Archive for the ‘Shanghai-GM’ Category
New China-Only Buick GL8 NAKED
Published on August 23, 2010 by Tycho
The new Shanghai-GM Buick GL8 MPV is based on the Business Concept and will be made alongside the facelifted old Buick GL8. The old car will be sold as an entry-level machine and the new one as a more upmarket and luxurious GL8.
Size of the new GL8: 5278×1985×1809, wheelbase is 3198. Engines: updated version of the 2.4 and 3.0 SIDI V6’s, 6-speed auto. The new GL8 will hit la market within a couple of months.
Categories: Shanghai-GM, Spy Shots
Tags: buick, gl8
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GM aplies for Patent on Opel Insignia OPC in China
Published on August 10, 2010 by Tycho
GM applied for patent on the Opel Insignia OPC in China. Note the missing logo, they won’t sell it branded as ‘Opel’. The Insignia is made in China by Shanghai-GM and sold as Buick Regal, so any fast version would likely be branded Buick as well. But there is something strange with the front of the car…
Categories: Shanghai-GM
Tags: buick, regal
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GM working on Electric Chevrolet Sail for China
Published on August 9, 2010 by Tycho
Mr Kevin E. Wale, president of GM China, told magazine Beijing Morning Post that Shanghai-GM is working on a electric Chevrolet Sail which will debut this year. A concept still but very likely to see production in the near future. Mr Wale also unveiled that GM China is working on a hybrid Buick Lacrosse, to be released in 2011. [file photo]
Source: Beijing Morning Post via CNauto.
Categories: Industry, Shanghai-GM
Tags: chevrolet, sail
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Facelift Buick GL8 makes Two new Buick GL8’s
Published on August 3, 2010 by Tycho
Shanghai-GM is working on a facelift for the Buick GL8 MPV. At the same time they are working on an all new GL8. This is not as strange as it might sound. Chinese automakers, including their western partners, often continue production of the old car when a new one arrives.
It is then sold as a cheaper entry-level car and usually gets a small facelift to make it at least look a little new. Shanghai-GM seems to take this road as well. So soon we’ll have two GL8, this facelifted ‘old’ one and a brandnew car. See here for another example from Beijing-Hyundai.
Categories: Shanghai-GM, Spy Shots
Tags: buick, gl8
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GM’s July China sales rise 22% amid Chevrolet growth
Published on August 3, 2010 by Tycho
From ChinaDaily, 030810. General Motors Co boosted sales in China 22 percent in July, aided by the popularity of Chevrolet cars, while deliveries by Ford Motor Co’s local sales unit fell.
GM sold 176,645 vehicles last month in the world’s largest auto market, after boosting deliveries of Chevrolet vehicles 70 percent to 35,385, the company said in an e-mailed statement on Tuesday. Sales of GM-brand vehicles rose 45 percent to 1.3 million in the first seven months of the year, it added.
The carmaker is counting on expansion in China and other overseas markets to bolster profit as it prepares for an initial public offering as early as the fourth quarter. GM’s first-half sales in China surpassed those in the US for the first time this year as the world’s fastest-growing major economy propelled global auto demand.
Categories: Industry, Shanghai-GM
Tags: sales
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Spy Shots: Chevrolet Orlando MPV testing in China
Published on July 22, 2010 by Tycho
The Chevrolet Orlando MPV debuted at the Paris Motor Show in 2008. GM announced in 2009 that the vehicle would see production but not for the US. Here it is testing in China, it will be made for the Chinese market by Shanghai-GM.
Categories: Shanghai-GM, Spy Shots
Tags: chevrolet, orlando
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Spy Shots: new Chevrolet Aveo Hits the Patent Bureau
Published on July 16, 2010 by Tycho
The Daewoo-based Chevrolet Aveo has been a great sales success for Shanghai-GM so it is time for a new one to sell even more. GM filed for a patent and some pics got out, that’s the way it works these days.
The Aveo got a new sporty front in Cruze-style, bit like that Mitsubishi Lancer front pasted on the Colt but it just can do. New car will hit la market sometime in the first half of next year. Engines: 1.2, 1.4 and 1.6. The new Aveo will make it to the US as well, in 2012.
Categories: Shanghai-GM, Spy Shots
Tags: aveo, chevrolet
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2.0 for China-spec Cadillac SLS
Published on July 5, 2010 by Tycho
Cadillac wants a bigger market share in China and goes cheaper to get it. The SLS will get the 2.0 turbo four-cilinder from the Buick Regal/Opel Insignia with 220hp and 350nm. Cadillac will price the 2.0 SLS just under 400.000 yuan. The current entry level SLS costs 448.000 yuan, that one comes with a 3.0 V6 with 272hp and 300nm. The SLS is made in China by the Shanghai-GM joint venture. Source: Autohome.
Categories: New Cars, Shanghai-GM
Tags: Cadillac
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Buick Excelle GT Priced
Published on June 21, 2010 by Tycho
The Shanghai-Buick Excelle GT sedan will go on sale on June 23 and will be priced between 150.000 and 200.000 rmb, that is between 22.000 and 29.400 US dollar. Dealers already have the car in their showrooms so we got a shipload of new pictures.
Categories: Shanghai-GM
Tags: buick, excelle
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Spotted in China: Buick Regal Limosine
Published on June 8, 2010 by Tycho
Found this in an article about limosines for marriage. Between the obvious Benzes and Audis this Buick Regal limosine. The Regal is made in China by SAIC-GM, this is the previous model, it is now replaced by a rebadged Opel Insigina. The limo is at least 1.5 meter longer, the conversion likely done in China. A beauty for a marriage indeed.
Categories: Shanghai-GM, Spotted in China
Tags: buick, regal
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