BMW iX3 Electric SUV to Be Built in China
10 Jul 2018, 07:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / BMW and Brilliance joint venture to manufacture the iX3 electric vehicle in China starting 2020, to be exported to all other markets
Brilliance V7 Spied During Winter Testing In Europe
23 Feb 2017, 17:35 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Brilliance, BMW's partners in China, might consider launching their models on the European market. One of their SUVs, presumably named V7, was seen testing here
The First-Gen BMW X1 Has an Electric Cousin Called Zinoro 1E. It's Being Tested in Germany
3 Jan 2016, 10:03 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Ever wonder what would happen if someone turned a first-generation BMW X1 into an electric car with a different design? Wonder no more and look at the Zinoro 1E
Brilliance V3 SUV Makes a Shy Debut at the Shanghai Auto Show 2015
20 Apr 2015, 09:55 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / The Brilliance V3 SUV made its world debut today on the set of the Shanghai Auto Show 2015 in a rather toned down fashion
New Brilliance SUV Design Shows BMW Kidney Grilles
18 Sep 2014, 12:58 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / It’s a known fact that Chinese manufacturers are usually copying their European counterparts. The Shuanghuan SCEO is the perfect example of how a trademark design was copied in its entirety fo...
BMW to Double the Number of Models Manufactured in China
17 Jul 2014, 08:55 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / In a recent interview for the New York Times, BMW’s CFO, Friedrich Eichiner, said that the company he’s representing will be investing even more in China, looking to diversify its offeri...
BMW Lends i3 Electric Motor to Zinoro 1E
4 Jul 2014, 10:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW’s commitment to China was recently renewed when the company signed a new deal with their local partners, Brilliance, for another 10 years. The move came as surprising to some but, when put...
BMW-Powered Brilliance Jinbei MPV Spotted Testing in the Mountains
2 Jul 2014, 08:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Last week BMW and their Chinese partner, Brilliance, signed a new deal that prolonged the collaboration between the two companies until 2028. Nobody paid too much attention to this report last week,...
Chinese Brilliance Jinbei Minivan Spotted Tested in Sweden
2 Apr 2014, 14:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A Chinese minivan testing with European engineers behind the wheel in Northern Sweden – How is this possible? Are they invading, or is this simply a coincidence. Your first clue is the camoufl...
Brilliance CaCa, a Real Chinese Car Name?
1 Nov 2013, 14:35 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There's a joke around the office that the Chinese name their cars from the sound they make when they disintegrate at the first corner. However, we'd have never expected that they would go ...
Brilliance China Reports Record Profits as BMW Sales Increase
15 Aug 2013, 15:07 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW's Chinese partner is called Brilliance and it's a company based in Shenyang, China. This year, they reported soaring profits as BMW sales reached record-breaking numbers. Their stoc...
Spyshots: Chinese Market Zinoro EV Based on BMW X1
4 Jun 2013, 08:50 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Put down your phone, there's no need to call the patent office yet. This is not a Chine clone of a BMW, it's a BMW clone of a BMW. The X1 will be magically transformed into an electric veh...
New Briliance Van Copies BMW, Again
16 May 2013, 12:36 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / We've gotten used to the Chinese and their way of doing business over the years. Unfortunately, old habits die hard and Brilliance's new van shows it best. After other manufacturers pre...
Brilliance BS6 Reveals its Face in China - Looks Exactly Like a C-Class Merc
19 Dec 2012, 12:23 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / When they first burst onto the international market, the Chinese automakers were criticized for the poor safety ratings their cars achieved, as well as their design, as most of the cars were copies ...
BMW 3-Series Touring Coming to China
6 Aug 2012, 15:58 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Right now, BMW only offers the new F30 sedan and the old coupe and cabrio in the 3-Series range in China. But that could change, as the automaker has filed a Patent to protect the shape of the 3-Ser...
Chinese Automaker Brilliance Hire Former Pininfarina Designer
22 May 2012, 12:47 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With Chinese cars being notoriously unsafe and poorly designed, they never really appealed to Europeans. This may all change with the Chinese automaker Brilliance’s recent hiring of ex-Pininfa...
BMW Plan 80% Raise in Chinese Production Capacity
22 May 2012, 11:53 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / BMW have made a formal request to the Chinese government to gain permission for a production increase of 80%. Currently, BMW’s joint venture with Brilliance Automotive Ltd. has two factories i...
BMW and Brilliance to Create EV Brand in China
12 Dec 2011, 15:50 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / By now, the fact that BMW’s Chinese subsidiary Brilliance makes some very interesting rebadged models should be known to everybody, but what isn’t public information is that they will wo...
BMW Partner Brilliance Introduces 530 Sedan
22 Apr 2011, 15:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / If there’s one thing that the Chinese are good at is making a copy, and the latest addition from Brilliance Automotive, the Chinese partner of BMW, which has arrived at the 2011 Shanghai Motor...
BMW Plug-in Hybrid Sedan Concept Presented in Shanghai
7 Apr 2011, 06:45 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The result of a collaboration between German automaker BMW and its joint venture partner Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd., a concept of a premium-segment plug-in hybrid sedan was unveiled a...