China Automobile News--4.5.12

Ford Plans to Boost Production in China Wall Street Journal By NORIHIKO SHIROUZU BEIJING—Ford Motor Co. unveiled plans Thursday to invest $600 million to turn the inland Chinese city of Chongqing into its major manufacturing center for passenger cars—part of its effort to more than double its China ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Chinese automobile manufacturers begin to show signs of recovery in March Gasgoo automotive news The Chinese industry as a whole managed to attain an official PMI of 53.1 percent last month, the highest the figure has been for over a year. The fact that automobile manufacturers managed to top that number indicates that the industry is beginning to ... See all stories on this topic »

China Provides Opportunity For Auto Stocks Seeking Alpha The lowest price of a new automobile in the US is around $12000 (Nissan Versa, many others in close range). The average Chinese worker makes about $5000 while the lowest priced car in China is roughly $4000 (probably the Chery QQ, though there are ... See all stories on this topic »

BMW 3 Series sedan at Auto China 2012 in Beijing 3D Car Shows At the international automobile trade fair Auto China 2012 in Beijing, the German premium automobile manufacturer BMW will not only be presenting its new edition of the BMW 3 Series sedan, but also unveiling a model variant tailored specifically to the ... See all stories on this topic » 3D Car Shows

BMW 3-Series Long Wheelbase NetCarShow.com Besides the long wheelbase BMW 5-Series sedan, it is now the second model of the brand to be offered exclusively on the Chinese automobile market and produced in Shenyang. At the same time, the new, globally available BMW 3-Series sedan with the normal ... See all stories on this topic » NetCarShow.com

Bulgarian State Becomes 1st Large Great Wall SUV Client Novinite.com The car manufacturing plant near Lovech came to life seventeen years after Bulgaria's last failed attempt to revive its automobile industry. The first car of the Chinese company Great Wall assembled near Bulgaria's Lovech was rolled out in the middle ... See all stories on this topic » Novinite.com

Potential Saab Buyer Hopes to Transform Company into Electric-Only Automaker PluginCars.com That's according to a report from Just-auto.com, which indicates that an undisclosed joint bid—from investors in China and Japan—has been received. Although details are scarce, the bidders want to position Saab as an electric-only automaker. See all stories on this topic »

Will This Country Help GM Keep a Lead Over Toyota and Ford? Wall St. Cheat Sheet ... as the world's largest seller of automobiles last year, selling 9 million vehicles in 2011. Germany's Volkswagen and Japan's Toyota (NYSE:TM) were pushed to second and third, respectively. GM, which is also the largest foreign automaker in China, ... See all stories on this topic »

Paying Attention To China Library Journal Whether it's a highly publicized electronics industry widely criticized for worker exploitation, a rapidly developing infrastructure of high-speed trains and power plants, or new emerging industries such as automobiles and entertainment, China is an ... See all stories on this topic »

QQ3 becomes the QQ5 China Car Times The QQ came into being in 2003 and became one of China's best selling cars and still sells over 10000 units per month nearly a decade later. Chinese manufacturers loath to end the life of a perfectly capable car, and it looks like the QQ3 will continue ... See all stories on this topic »

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China Automobile News--4.4.12 | rorty:::tort By Shi Jing (China Daily) The brand Fenghuang, which means "phoenix" in Chinese, was synonymous with luxury automobiles until it went out of production 21 ... rortytort.blogspot.com/.../china-automobile-news-4412.html