BAIC BC301Z Ready for China
29 Dec 2010, 08:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we have grown used to seeing more and more Chinese built vehicles making the headlines these past two years, it's not hard to envision a not so distant future when these cars are more antici...
BAIC Eyes 400% Dealership Increase in 2011
28 Dec 2010, 14:02 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BAIC is one of the Chinese carmakers that are struggling to make themselves noticed in the automotive industry, so the company is making new investments every once in a while in various segments of ...
EV Demo Car Developed by Valeo and BAIC
21 Dec 2010, 06:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In a world where most of the car manufacturers who have a say in the industry have already developed an electric vehicle (with few even selling them already), automotive supplier Valeo partnered wit...
Hyundai Starts Construction of Its Third Plant in China
29 Nov 2010, 15:43 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Hyundai's Chinese joint venture with Beijing Automotive Industry (BAIC), Beijing Hyundai, has begun working on its third manufacturing plant in China, on the outskirts of Beijing. The new plant...
Beijing Automobile Group Looks Set for EV Production
29 Nov 2010, 10:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Beijing Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (BAIC Group) will begin mass-production of all-electric vehicles in 2011, while only rolling out 30 units of the C60 electric cars this year. The company is p...
BAIC C60, the First Chinese-Based Saab Comes in 2011
6 Sep 2010, 08:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The efforts made by Chinese manufacturer BAIC to acquire some of the manufacturing technologies and platforms used by Swedish carmaker Saab are beginning to pay off, as it would appear the Chinese h...
Daimler and Foton Motor Announces China Joint Venture
20 Jul 2010, 07:26 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Daimler announced today it has signed a joint venture agreement with Foton Motor (a subsidiary of BAIC), in the presence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Premier of the People’s Repu...
BAIC to Begin Saab Production, Plans 300,000/Year
23 Apr 2010, 08:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Chinese manufacturer BAIC is determined to make the $200 million it paid last year for the platforms it has bought last year from GM worth every penny, as it is gearing up to start production of veh...
Hyundai Increases Chinese Production Output
25 Mar 2010, 13:01 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Hyundai’s Chinese joint venture with Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Corporation (BAIC) has increased the hourly output of its second factory to 66 units, a figure that can be translated i...
Top Chinese Commercial Vehicles Producer Reports Tripled 2009 Profit
1 Mar 2010, 13:57 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / More and more automakers take advantage of China’s booming car market, with both domestic and imported brands enjoying increasing sales. China’s largest commercial vehicles producer, Bei...
Saab and Volvo. Return of the MILFs...
28 Jan 2010, 06:47 UTC · By: Charles Darveight / … Saab engineers, who were already paid with money that don't exist, can now open the champagne bottles. The cheerful gang of 3,400 people, all Swedish and all brave and intelligent, wil...
BAIC Preparing Own Saab Models for 2011
26 Jan 2010, 20:43 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / 2009 was a very important year for Beijing Automotive Industry Holdings Co., Ltd. (BAIC), as the company purchased some of the distressed SAAB’s assets from the Swedish manufacturer’s ow...
BAIC Planning Four New Models Based on Saab Technology
26 Dec 2009, 09:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BAIC recently purchased several Saab assets and, as a result, the Chinese manufacturer is looking into ways to develop four new models and three turbo-engines based on the acquired technology. Gener...
BAIC Paid $200 Million for Saab Technologies
23 Dec 2009, 08:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the most controversial deals made this year in the automotive sector, the one through which American manufacturer GM sold intellectual property for Saab's 9-5 and 9-3 sedans and addition...
Saab's Hope Coming from China
21 Dec 2009, 09:04 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors announced last week that it wants to discontinue Saab and, along with it, shut down 218 US dealer franchises and eliminate 3,400 jobs. However, rumors are claiming that Saab might sti...
Spyker, the Only Bidder Still in the Race for Saab
16 Dec 2009, 08:53 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Although Saab a few days ago announced the sale of several assets to China's BAIC, Spyker is still negotiating the acquisition of the Swedish unit, GM Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre said in a sta...
Confirmed: Chinese BAIC Takes Over Saab Assets
14 Dec 2009, 09:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Another important milestone in Saab's fight for life became reality a few days ago when the Swedish manufacturer sold some assets to Beijing Automotive. Specifically, the company closed on the ...
GM to Decide on Saab Buyer This Week
10 Dec 2009, 11:09 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / General Motors needs to decide whether or not to sell its Saab brand, the Nordic government's car czar was quoted as saying by Svenska Dagbladet. A while ago, GM said that if it will not be abl...
GM Confirms Saab Negotiations with Interested Parties
9 Dec 2009, 09:41 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Soon after Koenigsegg walked away from the Saab deal, everybody believed that this is the end of GM's Swedish unit, as no other investor was interested, at that time, in buying the company. How...
Saab Hopes to Dodge BAIC Sale
8 Dec 2009, 15:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The noose is tightening around Saab's neck, as more and more fervent reports hint its current owner, GM, is in advanced talks with China's largest manufacturer, BAIC, for the sale of certa...