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The Renault readu to produce Korean Samsung SM7 as Renault Talisman, a flagship model for Chinese market. The old SM7 with new badge made its world premiere at current 2012 Beijing Auto Show. As you understood, the Renault Talisman is a China-only model and will be produced in Korea alongside the SM7. Renault said it [...]

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BMW launched a special “M3 Tiger Edition” for Chinese market. It appears that limited production coupe model was well received in China so BMW decided to create yet another special M3, this time called the Matte Edition. The new M3 special is all about colors with buyers having a choice of two unique exterior finishes, [...]

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SAIC-GM-Wuling, GM’s joint venture with China’s SAIC and Wuling Motors, today unveiled the first Baojun branded passenger car at its plant in Liuzhou, China. The Baojun 630 is a low price, four-door compact sedan developed locally using GM technology.

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Here is a ugly Porsche Cayenne clone with a Bentley-style large chrome grille made by Huatai, China’s clone-loving auto manufacturer. The new clone, called Huatai B35, will make its world premiere at this month’s 2010 Beijing Auto Show, the Huatai B35 “improves” upon the first generation Cayenne’s looks by adopting a very Bentley-like fascia with [...]

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Take a look at this ugly chinese car. Chery Auto plans to start produce this new mini car in April or May 2009. The Chery S16 was unveiled as a concept at the 2005 Shanghai Auto Show, and since then it has been shown to the world under the name of Chery QQ5 and Chery [...]

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Look at the spy shots of Volkwagen Lavida, which was apparently there for instructions to salesmen and women for the autoshow. One of them had a camera and managed to shoot a few pictures. Volkwagen Lavida is VW’s China-only sedan that will go into production this summer. The Lavida will be built in China by [...]

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The Chevrolet Beat concept has been spied on road testing in China. The Chevrolet Beat was announced at the New York Auto Show in 2007 with GM saying it would be needed for replacement current Chevrolet Spark (Daewoo Matiz). The Chevy Beat is certainly far less dowdy than the Spark, which is also sold as [...]

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Looking for a new cheap sedan? Take a look at photos from Moscow auto show, called “Interauto-2007″: Meet Geely Otaka. Price – $12,000. Meet a Chery Karry. “Karry”, not a “care” Inside view: Chery QQ6, front view: Chery QQ6 sedan: If you think it’s a Chevrolet Lacetti, you are stupid american (Euro) looser:) It’s a [...]

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The German Automobile Association ADAC was released results of a new tests for the China import. The result is catastrophic: the Brilliance BS6 sedan was completely destroyed. Only there were one of five stars with the crash according to the strict EuroNCAP rules. ???Only the LandWind was worse???, says General German Automobile Association speaker Maximilian [...]

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The president of MG Motors North America/Europe, Duke Hale, was interviewed about Nanjing Automobile’s plans for the MG brand, both in the U.S. and in Europe. Highlights of the interview include: – the manufacturing/R&D facility in Oklahoma is definitely going ahead – Nanjing will build three MG sedan models in China – MG Motors will [...]

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