VW has been a stockholder of Seat since 1986 and full owner since 1990, with the Spanish brand supposedly being...
Citroën is making a huge bet on its DS premium subbrand in China. With a projected 200.000 cars to be...
For decades, the Ford F-150 Full-sized pickup truck has been the bestselling vehicle in the United States, and thus also...
The Chinese passenger car market has become the biggest in the world, at almost 18 million units in 2013, and...
The recent acquisition of Italy’s tire manufacturer Pirelli by the Chinese state-owned chemical company ChemChina is the latest in a...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne has again claimed that the automotive industry needs more consolidation, and that within a...
By now you’re used to my monthly updates on European car sales, and from now on I’ll be keeping you...
The cool-down of the Chinese auto market continues in May, with an increase of just 1,2% for the total market...
At around the same time Renault introduced the (in my opinion) strikingly handsome and very promising Talisman four-door sedan to...
The Chinese car market remains as buoyant and dynamic as ever, even when it finishes June 2015 as the first...
After Chinese car sales in June showed their first monthly decline in more than five years, in July the loss...
Chinese car sales in June and July were down 0,87% and 4,63% respectively, after booming for over five years. In...
After three months of declines, Chinese car sales have rebounded into positive territory in September, up 6,8% to almost 1,7...
The Chinese government’s tax cut to boost sales of smaller cars has helped the car market to a 15% gain...
Car sales in China are back in boom-mode in November: after a 15% gain last month, November sales are up...
As we’re approaching the final few weeks of 2015, it’s becoming clear that this has been another great year for...
A new year is always a nice opportunity to reflect on the past year and in our case, that means...
A new year is always a nice opportunity to reflect on the past year and in our case, that means...
China car sales are up 21,5% in December 2015 to 2.389.313 units, which makes it the third year in a...
Most Americans think of Buick as an all-American brand, best known for its large comfortable luxoboats that mostly appealed to...
Under pressure because of air quality concerns in its major cities, the Chinese government has heavily subsidized the sales of...
The Chinese Range Rover Evoque clone Landwind X7 has revived an old habit among Chinese automakers, of whom we had...
Car sales in China are up 3% in February to 1.348.856 units, after growing 11% in January. However, as the...
We recently wrote about how some Chinese car makers still can’t resist the temptation to simply copy existing car designs,...
After showing you that the first car built by Chery was a first-gen Seat Toledo for which the Wuhu government...
This is our third installment of our series on car models which continued to be produced under a new owner...
By Jean-Philippe Launberg, and in partnership with Escopo Automotivo. Months ago I wrote about China’s domestic OEMs fast evolving automotive...
This is our fourth and (for now) final installment in our series on cars that survived their original production life-cycle...
A flood of new models has washed ashore in China last month, with no less than 12 all-new models appearing...
Car sales in China are back into double digit growth in March after a dip in February due to the...
Automakers keep launching new models onto the Chinese market at lightning pace. After a whopping 12 new models in March,...
Car sales in China are up 8,3% in April after a 12% increase in March. With almost 1,7 million sales...
It shouldn’t really surprise anybody that Mitsubishi finally got taken over by a larger auto maker, the brand was simply...
Sales of automobiles in China increased 13,3% in May, the fastest growth rate so far in 2016. That means just...
The Chinese car market is one of the most diverse, with over 400 different locally produced passenger cars, and more...
The Chinese car market is back in booming territory in June with sales up 20% to just over 1,7 million...
Chinese car sales are back in their traditional fashion: up with booming figures, as 1,55 million locally produced cars were...
The Chinese car market is one of the most diverse, with over 400 different locally produced passenger cars from over...
The Chinese car market continues its booming growth rate when compared to the depressed figures of last year after the...
After the Chinese government exposed a large-scale fraude with its subsidies for New Energy Vehicles, Beijing has now developed and...