SAIC-owned MG launches MG 6, first all-new car in 14 years
Filed under: China, Hatchback, Misc. Auto Shows 2010 MG 6 - Click above for high-res image gallery The last new MG was the MGF sportscar way back in 1995, and oh, what a difference 14 years makes. The...
View ArticleREPORT: GM selling control of Chinese joint venture to SAIC, half of India...
Filed under: China, GM, Earnings/FinancialsIt has been a busy week at General Motors. The week started off with CEO Fritz Henderson's abrupt resignation, then executives converged on the LA Auto Show...
View ArticleREPORT: GM-SAIC pondering Tata Nano fighter?
Filed under: Budget, China, GM, India, Rumormill Though the minuscule Tata Nano hasn't even been on the market for a complete year, the impact it's had on the automotive world may be exactly inverse to...
View ArticleRumormill: Chinese-owned MG planning TF roadster successor
Filed under: Convertible, China Although it probably plummeted off your radar around the time "My Humps" and "Don' Cha" were topping the charts, the MG TF remains in production. Well, kind of - the...
View ArticleSAIC wants you to help rename streets at Longbridge
Filed under: Etc., UK Pictured above is one tiny corner of the formerly mammoth Longbridge factory complex that last made MGs. Now owned by SAIC, the site is meant to be undergo extensive repurposing....
View ArticleRendered Speculation: Will a new Roadster spearhead MG's return to America?
Filed under: Convertible, Performance, China, UK, RumormillInside Line has a rendering of that still-in-the-works successor to the MG TF. It isn't exactly a shock, as it looks much like a slightly...
View ArticleChina reportedly adding big incentives for hybrid, electric purchases
Filed under: Hybrid, China, Government/Legal Geely Emgrand plug-in hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery If you pay them, they will come. At least that's the philosophy China is applying to...
View ArticleSAIC opens design center at MG's Longbridge site
Filed under: Concept Cars, China, Plants/Manufacturing, UK, Design/Style MG Zero Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. has done a stand-up job evangelizing...
View ArticleReport: GM and SAIC gearing up to take on Tata Nano
Filed under: Budget, Sedan, Wagon, China, Plants/Manufacturing, GM, India, Tata, Rumormill 2011 Chevrolet Sail General Motors has saddled up with Chinese automaker SAIC in an attempt to bring a...
View ArticleGM launches new low-cost brand in China and it's a 'treasured horse'
Filed under: Budget, China, GMWhile the German automakers - and Buick - mop up outrageous demand for their wares in China's major metropolitan and coastal cities, General Motors wants to be the...
View ArticleReport: Mahindra joining forces with Ssangyong
Filed under: SUV, China, Earnings/Financials, India, South Korea India's Mahindra & Mahindra may be joining forces with South Korea's Ssangyong to share technology, costs and to create one of the...
View ArticleReport: SAIC to sell new MG models through GM showrooms in UK
Filed under: China, GM, Roewe, UK, MISC The notion that Chinese automakers would begin selling cars in competitive export markets seemed laughable only a few years ago. But that's what they said about...
View ArticleMG Motors to launch UK MG6 production next week
Filed under: Budget, Sedan, China, Europe, Plants/Manufacturing 2010 MG6 - Click above for high-res image gallery The MG6, MG's first all-new car since 1995's MG F, will begin UK production next week...
View ArticleRoewe to get own version of Buick Regal
Filed under: China, Buick, GM, RoeweEven in the vehicle-hungry Chinese automobile market, there are winners and losers. SAIC has seen its passenger vehicle sales fall to just under 91,000 units for the...
View ArticleGM and Chinese automaker SAIC sign EV deal
Filed under: China, Plants/Manufacturing, GM, Electric General Motors has announced that it will partner with China's SAIC Motor Corporation on the development of an all-new electric vehicle. The final...
View ArticleGM announces new global small engine family
Filed under: China, Plants/Manufacturing, Technology, GM General Motors announced today that it would be overhauling its smallest engines, replacing three engine families with a new, modular Ecotec...
View ArticleOpel to debut engines developed with SAIC at the Paris Motor Show
Filed under: Budget, Paris Motor Show, Hatchback, GM, Opel, Vauxhall The resurrected Opel/Vauxhall Junior is expected to be unveiled at the Paris Motor Show later this year with a three-cylinder engine...
View ArticleSaab union asks Obama to pressure GM for licensing deal
Filed under: China, Europe, Government/Legal, Plants/Manufacturing, GM, Saab, UAW/Unions The door has not yet closed on Saab. Hoping for yet another 11th hour stay of execution, the defunct carmaker's...
View ArticleChina's SAIC sets up shop in suburban Detroit
Filed under: China, GMShanghai Automotive Industry Corporation has opened a new North American headquarters in Birmingham, Michigan. The Chinese automaker says the facility will help build a stronger...
View ArticleGM opens China's largest proving ground
Filed under: China, Technology, GM China's best-selling carmaker can now claim China's largest proving ground. General Motors, Shanghai GM, China JV partner SAIC and the Pan Asia Technical Automotive...
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