GM Posts All Time Record July Sales in China, up 11.7 Percent from the Beginning of 2012

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/gm-posts-all-time-record-july-sales-in.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5773648411055751426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z19olrkd-4s/UCAeo8b6AQI/AAAAAAAIed4/4MOanJx1d7w/s800/GM-China-01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a><br><span style="font-family:Verdana;">It's been a good sales month <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/China">in China</a> for General Motors and its 12 joint ventures in the country as the Detroit-based company set an all-time record high of 199,503 deliveries in July, up 15.1 percent over the same month last year. </span> <p></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">In particular, the Shanghai GM joint venture posted sales of 97,064 units (+5.7%), SAIC-GM-Wuling 98,694 units (+26.6%) and FAW-GM 3,379 vehicles (+3.1 percent). </span> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/gm-posts-all-time-record-july-sales-in.html#more">Read more »</a>

Buick Chevrolet China FAW GM Reports SAIC GM Posts All Time Record July Sales in China, up 11.7 Percent from the Beginning of 2012

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VW Investigating its Chinese Partner FAW for Stealing Designs and Illegally Producing Parts!

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/07/vw-investigating-its-chinese-partner.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5771429969911927090" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cg_c0Wb1e4E/UBg8-rKk0TI/AAAAAAAIa2U/1pyq9NtpGrE/s800/VW-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a><br><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Chinese carmakers and parts manufacturers stealing designs of components or even entire vehicles from Western automakers is nothing new, but we rarely see these issues coming out in the open when they happen. And if you are wondering why, it is because foreign companies don't want to disrupt their business in the country. </span> <p></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">However, on Friday, German business daily <a href="http://www.handelsblatt.com/video/handelsblatt-in-99-sekunden/china-kopiert-dreist-vw-jammern-hilft-nicht/6928548.html">Handelsblatt</a> reported that the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/VW/">Volkswagen Group</a> is investigating allegations that its Chinese manufacturing partner FAW Group Corp. illegally copied and manufactured transmissions, engines and other components owned by VW. </span> </p><p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tMIJeLbuARQ/UBg80uaWXVI/AAAAAAAIa2I/FFT_W5ZaMkk/s1600/VW-China-3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="87" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5771429798984703314" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tMIJeLbuARQ/UBg80uaWXVI/AAAAAAAIa2I/FFT_W5ZaMkk/s200/VW-China-3.jpg" style="float: right; border: 1px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; cursor: pointer;" width="127"></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A Volkswagen spokesman in Germany was quoted by the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444840104577553040603734830.html">Wall Street Journal</a> saying that the company "was examining the situation carefully before coming to any conclusions". </span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">It was reported that VW managers recently uncovered <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/04/hongqi-debuts-flagship-l7-and-h7-sedans.html">FAW's</a> plans to copy the German automaker's MQ200 transmission found in several Audi, Skoda and VW models and use it on the Besturn B50 small sedan, to be sold in Russia where it will compete against similar models from VW and Skoda. </span> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/07/vw-investigating-its-chinese-partner.html#more">Read more »</a>

China FAW Reports VW VW Investigating its Chinese Partner FAW for Stealing Designs and Illegally Producing Parts!

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Hongqi Debuts Flagship L7 and H7 Sedans at the Beijing Auto Show as FAW Re-Launches the Brand

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/04/hongqi-debuts-flagship-l7-and-h7-sedans.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5734800176948326322" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WackspBuwow/T5YaYGzaL7I/AAAAAAAHbLs/T9K6o0q9LoY/s800/Hongqi-L7-0.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a><br><span style="font-family:Verdana;">No Chinese auto show is complete without a reference to Hongqi (Red Flag), one of the oldest nameplates in the country and at one time, the only brand for the domestic political elite. </span> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">At the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/China%20Auto%20Show">Auto China 2012</a> in Beijing, Hongqi presented two new models, the flagship L7 showcar and the production ready H7 sedan, while its parent company First Automobile Works (FAW) laid out a new five-year investment plan for the brand. </span> </p><p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B3AX-ICnzL4/T5YafQfnDPI/AAAAAAAHbL4/59PmWBVESAA/s1600/Hongqi-L7-2.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5734800299808722162" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B3AX-ICnzL4/T5YafQfnDPI/AAAAAAAHbL4/59PmWBVESAA/s200/Hongqi-L7-2.JPG" style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 116px; height: 78px;"></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The most impressive model at Hongqi's stand is without doubt the L7, a throwback to the days of the Cold War when the company produced China's state limousines.<br></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">As with Hongqi's previous flagship limousine concept, the HQD from 2005, there's a V12 engine located behind the brazen 1950's style front end. The 6.0-liter mill is said to produce a little over 400-horses. </span> </p><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/04/hongqi-debuts-flagship-l7-and-h7-sedans.html#more">Read more »</a>

China China Auto Show Concepts FAW Hongqi New Cars Hongqi Debuts Flagship L7 and H7 Sedans at the Beijing Auto Show as FAW Re-Launches the Brand

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