Auto Shanghai 2011

SHANGHAI: Seat marks late entry into China

VW's Seat division made its Chinese debut at the Shanghai show with a modest display sandwiched between the vast Volkswagen…

SHANGHAI: Brilliance BMW 5 hybrid gets production green light

BMW confirmed at the Shanghai show that it would start production of a plug in hybrid version of its 5…

SHANGHAI: China’s MG waves the Union flag

MG -owned by China's SAIC -was keen to promote its Britishness with visitors to the stand greeted by the prominent…

SHANGHAI: Other markets ready for new Chevy Malibu

Chevrolet's new Malibu, designed in Korea to replace the current US model of the same one as well as the…

SHANGHAI: New brands likely to emerge

China is throwing up a whole new world of car companies with names such as Brilliance, Chery, Changan, SAIC and…

SHANGHAI: Soundbites stress sales growth

International show time, so time for industry heads to instruct minions to work the spreadsheets and give The Boss something…

SHANGHAI: JLR ‘talking to Chinese partners’

Tata Motors owned Jaguar Land Rover is talking to a number of Chinese companies about a possible manufacturing joint venture,…

SHANGHAI: PSA confident over market growth

PSA Peugeot Citroën chief executive Phillippe Varin is confident that China's car market will continue to grow by about 10%…

SHANGHAI: Audi Q3 freewheels into the limelight

The compact Q3 SUV will be the first Audi to feature ‘disconnect coasting' - a system that automatically freewheels downhill…

SHANGHAI: Peugeot designs concept in China

The SXC, or Shanghai Cross Concept, is as its name suggests, the work of Peugeot's design studio here in Shanghai.…