TheTycho.com is BACK
Published on March 11, 2010 by Tycho
Actually, this site was never gone, lost or death. It was still there, men just didn’t see. Things however, did change: a brand new lay out and much more news every day. It’s all just getting started but soon all will be BIGger.
If you, dear reader, were here before at the good old site; welcome back.
Enjoy!
Categories: Spotted in China
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Spotted in China: Jaguar XJS
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A for China very rare machine was seen in a shopping street in Nanchang in Jiangxi Province. It is a beautifull example of one of England finest, the Jaguar XJS convertible. Jaguar never officially sold the XJS in China and the import of second had cars from abroad is forbidden. There are only two ways how the happy owner got his dream in land. He might have bought it from a diplomat but that was forbidden as well until this very year 2010. Unlikely indeed.
Categories: Spotted in China
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“China’s auto sales top 2.9m units in first two months”
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China Daily reports that auto sales over Januari and Februari are up 84 percent compared to the same months in 2009. One reason for this incredible growth are govermen t incentives, mostly for cars with an engine capacity under 1.3 litre and even more for under 1.0. And the economy is growing as a whole so people who waited last year are in today. The annual spring festival did help a bit bit not as much as China Daily seems to think. The annual festival is, ya’kna’, annual. China Daily talks:
China’s auto sales maintained steady growth in the first two months of 2010, buoyed by the nation’s car purchase incentives and strong demand brought by the week-long Spring Festival holidays.
Categories: Industry
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Bugatti Veyron Mobile Phone from China
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TopSpeed posted a post about a Bugatti Veyron Mobile phone for 200 dollar. But there is more, here is the Veyron GT, in red and black.
Categories: Toy Cars
Tags: mobile phone
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Leaked Brochure: Greatwall’s Future loox Busy
Published on March 10, 2010 by Tycho
Someone got his or her hands on a internal Greatwall brochure about the brand’s future and put it on the web. Thanks, someone. As many other Chinese automakers Greatwall believes one brand is not enough so it will have three: Greatwall, Hover and Wingle. ‘Hover’ will so become a brand name.
The current ‘Greatwall H(over)3′ will be replaced by the Hover H5 and the current ‘Greatwall H(over)3 CUV’ by the Hover H5 CUV above. Confusing it is, mad one would say, fortunately the brochure contained a chart:
Categories: Greatwall, Spy Shots
Tags: h5, h6
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New Car: Changhe Suzuki WagonR E+
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Changhe-Suzuki didn’t bother to update the WagonR for at least six years. There was no need, the car was selling wel, especially in the more rural areas but in city it is no stranger either. Finally now in 2010 the factory decided for a facelift that mostly hit the front, and hitted hard.
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New Car: Haima Goes Wild with M2 Csport
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HaiMa comes from Hainan (Automotive) – Mazda, a Chinese Japanese joint venture that made Mazda’s for the Chinese market. Mazda left, Hainan kept the name and went for it alone. Most their cars are based on old Mazda’s from the joint-venture days but slowly slowly Haima is getting away from there. This is one of the escapees, an M2-based sportsmodel.
Categories: Haima, New Cars
Tags: M2
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BAW B40 to Debut at Beijing Auto Show
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Beijing Auto Works, or BAW, usually simply called ‘Beijing’ or ‘Beiqi’, showed a prototype B40 at the Beijing auto Show 2008. Two years later BAW will release the production car at the Beijing Auto Show 2010. The 3-door B40 is based on the good old Cherokee which BAW used to make in a joint venture with Chrysler. BAW is still building that one, now on their own and called the Qishi.
Categories: Beijing Auto Works (BAW), Spy Shots
Tags: B40
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Spotted: Mercedes Benz S65 AMG Limosine
Published on March 9, 2010 by Tycho
This monsterlike machine belongs to the richest man of Zhejiang province, he got his money by investing in real estate. He has a lot of cars but this one is mad. A stretched Mercedes Benz S65 AMG limosine.
Categories: Mercedes Benz, Spotted in China
Tags: limosine, S65 AMG
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Incalcu Policecar from China
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Today a very special police car from Beijing. It is a electric 4-wheel mini car and most likely used in parks or other public places. The characters on the bonnet say 警察, jingcha, meaning ‘police’. The two yellow characters say 巡逻, xunluo, meaning ‘on duty’. I had never seen the thing before even though I live in Beijing for seven long years.
Categories: Incalcu, Police Cars
Tags: EC2006A
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