Category: Automotive

How to build an indestructible Product?!

I am in this business for quite some time now and given my experience – I have seen and tested a lot of switches! Every Product seemed to have it’s limitations – especially when it comes to vandalism, environment and lifetime. However, what I’ve seen in the past 7 month working with a bavarian Company […]

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Automotive Production and Sales Figures 2014

The Chinese Automotive Market continued to grow even though it lost it’s pace (incl. No. 21.07 Mio. Vehicles). Despite the fact that the December figures haven’t been released yet, we can assume that the Chinese Automotive Market grew approx. 5% in 2014 which was mainly driven by local demand. On the other hand we can […]

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Chinese Automotive Market grows 8.97% by the end of May 2014

The sky seems to be the limit if you look at the latest figures of the Chinese Automotive Market. Therefore it is not surprising that international car makers such as VW, BMW and GM plan to further expand their production capabilities in the Mainland. Passenger-vehicle sales in China rose 8.97 percent during the first 5 month, led by General Motors Co. […]

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Chinese Market reaches 25.33% market share of the global automotive market

[two_thirds]Monitoring the Chinese Automotive market is both, excitement and a real challenge. Given the fact that almost all data provided by the officials such as CAAM.ORG is inconsistent, it take a lot of research and math to get a clear picture of this market. However, it has been done and China remains the most important […]

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Global Automobile Production 2012

Finally! I had the time to evaluate the global automobile production figures for 2012. While most countries, especially Europe suffered from decreasing demand, just 15 countries managed to increase their production output (Ranking List to your right). The Top 5 Countries in terms of increasing car production were Thailand with 78% (Place 1), followed by […]

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A new market or just a hype?

There is no doubt that Chinese people like to travel within China or abroad and that they generally prefer to travel in groups. Usually they will opt to stay in full board accommodation. Recently there have been more and more camper vans hitting the streets of China the question is – for what purpose are […]

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GAC (Guangzhou Auto)

The Guangzhou Auto Trumpchi GA3 sedan has been launched on the Shanghai Auto Show, looking very sharp in red. The Trumpchi GA3 is one of the best looking Chinese cars so far, showing that Chinese auto makers are in fact able to design attractive cars, if they try hard. Great lines there around the C-pillar. […]

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Roewe

The face lifted Roewe 550 debuted on the Shanghai Auto Show in near-total darkness. What is, Roewe trying to hide? The facelift has done well to the old 550, making sure it can continue at least another two years. Biggest changes are up front with a new grille, headlights and bumper. The face lifted Roewe […]

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Venucia

This is the new Dongfeng-Nissan Venucia Viwa , it debuted today at Shanghai Auto Show. Design of the Viwa is, we say, interesting and surprising at the same time. Yellow paint is cool. Venucia is a sub-brand from the Dongfeng-Nissan joint venture, they make cheap cars based on old Nissans. The Viwa previews a future […]

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JAC Motors

This is the final production version, minus the shiny alloys and red brake calipers, of the new JAC Heyue A30 sedan, it will be launched on the Chinese car market in July, priced from 60.000 to 80.000 yuan. The Heyue A30, formerly known as JAC BII, will be positioned just above the new JAC Heyue […]

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