Archive for the ‘China’ Category

A closer look at Chrysler’s latest Chinese deal

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

DETROIT - Chrysler LLC’s announcement came late Thursday, just before Independence Day and the automaker’s two-week shutdown. That made it look like the kind of news release Washington or Wall Street times carefully to…

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Smoke and mirrors: Decoding the 2008 Beijing Auto Show

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

So what are we to make of the aggressive display by the Chinese automakers at the 2008 Beijing Auto Show? Did we see a wake-up call for the west as a sleeping giant explodes into life? Or was it, to paraphrase Shakespeare,…

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The Chinese aren’t coming

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

DETROIT - Five Chinese automakers are here at the North American International Auto Show, and I’ve covered two of their press conferences, that of Geely and BYD. I’m familiar with both from last year’s Shanghai motor show….

Original post by info.rss@cro.consumer.org (Consumer Reports)

Chinese auto giant SAIC buys Nanjing, snares MG assets

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

In a move that may help pump serious life back into the Chinese MG experiment, China’s SAIC Motor has purchased Nanjing Auto, the company that paid some 53 million pounds (around $105 million) for…

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