Posts Tagged ‘urban ark’

Production of the Zhongxing Urban Ark has started in China

Published on May 17, 2013 by Tycho de Feyter

Production of the Zhongxing Urban Ark has started in China

More good news about Zhongxing (ZX Auto). Production of the Urban Ark has begun, it will be launched on the Chinese car market in June. The Urban Ark debuted as two-concepts on the 2012 Beijing Auto Show, price will start around 60.000 yuan.

Zhongxing calls the Urban Ark, which is by far the best English name for a Chinese car we have heard so far, an ‘AUV’, which stands for ‘Activity Utility Vehicle’.

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Spy Shots: Zhongxing Urban Ark seen testing China

Published on February 28, 2013 by Tycho de Feyter

Spy Shots: Zhongxing Urban Ark seen testing China

New pictures of the production version of the Zhongxing Urban Ark, it will debut on the Shanghai Auto Show in April and it will be launched on the China auto market in the second half of this year. Price will range from 70.000 to 90.000 yuan. Weird green-ish paint job doesn’t do the Urban Ark much good, the vehicle loox much better in primary colors such as red, black or blue.

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Spy Shots: Zhongxing Urban Ark is Ready for the China car market

Published on February 8, 2013 by Tycho de Feyter

Spy Shots: Zhongxing Urban Ark is Ready for the China car market

These are the very first pictures of the production version of the Zhongxing Urban Ark, it will debut on the Shanghai Auto Show in April and it will be launched on the China auto market in the second half of this year. Price will range from 70.000 to 90.000 yuan.

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Zhongxing Urban Ark debuts on the Beijing Auto Show, times two

Published on April 23, 2012 by W.E. Ning

Zhongxing Urban Ark

The new Zhongxing Urban Ark debuted today at the Beijing Auto Show, yez, the English name is Urban Ark indeed and that means Zhongxing has hereby won the ‘price for the best weird name’ at the show this year. Congrats Zhongxing! Things however get much better, because there wasn’t just one Urban Ark, there were two. The Urban Ark on the first pic was code named C12, we have seen it around on spy shots a couple of times.

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Zhongxing Urban Ark will debut at the Beijing Auto Show

Published on April 19, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter

Zhongxing Urban Ark

This is the new Zhongxing Urban Ark, a small SUV that will debut at the Beijing Auto Show next week. The Urban Ark already wins my prize for the best named car. Congrats! But!, ‘Urban Ark’ is literally translated from its Chinese name,都市方舟. Zhongxing, aka ZTE Auto, might still use a different English name. If they do, they loose the prize, except for sure when the other name is even better…

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