Auto Industry « Week In China - Part 9

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Dongfeng, Peugeot and the French government in investment gamble
Feb 28, 2014 (WiC 227)

The founders of Peugeot asked a jeweller to develop their first company logo in 1847. The design was a Lion. Why so? Well, the characteristics of that animal were said to match the saws that the brothers were making at the time: strong teeth, ...

Will Youngy boss take profit on his huge BYD stake?
Feb 21, 2014 (WiC 226)

London’s minicabs are reflective of China’s growing business interests in the British capital. London Taxis, builder of the boxy black cabs so synonymous with the city, is owned by Chinese automaker Geely after all. But following London ...

Tesla counting on China for strong sales growth this year
Jan 31, 2014 (WiC 224)

The green revolution in Oslo – the electric vehicle (EV) capital of the world – is having some unintended consequences. Especially for bus drivers. Three-quarters of rush hour traffic in bus lanes is now electric, according to the Norway ...

Famous hong buys into leading Chinese car dealership
Jan 24, 2014 (WiC 223)

As one of the original hongs or trading companies that stirred the Opium Wars of the nineteenth century, Jardine Matheson’s history in the Far East is a storied one. In Hong Kong the link lives on through streets named in its honour, as well ...

Why is Wuliangye selling its company cars?
Jan 17, 2014 (WiC 222)

"Don’t ask a man to drink and drive“ was the request from Britain’s first drink-driving campaign, dating back to 1964. Fifty years on, bosses at Wuliangye are feeling the effects of two new campaigns demanding that state employees give up ...

Shake-up of Suzuki’s joint ventures looks imminent, say media
Nov 1, 2013 (WiC 214)

For any car company, getting a commercial foothold in India and China has obvious lure. But for Japanese automaker Suzuki the two markets have delivered a different experience. In India, Suzuki is enjoying success with its local partner. In ...

BMW’s marketing savvy sees surge in sales of iconic British car, the Mini
Sep 20, 2013 (WiC 209)

Fans of the Michael Caine movie The Italian Job typically remember two scenes most. The first features Caine and his explosives expert trying to force their way into an armoured van (“You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors ...

Daimler plans China breakthrough with more local production
Sep 6, 2013 (WiC 207)

National Socialism is not an appropriate topic for car advertising. This was the understandable rebuke from Daimler last month, after a homemade commercial featuring one of its C-Class Mercedes-Benz and a youthful Adolf Hitler went viral ...

Tesla Motors on the verge of China move; how will BYD react?
Aug 30, 2013 (WiC 206)

When Elon Musk was asked in an interview with Bloomberg TV in 2011 what he thought of his Chinese competitor BYD, he laughed. When pressed further, the billionaire investor could barely hide his disdain. “Have you seen their car?” he ...

Is Renault coming to China too late?
Aug 2, 2013 (WiC 204)

Business conditions for carmakers in Europe sounds dire. As Stephen Odell, head of Ford in Europe, put it to the Financial Times recently: “We have a catastrophic decline in the industry.” Six out of 10 car companies in the European Union are ...

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