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…
Tough choice between the 3,970€ Wuling Sunshine and the 135,000€ Tesla Model S in Bayanhot This is Part 4 of our 2018 China exploration. You can check out Part 1: The cars of Beijing and using the Didi app here, Part 2: Renting a car in China here and Part 3: The cars…
One million SUVs found a buyer in China in November, including over 10.000 Chery Tiggo 7. * See the Top 72 China-made brands and Top 415 models by clicking on the title * Chinese buyers continue to rush into car dealership to take advantage of the last months of purchase…
The Baojun 310 is one of nine new Chinese-made nameplates to enter the Chinese market. * See the Top 70 China-made brands and Top 400 models by clicking here * In September the Chinese market was up a whopping 29% and this dynamism is partly due to the large amount - and success -…
Wuling Rongguang in Dégé, Sichuan Province. After climbing the legendary Chola Pass, we now arrive at the small town of Dégé. This is the 11th instalment in our 2016 Chinese adventures after Beijing, Xining in the Qinghai province, the Chinese car dealerships of Xining, Tongren, Xiahe in the Gansu province, the mountain road back from Xiahe to Xining, Chengdu in the Sichuan…
Huanghai N2 After exploring the cars of Xining, we now go on a tour of the small Chinese car dealerships of the capital of the Qinghai province, the ones specifically located along the few blocks near the intersection of Bowen and Baiyi Lu. The photos give you an idea of which models are…
Xining Railway Station After traversing the Australian Outback to Birdsville, it's now time to resume our annual Chinese exploration. This article launches our new annual series of Photo Reports for China. In 2014 we travelled to the extreme West of the country to the Xinjiang Uyghur province all the way to the border…
A record 46.075 Haval H6 found a new home in China last month. * See the Top 70 All China-made brands and Top 380 All-models by clicking on the title * After a month of February weakened by the Lunar New Year celebrations, the Chinese new car market is back to double-digit…
The Baojun 560 passes the symbolic 40.000 monthly sales milestone for the first time. * See the Top 67 All-brands and Top 370 All-models (China-made) by clicking on the title * The impact of last October's tax cut is weakening with Chinese new car sales up 8% in January to 2.5m units…
Honda Greiz After studying November sales figures in detail, as is the tradition on BSCB we have a closer look at the all-new nameplates making their first appearance in the Chinese sales charts this month. Note this update is only for the locally-produced models. Imports are covered in separate updates.…
As expected, the Baojun 560 is an instant blockbuster. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 360 All-local models and Top 65 brands * According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, after dropping for the first time in 6 years in June, sales of new light vehicles in China decline…
Geely GC9 As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring the April Chinese ranking, we then go into the detail of the all-new models landing into the largest new vehicle market in the world. As always this only concerns the models that have kick-started local production as imports data is still very patchy for…
Leopaard CS10 This is Part 4 of my ranking of the most impressive Chinese carmakers at Auto Shanghai 2015. You can check out Part 1 (from #35 to #21) here, Part 2 (from #20 to #11) here and Part 3 (from #10 to #6) here. I let the suspense build up but we…
Deceivingly good-looking: the Hawtai Shengdafei This is Part 2 of my Beijing Auto Show 2014 coverage, you can see Part 1- First impressions here. In order to report to you with as much precision as possible my experience at the Beijing Auto Show I will rank all 30-odd Chinese carmakers…