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the Chinese manufacturers are still far from the
European and American manufacturers. However, as it proves
it in other branches of industry,
Chinese
Cars Will Influence the Whole Industry
China is able to react quickly and to make in kind
arrive at the same level of safety as its foreign
competitors. From a qualitative point of view, the Chinese
cars have to face a keen demand and the problems come as
well from elements which are without danger as of elements
likely to involve risks for the passengers. The living room
of Shanghai which took place in 2007 was the occasion for
China to show that of which it was able as regards
automotive engineering. The knowledge to make, the
technicality and the reliability of the foreign
manufacturers will make it possible to make evolve the
Chinese cars to a pledge of quality and reliability which
until now was slightly lacking to him. This evolution is
necessary, if the European and American manufacturers want
to also make manufacture their vehicles in China.
A Short History of the Chinese Cars Industry
In 1953, the First Automotive Works (FAW) was
established. In 1956, the first Chinese-made vehicle, the
Jiefang truck, was rolled out. In 1958, FAW firstly
developed Chinese car for passengers, the Red Flag. Shanghai
VW and FAW-VW were founded in 1984 and 1990 respectively.
GM, Honda, Toyota, Nissan and Hyundai entered the market
from 1997 onwards, and domestic carmakers, such as Geely and
Chery, were also established. The entry into the WTO in 2001
led Chinese cars industry into the global competitive age.
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The 2007 Auto Motor China
Exhibition in Shanghai
has mutated into a global car
industry meeting.
Driven by the unrestricted growth of the Chinese market
and
a flood of brand new models.
The car industry outside China
discovers the 2007 Auto Motor China Exhibition in Shanghai
as a global event. However the Chinese models dominate the
exhibition.
Still, a vehement growth is on in the Chinese auto
industry: A couple of years ago If there were more than 150
native car and car parts manufacturers.
Presently more than
200 companies try their luck with the new car construction
and they present their designs at the Shanghai 2007 Auto
Motor China Exhibition.
Many Chinese car manufacturer don’t even have an output of
more than 10.000 vehicles per year
with a technology of several years ago and a design better is called a non design
but they show what they have at the 2007 Auto Motor China
Exhibition in Shanghai.
 
By reading through the eleventh and newest Chinese
government five yearly plan this might be changing the
Chinese get serious to do their “homework”, that means
taking intellectual or copy rights more serious.
 
Gradually, a Chinese car style get shaped.
Several studies shown on the fair indicate that the Chinese
getting serious to bring some kind of individual identity to
their models. Roewe shows the W2 a derivate from the Rover
remains without British blueprints. Some fashionable coupe’s
are shown easily matching some Italian styling.
At the 2007 Auto Motor China Exhibition in Shanghai
the most advanced however are Brilliance and Cherry, as the
first Chinese manufacturer with some European structure.
Both introduced two compact vehicles, that are be virtually
not salable in their home Chinese market which is dominated
by limousines, they are created for the export.
 
At the 2007 Auto Motor China Exhibition in Shanghai
Cherry show a three door design with some Lancia flavor.
Brilliance picked FRV for its compact car somehow a "China
golf" – should read the most successful model of VW the
Golf. It will be exported to Europe in the near future.
There is even some cutting edge auto in the pipe like at
Roewe with a hybrid drive, a Haima with electric motor and a
full-grown middle class limousine from Cherry with a
combination of a diesel engine and a electric generator with
a proposed consumption of less than three liters fuel per
100 kilometers.
Naturally there are a couple of Car’s exhibited at the
Auto China Motor Exhibition in Shanghai
one
thinks automatically, haven’t I seen this already some time
ago somewhere on a road in Europe ?
So
the Haima S1 appears strongly inspired from the Opel
Astra. The F8 of BYD (Build Your
 
Dream) one recognizes influences of
Mercedes CLK,
Renault Mégane and
Opel Astra Twintop, and hardly any other brand
imitates with a greater impertinence as Great Wall Motors
with crossover of Toyota Auris, Nissan Cube and Fiat panda.
But the real shooting star
came from BMW, the BMW CS model,
 
 
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can anyone
point out a more attractive car?
This new
BMW CS reminds a little bit at the former
Porsche 928 and new version of it the
Porsche Panamera.
As
almost everywhere in China the foreigner will have some
problems at the exhibition since there is hardly to find
anyone speaking English and – or any English printed
material. |
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China,
China Car,
China Auto,
Chine Auto and Car Parts, New, Cherry, Roewe, Hybrid
drive, Haima,
BMW CS, Brilliance FRV |