Tag: Carnewschina

It’s a thing in China: You don’t get the car service you expect, and instead of waiting for the J.D. Power questionnaire, you hire thugs with sledgehammers. Not to hit the dealer to pulp. No, to smash your car in front of a lot of cameras. It so recently happened to a Maserati Quattroporte. According to Carnewschina, the holder of the car (embarking at 423,000 USD in China) disagreed with the dealer over a $390 repair. After a flurry of letters, the car was smashed. (Read More…)

“Sources close to Porsche” told Tycho de Feyter at Carnewschina that the fresh nine hundred ninety one Porsche nine hundred eleven Turbo will get a start-stop system for the Chinese market. This explains why the fresh nine hundred eleven Turbo was seen testing in Beijing. The sources, who also provided the fresh spy shots in this article, said the system is necessary because the Chinese government is working on fresh very rigorous emission rules for 2015. If a car maker fails to meet the fresh regulations, China will impose a quota on the number of cars this car maker can import. (Read More…)

China is the land where you have a choice of two kinds of Crimson Bull, both identically fake. The Austrian maker of the stuff has been in court for years, did win, and still can’t sell the original stuff in China, because the other party appealed. Now, Jaguar Land Rover is faced with embarking its own arduous battle against the fakers: There is an energy drink called “Land Rover.” (Read More…)

Ford and TTAC think alike. A few days ago, we told you that “the Chinese government wants its joint ventures to venture into China-only brands, and even a Ford won’t succeed in resisting governmental charms.” And a few days thereafter, Carnewschina reports that Ford has gave way: No longer One Ford adds a fresh brand to its stable. It is called ‘Jia yue’, which Carnewschina translates as ‘Good Leap’. (Read More…)

If the road outside of your house gets a fresh layer of blacktop, and you leave behind to stir your car before the work crews arrive, what would happen? In America, you’d very likely have to look for your vehicle in to impound lot. In China, the car would still be there. But it would wear asphalt footwear. (Read More…)

Some of you may recall the “No Audi” signs at U.S. parking garages at the height of the unintended acceleration craze of the late 80s. In a garage in China, one can see the switch sides: Only Audis, other cars go elsewhere. (Read More…)

GM is smarter than Ford when it comes to exploiting rich Chinese, says Tycho de Feyter of Carnewschina. While GM sells is Camaro in China for a whopping $72,000 on up, Ford is leaving money on the table and profits to grey importers. (Read More…)

The Chinese government reprimanded organizers of the Chengdu Motor Display for demonstrating way too much skin than what’s suitable for a harmonious society. The exhibitionist exhibits were all foreign. A finger-wagging received the display of female charms at Citroen and Kia, and a serious finger-wagging was directed at an “almost-naked Ms Yan Yu who shortly posed with a Toyota Camry before things got so mad with ‘journalists’ taking pictures that she was quickly taken back-stage,” as Tycho de Feyter reports at Carnewschina.

The displaying of almost naked ladies is standard fare at communist China car shows, but could trigger arrested hearts and mass firing in the allegedly free West. Therefore, the almost naked Camry lady was trafficked below the fold. Don’t click if you are under age, lightly offended, or lightly fired. Your have been warned. (Read More…)

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