Fisker Sold to China's Dongfeng for $350 Million?
18 Feb 2013, 09:23 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / While Henrik Fisker has denied any comment on accepting Chinese investors for his automotive company, the latest reports are hinting on a $350 million bid from Dongfeng Motor Corp. According to B...
Renault Creates Joint Venture With China's Dongfeng for 150,000 Cars Per Year
22 Jan 2013, 12:12 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Renault is not as present as some other mainstream manufacturers, on the Chinese market, yet they plan to change that, and the first order of business is the creation of a joint-venture, with a loca...
Chinese Automaker Dongfeng Makes Blatant Copy of Cadillac SRX
28 May 2012, 14:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Why is it that whenever a Chinese manufacturer decides that they want to copy a car, they always seem to pick the wrong one? Like that copy of the Matiz which frankly is pointless, though there&rsqu...
Audi Leads the Way as Top Luxury Brand in China
17 Aug 2011, 11:11 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / Volkswagen AG’s Audi brand has been rewarded by Chinese owners with top grades for its car-buying experience at the dealership. As a result, Audi finds itself significantly ahead of Daimler AG...
Dongfeng Aeolus Sedans to Come With HARMAN Audio Systems
20 May 2011, 07:40 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Global audio and infotainment group HARMAN announced today it has managed to sign a deal with Dongfeng Passenger Vehicle (DFPV) of China to equip its new luxury segment mid size sedan, the Aeolus, w...
China to Become Peugeot's No. 1 Market by 2015
21 Dec 2010, 14:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / There's no doubt China is becoming the main source of money for most large carmakers so, in order to take full advantage of the Chinese boom, companies are investing massive amounts of money in...
Dongfeng Nissan Reaches 2M Production Milestone
8 Sep 2010, 08:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The local alliance Japanese manufacturer Nissan has with the Chinese from Dongfeng reached a major milestone this week, as it announced the production of its second millionth vehicle since its incep...
Dongfeng Nissan Venucia Brand is Born
8 Sep 2010, 08:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The local Chinese alliance between Japanese manufacturer Nissan and Dongfeng announced yesterday the creation of a new brand for the local market. Dubbed Venucia, or Qi Chen in China, the new brand ...
PSA Forms JV with China Changan Automotive
6 May 2010, 07:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As hinted since the beginning of the week, French group PSA Peugeot Citroen announced the creation of a joint venture in China with China Changan Automotive Group. The new joint venture will be manu...
Dongfeng Became Chinese CV Market Leader In February
19 Mar 2010, 13:26 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Chinese vehicle producer Dongfeng announced that it sold almost 40,000 commercial vehicles last month, thus becoming the Chinese CV market leader. Dongfeng Auto managed to sell 39,900 units l...
Nissan Dongfeng Motor to Sell 1 Million Cars in China
16 Dec 2009, 08:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With this piece here we begin what we (and many others) believe will be a long line of news regarding car sales and sales targets in China. With the country already surpassing the United States in t...
Dongfeng Nissan Recalls 50,000 Qashqai and X-Trail
14 Oct 2009, 10:04 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Nissan's Chinese joint venture, Dongfeng-Nissan, will recall approximately 50,000 vehicles in the domestic market due to a malfunction affecting the steering system. The recall information was ...
Dongfeng-Renault JV Comes to a Halt
14 Oct 2009, 09:37 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Renault and Dongfeng are still involved in negotiations regarding a possible joint venture but, according to some reports, the talks might be stopped again due to a number of glitches. It appears th...
Dongfeng Prepares Investment for New Car Plant in Turkey
3 Sep 2009, 08:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Dongfeng Motor, the third largest Chinese carmaker, is planning to build a new production facility in Turkey that will produce an estimated 52,000 units per year. According to a report by gasgoo.com...
PSA Plans Second Joint Venture in China
31 Jul 2009, 13:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / PSA continues its global expansion with a new mission: the French alliance wants to form a new joint venture in China. The second one, to be more specific... According to The Financial Times, PSA Pe...
Dongfeng Fengshen S30 Launched in China
30 Jul 2009, 12:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Chinese sedan offensive, launched yesterday with Geely's announcement of the Emgrand EC718, continues today with Dongfeng's Fengshen S30, the manufacturer's first self-developed b...
Nissan Confirms Huadu Plant Expansion
29 Jul 2009, 12:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following the rumors which surfaced in the media during the past few weeks, Japanese manufacturer Nissan today announced the expansion of the Huadu passenger vehicle plant in Guangzhou City, China, ...
Dongfeng Hits on Holden
22 Jul 2009, 09:55 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Chinese companies are everywhere. No matter what we are talking about, there's a little Chinese in everything. How exactly they managed to do this, it's still a mystery but Chinese automak...
China Is Restructuring the Automotive Industry
23 Mar 2009, 12:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we reported several times over the last few weeks, rumors about Chinese companies taking interest into the acquisition of foreign automotive brands such as Volvo, together with the growing econom...