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#1 of 36 Chinese Auto Market by steve_ HOST

May 11, 2010 (12:24 am)

If you've been to China, or you live there now, or if you are just following the growth of the Chinese auto market, please post your impressions in here.

#2 of 36 i am an car lover from China by realno6

May 11, 2010 (1:43 am)

Hello everybody,I am a auto-fan from China interested in auto shows and the cars made in America.I think the culture of auto in American is amazing to me,while I cannot understand the expertise of auto,or the idiom of your speaking about cars,could somebody tell me the way i can get my knowlege enough for reading your articles or comments.Thanks a lot.
By the way,i am employed by a national car trading company in China,to my knowledge,Buick Enclave sold in China for 87,753.5USD,How do you Americans think about it. This model sold bloody good in China,some dealers even charge for 5,000USD more than the official price,and waited for 3month,it really happened in China.

#3 of 36 Buick brand among the biggest in the booming Chinese market by steve_ HOST

May 28, 2010 (12:11 am)

“We’ve been given a second chance,” says Federico, the chief engineer on the new Regal, which rolls into showrooms over the coming summer. The success, or failure, of the new sedan will likely prove whether GM officials, working with the White House auto task force, made the right decision. "
 
Buick may owe its survival to China (MSNBC)

#4 of 36 sales to be cramped? by steve_ HOST

Dec 23, 2010 (7:50 pm)

"Beijing's municipal government Thursday unveiled sweeping measures to curtail the number of cars sold in the city next year, in a bid to ease traffic chaos that could prompt similar moves in other Chinese cities and deepen an expected slowdown for the auto industry.
 
China last year overtook the U.S. as the world's largest auto market, as the nation's rising middle class shuns bicycles and public transport and embraces cars instead. But Chinese cities have been unable to adapt quickly enough to the rapid rise in car usage, and increasingly face paralyzing traffic conditions."
 
Beijing Cracks Down on Car Buyers (Wall St. Journal - may be a registration only link)

#5 of 36 Big Yawn Department? by steve_ HOST

Oct 21, 2011 (8:11 pm)

"Troubled Chinese battery producer and automaker BYD Co. will launch its North American operations on Monday with the grand opening of its U.S. headquarters in Los Angeles. The company said the facility will bring an estimated 150 green-collar engineering and management jobs to the city.
 
Warren Buffett-backed BYD has seen its net profits crash from 3.79 billion yuan ($595 million) in 2009 to 2.52 billion yuan ($395 million) in 2010 and to 275 million yuan ($43 million) for the first half of this year."
 
BYD To Open U.S. Headquarters Monday (AutoObserver)
 

#6 of 36 Chinese lemon law by steve_ HOST

Nov 10, 2011 (8:19 pm)

"The draft regulation contains stringent guidelines that would require carmakers to offer warranties of least two years or 40,000 km for vehicles, and three years or 60,000 km on vehicle powertrain and steering systems.
  
But the most contentitious clause would permit customers to return a vehicle free of charge if serious safety problems due to quality defects arise within 30 days of purchase.
  
In addition, customers can return vehicles that are not safe or seriously flawed if two repairs fail to solve the problem, according to the draft."
 
Wrangle over auto warranty regulation (China Daily)

#7 of 36 50 new models to be launched by steve_ HOST

Nov 25, 2011 (4:13 pm)

VW To Invest $19 Billion To Boost Its Presence in China (Inside Line)

#8 of 36 China car safety closing the gap by vchiu

Nov 28, 2011 (2:17 am)

EURO NCAP, the European Crash-test programme, tested 2 chinese-brand cars :
the MG 6 and the Geely EMGRAND
 
http://www.euroncap.com/results/mg/6/2011/467.aspx
http://www.euroncap.com/results/geely_emgrand/ec7/2011/462.aspx
 
Both got 4 out of 5 stars.
 
To put things in perspective, the Brilliance BS4 was tested with the same protocol in 2009 by ADAC, and got no (Zero) Stars.
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/brilliance-bs4-adac-crash-test/
Chinese manufacturers were condescendingly dismissed at that time.
 
Today is a very different story.

#9 of 36 Re: China car safety closing the gap [vchiu] by robr2

Nov 28, 2011 (8:37 am)

Replying to: vchiu (Nov 28, 2011 2:17 am)
Just wait until Geely implements the Volvo safety technology they now own into the Geely brand cars...

#10 of 36 Re: China car safety closing the gap [vchiu] by fintail

Nov 28, 2011 (9:55 am)

Replying to: vchiu (Nov 28, 2011 2:17 am)
Condescendingly dismissed? BS. They were dismissed because they were making garbage.
 
Buy and steal enough IP and eventually you will become stable.

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