Toyota Tundra in front of the Potala Palace, Lhasa. After Shanghai, Manzhouli in Inner Mongolia and Kunming, Dali and Lijiang in Yunnan, we finish our Chinese exploration following the Shanghai Auto Show on a high note. After many years of anticipation and missed opportunities because of how convoluted the permit process is, I…
My rental Peugeot 301 in Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia. We are back for a new series of China Test Drives as securing my temporary Chinese driver's licence for a second year in a row enabled me to rent two cars in two different provinces and test drive 9 more at dealerships…
Chana CX70 in Lijiang After Shanghai, Manzhouli in Inner Mongolia and Kunming and Dali in Yunnan, we proceed on our Chinese exploration following the Shanghai Auto Show. Next stop is Lijiang, still in Yunnan province, roughly 200km north of Dali, and then we push a further 100km north to the famous…
Wuling Hongguang V in Dali old town After Shanghai, Manzhouli in Inner Mongolia and Kunming in Yunnan, we continue on our exploration of Chinese regions following the Shanghai Auto Show. This time we travel 350km west from Kunming to reach the small town of Dali on the shores of the Erhai…
Haval H6 Coupe near Kunming After Shanghai and Manzhouli in Inner Mongolia, we continue our exploration of China following the Shanghai Auto Show and now fly all the way down north near the border with Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam to the Yunnan province. We start with the province's capital,…
Bestune T77 in Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia. This is the second stop in our 2019 exploration of China following the Shanghai Auto Show. You can consult the 1st stop Shanghai here. We are now in Manzhouli in eastern Inner Mongolia in the north of the country, at the border with Russia…
Shanghai street scene. Like every year, after reporting on the main Chinese Auto Show (this year in Shanghai), we now embark on an exploration of the car landscapes of various regions in the country. This year we returned to Shanghai for the first time since 2015. You can consult our…
Yamaha is not a company that gets swept up by market research or surveys. He likes to take risks, as he has done this incredible Yamaha Niken , a three-wheeled motorcycle that revolutionizes the way you take curves. Presented at the Tokyo Motor Show, the Yamaha Niken is a powerful…
Our Exclusive Guide to all active Chinese Brands has now been updated with the new launches of the Shanghai Auto Show last month, resulting in 6 new additions. Almost all activity is linked to electric vehicles. Chery's semi premium brand Exeed has been reinstated, the Arcfox Lite is now the…
The Urus is venturing off solid asphalt and onto other types of terrain, such as sand and soil, to prove the thrill of driving a Lamborghini knows no bounds. According to the folks at Warren Miller Lamborghini (Davie, FL,) the Off-Road Package changes the Urus into an off-road machine. The…
Since Bugatti is celebrating the company’s 110th birthday, it is only fitting we take a look back at the race car that built an empire. Our technical consultants at Warren Henry Automotive (Miami, FL) state with conviction that every single Bugatti you see on the road today, old or new,…
Sitting between the three-row family oriented Pilot and the compact-size CR-V is the all-new 2019 Honda Passport. Since the Passport is smaller in stature than the mighty Pilot there is no third row. The extra space was instead dedicated to providing rear seat occupants with more leg room, which contributes…
To help celebrate Infiniti’s 30th anniversary, the brand unveiled the 2019 Q50 Signature Edition to the world at the 2019 New York International Auto Show. Since the Infinity Motor Company launched 30 years ago they have worked tirelessly to build a brand that exudes a luxurious experience, every time you…
A couple of months after our China section 20-page write up in the annual "Bible" of the French monthly L'Automobile Magazine, BSCB and I have been lucky enough to appear in the magazine again, this time with a 4-page feature on my recent exploration of Iran in a Peugeot Pars…
The Jetta unveiling at the Shanghai Auto Show 2019. After announcing its creation in February, Volkswagen presented its new entry-level China-exclusive brand Jetta for the first time to the public at the Shanghai Auto Show two weeks ago. The strategy used by the Volkswagen Group is similar to that of the…