of Yanxing in Heibei Province.
Freak Accident: Egg-truck Crashes in China
Published on January 26, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Do you like scrambled eggs in the morning? Here is a highway full of ‘m, caused by a very interesting accident that happened a while ago in China. A truck loaded with more than 20.000 eggs fell over on a highway near the great city of Chengtang in Tibet Province.
Inside the China-only RUF XL stretched Porsche Panamera
Published on January 26, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
On XX we were the very first to bring out the story of the China-only RUF XL, a Porsche Panamera stretched by 40 centimeters exclusively for the limousine-orientated Chinese car market. The story went further via Jalopnik and TTAC and has since been all over the internet.
Today we bring you the first pics of the interior and this Porsche sure loox like a comfortable place to smoke a cigar, play some kitties and tell the driver to take it easy, or to go like stink…
Extreme Tuning from China: MG TF
Published on January 25, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
This is a modern interpretation of what a new MG TF could have been. It is based on the China-made TF and debuted at the ’7th Guangzhou International Auto Aftermarket Show’ (CIAAS) in September last year in the great city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province.
The very interesting bodykit is made by an ‘MG-specialist’ from the great city of Shenzhen, in Guangdong as well. Sadly, that is for now all we know about this beauty. A few more pics:
Spotted in China: Matte-black Bentley Continental Supersports
Published on January 25, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
Here we have another spectacular Bentley from China, this time a matte-black Bentley Continental Supersports. No wrap this one, it was painted this way on good old Crewe. Earlier on we saw a Benley Continental in chrome, a Continental in pink, a Supersports in gold and another matte-black Continental.
BYD F0 Hello Kitty Edition in China
Published on January 25, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
When the BYD F0 was designed BYD didn’t bother to draw a single line by themselves, instead the just copied the Toyota Aygo. One BYD dealer in Shanghai then decided to make a special-edition BYD F0 and he looked at Japan as well for inspiration. One little cat came swimming across the sea and there is was: the BYD F0 Hello Kitty Edition. In pink for sure, but best is the interior:
Chang’an Eado to be listed in China on March 18
Published on January 25, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter
The new Chang’an Eado sedan debuted at the Frankfurt Auto Show in September last year and debuted in China at the Guangzhou Auto Show in December. The Eado will be listed on the Chinese car market on March 18, price will range from 80.000 yuan to 100.000 yuan.
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