<![CDATA[Jalopnik: 2008 beijing auto show]]> http://tags.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: 2008 beijing auto show]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/2008beijingautoshow http://jalopnik.com/tag/2008beijingautoshow <![CDATA[China's Buick Excelle Updated For 2009]]> We dig Chinese-market Buicks. There's a handsome LaCrosse available as a hybrid. Then there's the Park Avenue, a RWD sedan based on a stretched version of the Pontiac G8's Zeta architecture. Now the Chinese market has this, the restyled Buick Excelle for 2009. It looks pretty good on the surface, but what's underneath?

Those crisp lines are actually wrapped around the same basic car as the Suzuki Forenza. Yes, it is essentially the same subcompact that serves duty as Top Gear's "Reasonably Priced Car" in the form of a Daewoo Chevy Lacetti. There's no word on the technical specs yet, as the Excelle will be officially unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show later this month. Just don't expect anything bigger than a 1.8-liter inline-four. Does that make this a badge-engineered abomination, or do you like the little bugger? It's certainly better than a late-model Century.
[CarScoop]

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<![CDATA[New Nissan Intima Teased Before Beijing Motor Show]]> We already saw the concept version of the new Nissan Intima at the Tokyo Motor Show last year with rumors of an official unveil at the Beijing Motor Show later this month. It now looks as though those rumors are true as Nissan's now teasing us with a picture of the production version of the automaker's new Chinese flagship. We'll have more for you as soon as we get more. For the meantime, just check out that...umm...quarter of the new car you can see. Because although we'd love to show you the press release, unfortunately it's entirely in Mandarin. Guess you'll just have to check out our live shots of the concept car below instead.

[Nissan via World Car Fans]

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