Brands like Jetour have made quite a big splash
by Jason Tulio
A really fast plug-in
Every time a quick electric car launches, it's deemed a Tesla rival. Not least by us. Sorry. But there'll be none of that here, for this fully-electric Nio EP9 lives in a whole different ballpark.Looking not unlike a
Does it stand a chance?
If you're viewing this on a mobile device and can't see the video, please click here. Last year, Jia Yueting--cofounder of the Chinese tech company called LeEco--promised to create an autonomous electric car to take on the Tesla
by Joe Holding
Powered by same Thunder diesel engine
This is not exactly the best time to be announcing the arrival of a new Chinese vehicle in our market--not after what many perceive to have been a rigged FIBA Asia championship game between the Philippines and China last night--but
Intentional or coincidental?
Gilas Pilipinas patron Manny V. Pangilinan tweeted before the FIBA Asia basketball championship game between the Philippines and China that the electric bus assigned to take the Gilas team to the stadium had been delayed, and that the reason given was that
2 new models could be launched this year
If you were among the thousands of visitors who ogled cars and booth girls at the Philippine International Motor Show last year, then you most likely already know the car brand BAIC. This Chinese carmaker, officially distributed by Bayan Automotive Industries Corp.
All crossed up
There was a bit of a furor last year over a secondhand-car seller trying to pass off the Haima 2 as a Mazda 2, followed by notices of disavowment from both manufacturers. The confusion is easy to understand, as Haima once
by Niky Tamayo
Are you ready for the Qin?
In September last year, we asked the Philippine distributor of Chinese-made BYD cars, Solar Transport and Automotive Resources, if they had plans of bringing in BYD's electric vehicles, since BYD had made its name with its rechargeable batteries."Only when
A year after Q3 sedan\'s launch
Two weeks ago, Chinese carmaker Qoros revealed that it was launching its second production car at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, which is scheduled to open on March 4. Well, we won\'t have to wait that long to see the car
Who calls sedan \'well-engineered and well-built\'
Six years after Qoros was first formed, and almost a year after its first production car, the GQ3, was revealed to the public at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show, the Chinese carmaker recently reached its biggest milestone to date after it turned
It\'s not the Yuchengcos
As we reported a few days ago, there\'s a new Chinese carmaker in the market in the form of BYD. Solar Transport and Automotive Resources, the authorized distributor of BYD vehicles in the Philippines, held a press conference last night to
Compelling enough to make you consider buying one?
The Qoros 3 has done what no other Chinese car before it could do, and that\'s to achieve a five-star rating overall in the latest round of Euro New Car Assessment Program crash tests.According to Euro NCAP, the Qoros
The Chinese car brand formerly known here as Chana
Tan Chong International Limited (TCIL), the same Singaporean corporation that owns Motor Image, which distributes Subaru in the Philippines and other Asian countries outside Japan, is taking over the distributorship rights to Chinese carmaker Changan in our market. Changan used to be
Safer Chinese cars
The notion that Chinese cars are unsafe could soon be a thing of the past as the Geely Emgrand EC7 recently received a four-star rating in the European New Car Assessment Program's (Euro NCAP) safety test program."These results mark
Where else but in China
You've asked for it and very soon you'll get it--but only if you download it illegally through torrents--as Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson and James May have been spotted driving Chinese cars.What's even better is that,
Brand reboots Metro Manila dealership network
Chery Motors Philippines is streamlining its dealership network in Metro Manila starting with the opening of the Chery Taft-Manila showroom located in Taft Avenue near the corner of Quirino Avenue.The dealership currently has a showroom floor of 200sqm. A service
Is the day of reckoning already at hand?
With the way China's automotive industry is rapidly growing, it's inevitable that it will one day catch up with the likes of Korea, Japan, even the United States. Now, no less than Sergio Marchionne, chief executive of both Fiat and
Philippine-made Chery vehicles to roll off Santa Rosa plant
Chery Motors Philippines may have just taken over the exclusive distributorship of the Chinese-made vehicles from Chery Iseway but it's making sure that it hits the ground running by starting the local assembly of some of its models in Sta.
Executives from China meet with Philippine investment board official
Senior executives from Chery Automobile Company recently paid a visit to the Board of Investments (BOI) to convey the Chinese carmaker's intent to put up an assembly plant in the Philippines within the next five years "to serve the burgeoning left-
We have the answer
Is CATS Motors, the distributor of Mercedes-Benz and Chrysler vehicles, bringing in the Geely brand of cars from China?A member in an online automotive forum recently said he saw two Geely cars, specifically the CK and Gleagle Panda, parked right
On the lookout for the next gold mine
In an interesting development, the Yuchengco Group of Companies--whose Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation owns a 12.9-percent stake in Honda Cars Philippines--has partnered with the LKG Group to form Sino Motors Corporation, which is now preparing to officially bring
