We're waiting for the eventual emergence of Chinese automakers as exporters more ominous and less hilarious
We're waiting for the eventual emergence of Chinese automakers as exporters more ominous and less hilarious
Given never ending concerns over Chinese quality, completing the punishing cross-continental Dakar Rally could send the right message. Both Greatwall and Geely are planning to enter the race as a proof-of-competency in vehicles that at least look like Pajeros. [ChinaCarTimes]
GreatWall Motors
GreatWall Motors
Now that the Beijing Olympics are over and the need to reduce the capital’s smog is gone, Chinese car makers can get back to doing what they do best: copying successful western car designs while cranking out the clones super cheap. We admire China’s style; why fuss over safety, performance or emissions when all… Great Wall, a company largely known as the leading Chinese authority on skillful reuse of intellectual property, has unveiled something that can gently be called unique - the Great Wall Kunna. The Kunna is an all-electric runabout operating on a 48V power system good for about 87 miles at a blazing top speed of 40 MPH. …
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
So what do you do when you can't face the regulatory and marketing hurdles of the US market, but you still want to sell as many of your cheaply manufactured vehicles as possible? Why, you head right on over to Africa like Great Wall Motor Co and take over the European automakers dumping ground for used vehicles.…
Let's say you're shopping for a big pickup truck for your ranch but just don't like the stuff coming out of the Motor City or the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Well, plop your ten-gallon hat on your head and saddle up one of these here Great Wall Wingles, cowboy! Don't pay no mind to them tenderfoot city boys …
The bosses at Fiat are apparently none too pleased with the wily copycats over at Great Wall. The Chinese automaker has aroused the Italians' ire with it's new Peri, which Fiat claims is a virtual copy of its Panda subcompact, and is threatening legal action. Great Wall's got 90 dealerships in the European nation, and …