Beijing Auto Show
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The long-wheelbase Jaguar XF we spied testing last year has been confirmed for a debut at this month’s 2016 Beijing Auto Show. The vehicle, dubbed the XFL, has been developed exclusively for the Chinese market where long-wheelbase executive sedans sell in significant numbers. Rival firms Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz all have similar offerings already on sale. Crucially, the XFL will also be built in China, making it the first Jaguar to be built in the country. It will be built at a joint venture plant owned by Jaguar Land Rover and Chinese automaker Chery. The plant is where Land Rover...
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Mazda's new CX-4 crossover leakedMazda's new, compact crossover has been leaked ahead of the automaker's planned auto show debut. Images posted on a Chinese site reveal the new Mazda CX-4 in its entirety. Not diverging substantially from the design language seen on the automaker's smaller CX-3, the CX-4 draws a lower roof line...
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Mazda CX-4 teased ahead of 2016 Beijing Auto ShowMazda is jumping on the coupe-like crossover bandwagon with a new model called the CX-4. A single teaser shot has been released ahead of the CX-4’s world debut next month at the 2016 Beijing Auto Show. Sales will start later this year meaning we’ll most likely see the vehicle arrive as...
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New Chinese-backed Californian startup Atieva plans electric carCalifornia is quickly becoming a hub for electric car development, with many of the new firms backed by Chinese interests. The latest is Silicon Valley-based Atieva which is reportedly backed by stated-owned Chinese auto giant BAIC. Autocar reports that BAIC’s electric car offshoot Beijing...
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Chinese Firm With Links To Lotus, Aston Martin Plans Electric SupercarTesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] has confirmed plans to launch a new Roadster in 2019, and one of the car’s potential rivals may be from a new electric car company being put together in China. This new company is no fly-by-night startup, though. It’s the brainchild of Chinese billionaire Jia...
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This Week’s Top Photos: The 2014 Beijing Auto Show EditionThe Beijing Auto Show, as well as its sister event in Shangai, is now recognized as one of the industry’s most important, so it should come as little surprise that the most recent one was packed with new concept and model debuts. One of the stars was BMW’s Vision Future Luxury, a large...
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About two years ago, Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler announced that it was forming a new electric car brand for the Chinese market with its local partner BYD. The new brand was called Denza and it combined Daimler’s expertise in vehicle engineering, safety technology and quality production with BYD’s leading battery technology. Well, at this week’s 2014 Beijing Auto Show, the first production Denza was revealed. It’s a small electric hatch slightly larger than the Mercedes-Benz A-Class, and it has a driving range of 186 miles on a single charge of its lithium iron...
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Ferrari Marks Chinese Year Of The Horse With Special LogoFerrari used this week’s 2014 Beijing Auto Show to reveal a new logo marking the Chinese year of the horse. The logo takes the shape of a traditional Chinese imperial seal and features the automaker’s signature prancing horse figure. It also includes a message in Chinese, which roughly...
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Range Rover Long-Wheelbase Gets Hybrid Option, But Not In U.S.Land Rover has unveiled a new variant of its popular Range Rover SUV, the Range Rover Hybrid Long-Wheelbase. The new model made its debut at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show this week and will start sales in select markets later this year. Unfortunately, the list of markets doesn’t include the U.S...
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560-HP Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge Confirmed For Production: ReportInfiniti has dropped numerous hints that it wants a powerful sport sedan like the Q50 Eau Rouge concept in its lineup. At the 2014 Beijing Auto Show on Sunday the automaker rolled out a prototype version of the car that is being used for an engineering feasibility study and was previously driven by...
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395-Horsepower VW Golf R 400 Confirmed For Production: ReportVolkswagen’s insane Golf R 400 concept from the recent 2014 Beijing Auto Show has been confirmed for production, according to VW R&D chief Heinz-Jakob Neusser. Speaking with Car and Driver, Neusser revealed the good news but didn’t say whether the production version would be offered...
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2016 Chevrolet Cruze Debuts At 2014 Beijing Auto ShowChevrolet is about to start sales of a facelifted version of its Cruze sedan in the U.S. later this year, but the next generation of the car has already been revealed. The new Cruze, which is due in local showrooms next year, as a 2016 model, was revealed over the weekend at the 2014 Beijing Auto...
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Honda used the recent 2014 Beijing Auto Show to debut two new sedan concepts that preview future production models for the Chinese market. One is closely related to the recently revealed 2015 Acura TLX, while the other is targeted at the subcompact sedan market comprised of models such as the Chevrolet Sonic, Ford Fiesta and Mazda 2 sedans. The bigger of the two concepts is called the Spirior, which is the Chinese market name for the Acura TSX. In other parts of the globe, the Spirior was sold as the Honda Accord Euro. With the TSX being replaced by the new TLX, the Spirior concept shows a...
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Mercedes-Benz Introduces Long-Wheelbase C-Class In ChinaPretty much any sedan you'd care to think of has a long-wheelbase version in the Chinese market. Not to be left out, Mercedes-Benz has announced a new contribution to the market at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show, the long-wheelbase C-Class. MUST SEE: 2015 Ford Mustang GT Gets Standard Electronic Line...
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Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Nazionale Debuts At 2014 Beijing Auto ShowLast month at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, Lamborghini unveiled a version of its Aventador LP 700-4 supercar that had been enhanced by the automaker’s Ad Personam personalization department. At the 2014 Beijing Auto Show this past weekend, Lamborghini unveiled another Aventador worked over by...
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2015 MINI Paceman Rolled Out At 2014 Beijing Auto ShowWith MINI’s Cooper Countryman receiving a series of updates for the 2015 model year, the car’s three-door variant, the Cooper Paceman, is also set to receive the same updates and has been shown in its new form for the first time at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show. The updated Paceman will...
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VW’s Stylish New Midsize Coupe Makes Debut At 2014 Beijing Auto ShowVolkswagen presented a stylish four-door coupe concept at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show over the weekend. The concept is called the New Midsize Coupe and it’s about the size of a Jetta, although its proportions are much sportier than any production VW. Designers say it gives an idea of what a...
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Audi TT Offroad concept debuts at 2014 Beijing auto showAudi has revealed a new concept car at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show. The concept is based on the recently revealed 2016 TT sports car but features four doors, a raised ride height and four individual seats. It’s called the TT Offroad, and according to Audi it provides a glimpse of how the...
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Lincoln’s current MKX has been on sale since the 2007 model year and has only been updated once during all these years. Lincoln is well aware that its mid-size crossover is in need of renewal, and we’re getting our first look at the next-generation version in the form of a concept at this week’s 2014 Beijing Auto Show. Lincoln has just entered the Chinese market, and an exciting concept reveal during the nation’s premier auto show is a great way of putting itself on the map. Lincoln is launching in China with just two models, the MKZ and MKC, but plans to have a...
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Mercedes-Benz Concept Coupe SUV Debuts At The 2014 Beijing Auto ShowChevrolet takes a lot of pride in being the progenitor of the SUV segment, starting with the Suburban back in the 1930s. Land Rover makes much of being the first luxury SUV maker via the Range Rover built starting in 1970. But the world of SUVs has come a long way since those pioneers, folding in...
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Jeep Unveils Four New Design Concepts At 2014 Beijing Auto ShowThe Jeep brand has been on a roll of late, pushing out new models at a rapid pace, though the controversial design of vehicles like the Cherokee and Renegade has some questioning the brand's direction. Jeep is committed to its path, however, and at this year's Beijing Auto Show, it's parading four...
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BMW Vision Future Luxury Concept: 2014 Beijing Auto ShowBMW’s new concept for the 2014 Beijing Auto Show isn’t the 7-Series-aping mega sedan that we were expecting, but it does pack enough technologies, premium materials and innovations to be worthy of a new BMW flagship. The concept is the BMW Vision Future Luxury, and as its name suggests...
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Volkswagen Golf R 400 Concept Revealed At 2014 Beijing Auto ShowIf you thought the latest 2015 Golf R was going to be the most extreme version of the seventh-generation Golf, then you’d be wrong. Volkswagen has just rolled out a 395-horsepower version of its latest Golf, and though it’s strictly a concept at this point the German automaker says the...
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Rolls-Royce Bespoke Pinnacle Travel Phantom To Debut At Beijing Auto ShowRolls-Royce will unveil its latest Bespoke model at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show.
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