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Toyota Corolla EX facelift spied without camouflage in China
China is a massive market for not only cars but everything, and since the market is huge, each automaker uses different version of their cars. For example, luxury automakers such as Audi, BMW and Mercedes produce a long wheel base version of their vehicles for China since Chinese people have a thing for increased leg room in their cars. Although due to the land dispute between arch rivals China and Japan, Toyota has had to shut down quite a few plants in China amid poor sales as Chinese people strongly protested against Japan however, Toyota is preparing to launch a …
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A made in China wooden electric car that actually works
Over the years there have been many wooden cars made by different artists but not many work actually but this one, here works completely like a car although using wood entirely to make the car and than powering it using electric motors isn’t labelled as environmental friendly but you can move it for a good 150 kms at a top speed of 60 km/h. The person who built this wooden masterpiece belongs to Xinjiang province and had it displayed at the China-Central Asia Show in Urumqi this week where he claimed that the car is more stylish than a Mercedes …
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Suzuki Alto facelift debuts in China
The design of Alto in Pakistan is a couple of decades old and is obsolete in other countries however, Pak Suzuki is reluctant to bring Pakistan to par with the rest of the world and is keen on resuming the production of the old Alto but in China, the new Alto has been there since a while and it was time to produce a facelift version of their car and what better event could be than the Chengdu Auto Show to unveil it. Suzuki is manufactured by Changan Suzuki in China and three years ago, Changan did build the Pakistani Alto …
Pictures: Suzuki Liana facelift spied in China
We’re not sure whether or not this new facelift will be launched in Pakistan as it seems to be a China specific update however, the changes made on the Chinese Liana are so simple, that they can be easily be retrofitted on Pakistani Liana. The new facelift Liana spied by Autohome.com.cn has minor change, a new bumper has been designed and a grill but the back has changes one can barely notice although they have spotted the station wagon version. The facelift is very small and includes a only minor changes on the front bumper and the grill. Bigger news …
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One infographic on Chinese automotive industry to make you understand everything about it
China is fast becoming the largest automotive market in the world, the proof of which is that the German automakers make specially made long-wheel-base vehicles for China as the Chinese have a thing for big leg room in the back of the car. Automotive website, just-auto.com had been researching various things about the Chinese automotive industry, and put them in an infographic so that people can understand the market easily. Infographic? As the name suggests, it’s the graphic visual representation of information, data or knowledge. Cave paintings and maps are early examples of attempts to visualise info. ‘Pictograms’ in the signs …
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China builds a replica of London’s Tower Bridge
China has been at forefront of international bashing when it comes to the replica market but while we, in the automotive world remained focused at the cars China was copying, we didn’t get a chance to see the copy of Eiffel Tower they’ve created nor did we get to know that they’ve even copied the whole Hallstatt Village which is originally in Austria, and also included in the list of UNESCO Heritage Sites. Both these fine copies weren’t automotive related so obviously, we didn’t report it to you but when we saw the famous Tower Bridge in China, we couldn’t …
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Chinese company makes a copy of Lamborghini Murcielago
China is worldwide infamous for copying mostly expensive designer items, and than producing them in mass quantities for people who can’t afford the expensive originals. It is not well received throughout the world and several companies have taken the Chinese companies, which produce the counterfeit products to Chinese courts which without any element of surprise, sided with their own. Quite recently, a Chinese estate development company copied a whole town from Austria which is in UN’s Heritage Sites and build it brick by brick in China. Since Lamborghinis are quite expensive in China, in fact all exotic are expensive, a …
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Chinese government will not buy foreign cars for official use
China has decided to not purchase any foreign vehicle for official use, the government has taken this step to boost local industry which is facing a lot of competition from overseas automakers. The effort, called ‘Buy China’ is an attempt to represent its own auto industry which is facing hurdles to create a steady foothold in the foreign car markets and also, Government at all levels has spent lavishly on foreign cars, from Land Rover, Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz to Toyota Motor’s Camry and Honda Motor’s Accord. In 2010, expense on government vehicles came to around 80 billion yuan ($12.7 billion) …
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Taiwan follows China’s footsteps by copying Porsche Panamera
Named the Avant GT, this new shrunken down Porsche Panamera is an electric vehicle made in Taiwan. It was shown in Shanghai, and it’s easy to see why the automotive world would take notice for all the wrong reason: it’s a copycat and a bad one at that, it’s got an unremarkable name, but most of all it’s made by a consortium of companies that don’t know very much about making cars. The design belongs to the Studio X-Gene, which sounds a bit like a cartoon character, the financial backing came from Altair ProductDesign, while the technology was brought by …
Chinese government reacts to its officials’ car buying corruption
Wards Auto has reported that China is attempting to put a stop to rampant corruption by its government officials, especially when it comes to automotive purchases and embezzling. China currently spends somewhere between $46.5 billion and $62.1 billion to maintain its fleet of 3 million official vehicles. Those figures mark between 6 and 12 percent of the government’s total costs. According to Wards, 464,000 of the 4 million vehicles registered in China in the first five months of the year were purchased for official use by government workers. That’s a little over 11 percent of every vehicle on the road. …
