I don’t know about you, but I am liking what I am seeing from Qoros. For those of you who don’ know about this interesting automotive start-up. Qoros is a Chinese/Israeli car company with a brand-new, state of the art assembly plant in Changshu, China. That factory will have the ability to turn out up to [...]
GAC, Guangzhou Automobile Group Co Ltd, is one of the top 10 automakers in China. GAC has (or has had) automotive partnerships with Honda, Jeep, Toyota, Mitsubishi and FIAT to name a few. GAC has a small display at the 2013 NAIAS with a few, modern-looking automobiles on display. “GAC” may be a silly acronym to [...]
The Jinlun JL50QT-5 is a 50cc Chinese Scooter that you can purchase online for just over $600.00 USD. In this inexpensive Chinese Scooter review we test Scooter to see just how well it performs. Rather than test t his scooter at our typical Rocky Mountain high altitude, we opted for something else. We tested the Jinlun [...]
Okay – I admit the name “Great Wall Steed pickup truck” is a bit much – but the vehicle itself has potential. The Great Wall Steed is a small, four door pickup truck that’s now making inroads into Europe and Asia – including Australia and South Africa. It comes with a 2.0-liter common-rail diesel that puts out [...]
A corrupt businessman across the Pacific has admitted to exporting counterfeit Chinese airbags, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). In a recent study, the NHTSA unearthed the possibility of dangerous counterfeit Chinese airbags being installed in several thousand US vehicles. The NHTSA stated that in order to be affected, the vehicles must have [...]
It is painful enough to watch this video of a very unhappy and unsatisfied Chinese Lamborghini Gallardo owner smash his new car to bits but here’s the real crazy part. In China a new Lamborghini Gallardo cost the equivalent of between $529,000 and $757,000 USD. The owner of this particular car was unhappy with the [...]
Now that Chinese car-maker Geely owns Volvo: meet the new 2011 Volvo S60 T6 AWD sedan: the very first new Chinese Volvo. With a 300 HP engine and all-wheel0drive the new 2011 Volvo S60 is certainly fast. Volvo says that the S60 will zip for 0-60 in under six seconds. And unlike previous generations of [...]
$1.8 Billion…that's how much Ford will get for Volvo if and when the deal closes according to published reports. Ford says that it is very close to an agreement to sell Volvo to China's Geely. The deal still awaits Chinese government approval, and more importantly final financing on the part of Geely." "The deal, which [...]
If the current trend continues General Motors will soon be selling more cars in China than in the U.S. In other words, the Chinese market will be potentially more important and lucrative to GM than the domestic market. But now Reuters is reporting that General Motors plans to soon announce that it will sell a [...]
