Beijing Auto Show
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Porsche has said a high-riding 911 would be a good idea, and now one is being tested.
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Polestar Precept concept going into production
The Polestar Precept concept car will become a large grand touring EV production car.
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Infiniti QX60 Monograph concept hints at sexy redesign for 3-row crossover
The Infiniti QX60 and related Nissan Pathfinder are about to be redesigned, and the former has just been previewed.
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Geely previews EV modular platform destined for future Volvos
Geely's new dedicated EV platform can deliver a range of over 400 miles and will spawn its first model in 2021.
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2020 Beijing auto show postponed to Sept. due to coronavirus
Another major auto show won't run as scheduled due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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This Week's Top Photos: the 2018 Beijing auto show edition
Mercedes-Maybach's Ultimate Luxury concept was one of the major talking points of this week's 2018 Beijing auto show, though not entirely for positive reasons. The concept blends elements of sedans and SUVs but with results that can best be described as polarizing. While the concept isn't bound for...
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Volkswagen has joined numerous other automakers by offering a China-only brand dedicated to electric cars. On Tuesday, VW introduced the SOL brand for electric vehicles at the 2018 Beijing auto show. The first vehicle from SOL is (shocker) an SUV called the E20X. SOL was born from VW's joint venture with China's Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp (JAC). In fact, the E20X is almost identical to another JAC product underneath the unique sheet metal. JAC currently offers the iEV7S, itself an electric SUV model already available in China. VW did not provide any details on the E20X's...
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Hybrid Kinetic presents Pininfarina-styled K350 SUV and H500 sedan concepts in Beijing
Hybrid Kinetic is an electric car startup from China that hopes to enter the luxury arena with a full lineup powered by an extended-range electric powertrain that uses a microturbine as the range extender. The company is working with Pininfarina on the technology for its cars, with the Italian...
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McLaren turns to Chinese fashion line Cabbeen for a limited-run 570GT
McLaren have teamed up with Chinese fashion house Cabbeen to introduce a special limited-run variant of the 570GT. The idea behind the car is to showcase the philosophy "Designed in China, built in the United Kingdom." Just five examples will be built, and the car is being shown to the public at...
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Q5L is Audi's first long-wheelbase SUV
Audi used this week's 2018 Beijing auto show to unveil the Q5L, the automaker's first long-wheelbase SUV. The vehicle will be built and sold exclusively in China where it caters to the market's seemingly endless appetite for chauffeur-driven vehicles. It joins an A4L, A6L and A8L in Audi's...
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Jeep Grand Commander debuts at 2018 Beijing auto show
Jeep's Grand Commander made its debut on Wednesday at the 2018 Beijing auto show. The three-row crossover SUV has been developed exclusively for the Chinese market so won't be sold in the United States. The low approach and departure angles belie Jeep’s off-road credentials, which is probably...
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MG X-Motion concept debuts in China, previews future SUV
The 2018 Beijing auto show hosted numerous debuts this week, and MG released its X-Motion SUV concept. The concept vehicle previews a future SUV model. The X-Motion follows last year's MG E-Motion concept, an all-electric sports car concept. MG said Wednesday it aimed to echo the E-Motion's design...
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Volvo said Wednesday that it wants half of its cars to be fully electric by 2025, the next step in its plans for a fully electrified future. The Swedish automaker made its dedication clear at the Beijing auto show this week, where every single car on display was a plug-in hybrid model. Volvo said it plans to position itself as a major player in China to meet its ambitious 2025 goal. Chinese regulations should also help the strategy; the country will mandate that "new-energy vehicles" account for 20 percent of the country’s annual car sales by 2025. That's 7 million vehicles based on...
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Jaguar XJ50 special edition marks model's 50th anniversary
The Jaguar XJ celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, and to mark the occasion, the British luxury brand has introduced a special XJ50 model. The XJ50, revealed on Wednesday at the Beijing auto show, aims to up the aging sedan's elegance with a handful of features to distinguish it from other XJ...
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Isdera Commendatore GT electric gullwing revealed, limited to just 2 cars
You've probably never heard of Isdera. The company is a niche sports car manufacturer from Germany, and since its founding in the early 1980s has churned out less than a hundred cars, all of them mostly crafted by hand. One of the most famous is the original Commendatore 112i launched in the early...
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Honda launches Everus brand in China with EV concept
Honda and its Chinese partner GAC have launched the new brand Everus in China—and the first model will be an electric car previewed by the Everus EV concept unveiled Wednesday at the 2018 Beijing auto show. Honda says the production version of the Everus EV concept will be in Chinese...
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Gumpert returns with new Chinese partner, RG Nathalie fuel cell sports car
German engineer Roland Gumpert is back with a new sports car, and this time it's got a revolutionary electric powertrain. Gumpert is the person behind the legendary Gumpert Apollo line of supercars. After his Gumpert brand ran into financial difficulties earlier this decade, the company was taken...
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Sedan meets SUV with Mercedes-Maybach Ultimate Luxury concept
Mercedes-Maybach on Wednesday revealed its concept for the 2018 Beijing auto show, and as we learned via a leak last week the concept blends elements of a sedan with an SUV. You're probably thinking the premise was a donk for the ultra-rich, but Maybach says its concept, whose full title is Vision...
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Mercedes-Benz revealed the new A-Class sedan on Wednesday at the 2018 Beijing auto show. The version shown, known as the A-Class L, has been developed specifically for the Chinese market. An A-Class sedan for the rest of the world will be revealed shortly. It's expected to reach showrooms in the United States this fall as a 2019 model, and when it arrives it should become the Three-Pointed Star's new entry-level option due to an expected starting price of about $30k. The A-Class sedan is the second of eight body styles planned for Mercedes' new generation of compacts, the first being the...
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China's BAIC copies the Mercedes-AMG G63 6x6
No, this isn't the monster G-Class cooked up by the mad boffins in the Mercedes-AMG engineering department. Instead, this is the copycat result cooked up by Chinese automaker BAIC. BAIC has been selling a clone of the regular Mercedes-Benz G-Class for a number of years, under the name BJ80. But on...
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Polestar 1 flagship coupe priced from $155,000
The 600-horsepower Polestar 1 plug-in hybrid coupe has been priced from $155,000. Polestar made the announcement on Wednesday at the 2018 Beijing auto show where the Polestar 1 is being shown to a Chinese audience for the first time. The car will also be made in China at Polestar's plant under...
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BMW shows off electric X3 concept with 250-mile range
BMW will launch an electric version of its X3 in 2020 and we got our first taste on Wednesday in the form of a concept at the 2018 Beijing auto show. The Concept iX3 on show in the Chinese capital hints at some of the subtle styling cues BMW plans for electric versions of its core models, of which...
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2019 Lexus ES revealed, will likely replace GS
Lexus on Tuesday unveiled a redesigned ES that's set to rewrite everything that comes to mind when one normally thinks of the popular mid-size luxury sedan, so much so that it may even fill the role of the GS whose sales pale in comparison to the current ES. The new ES reaches showrooms in...
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Infiniti confirms electrified sedan based on Q Inspiration concept
Infiniti on Tuesday announced plans for a new electrified platform that will underpin a series of models due within the next five years, one of which is expected to be a redesigned Q70. Infiniti made the announcement at its preview event for the 2018 Beijing auto show starting Wednesday, where the...
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