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EMERGING MARKETS ANALYSIS: Chinese at Frankfurt: Brilliance shines, while the ‘Automotive Aldi’ draws flak

19 Sep 2007 | Mark Bursa

The Chinese hit the headlines at Frankfurt – though perhaps not in the way you might have expected by now. Only two Chinese importers showed up – and Mark Bursa discovered two very different business approaches.

US [last updated 19:35BST 24/09]: GM facing first UAW strike since '98

24 Sep 2007 | just-auto.com editorial team

General Motors shares continued to trade higher on Monday even as around 73,000 members of the United Auto Workers went on strike at the automaker's US factories after contract negotiation talks broke down after 10 days of bargaining.

FRANKFURT SHOW: Importer rejects China copy claims

17 Sep 2007 | just-auto.com editorial team

Karl Schloessl, chairman of China Automobile Deutschland (CAD), reckons there is no case to answer over two car models his firm imports, the Jonway UFO and the Sheunghuang CEO. The former looks like a clone of the Toyota RAV4; the latter bears more than a passing resemblance to the previous generation BMW X5. In China, this sort of design piracy is rife, but allowable.

FRANKFURT SHOW: Brilliance quietly ramping up in Europe

17 Sep 2007 | just-auto.com editorial team

While controversy reigned briefly last week at the China Automobile stand, Brilliance, the other Chinese auto maker at the Frankfurt motor show, quietly continued to tick all the right boxes.

What does 'Made in China' say?

11 Jul 2007 | Dave Leggett

It looks like the authorities in China are waking up to the fact that the 'Made in China' brand is being severely tainted by a number of high profile quality shortfalls on goods exported. A high-ra...

BELGIUM: Landwind using former MG Rover dealers

6 Jul 2007 | just-auto.com editorial team

With Nanjing now the proud owner of the MG brand and Shanghai Automotive producing the old 75 as the Roewe 750, another Chinese car maker is turning to the defunct British MG Rover’s former dealer network in Europe.

CZECH REPUBLIC: Chinese invasion unlikely - analyst

27 Jun 2007 | just-auto.com editorial team

Nanjing Auto has taken over MG and will eventually build cars again in the UK while other Chinese companies are looking to launch their own cars on the market in the near future – but don’t expect an invasion.

BELGIUM: Money back for Brilliance buyers

26 Jun 2007 | just-auto.com editorial team

After the car received just one star in European crash tests, Belgian buyers of the Brilliance BS6 will get their money back from the importer which, local newspapers reported, has now taken the car off the market.