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question of the day

Would You Drive A Chinese Car?

Now that almost everyone would drive a Japanese and now a Korean car, it's worth asking if you all would drive a Chinese car. In fact, given all that's coming out at this year's explosive Beijing Motor Show, it is a harder question than it has been in the past. Though there are questions of quality and originality, cars like the Geely GT do capture the imagination. With the Koreans moving up-scale, it is quite possible the cheaper-than-thou market is opening up. We all like value. More »

11:40 AM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,372 views, 151 comments

Latest by n/a: I might consider a commemorative "Beijing Olympic Riots" Special Edition", from a Chinese car company that might have the courage to make one. Just think, it would be like owning one of the highly collectable Tianamen Square tanks! Interestingly, the emerging more »

beijing motor show

FAW Bringing B50 Sedan Goodness To Beijing Motor Show

It's been a while since we've heard from Chinese automaker FAW, and we're not talking about the Football Association of Wales (which makes shit cars). This year's Beijing Motor Show spotlight is supposed to go to Geely, but Faw will be butting in with this not too unattractive sedan apparently based on the previous generation Mazda6 platform.

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10:00 AM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Matt Hardigree
822 views, 10 comments

commentary

Fast as a Shark: Living on Chinese Rocks

I can't in truth call my Shanghai trip a comedy of errors, although there were errors, one of which resulted in my flying home first class. And while some of the Engrish I encountered was laugh-out-loud gut-busting. I can't quite refer to it as a tragedy, either. What it was, however, was a slightly nebulous, inchoate paradigm-fucker of a time/history/distance shift. More »

Feature

3:45 PM on Wed Apr 25 2007
By Davey G. Johnson
1,542 views, 11 comments

concept cars

Fine China: FAW Shows Coupe Concept in Beijing

Chinese automaker FAW worked up this little coupe concept with joint venture partner Mazda for Beijing's Auto China 2006. While close inspection reveals a mishmash of Mazda, Nissan and Mitsubishi product influences (plus de rigeur gilded sport-compact wheels, natch), a surprising gestalt makes it all work. If this is the net effect of China owning all our T-bills, we say bring on the National Monument Fire Sale. – Mike Spinelli More »

10:35 AM on Mon Nov 20 2006
By Mike Spinelli
2,519 views, 5 comments