BMW at the 2016 Beijing Motor Show
More than 20 million cars were bought in China last year, making it the largest car market in the world with so much money to make, it is surprising that many automakers build cars specifically for the Asia market.
Below, we run through the major car-oriented China on display at the Beijing auto show this year.
Likely to launch next year, the concept Hongqi B previews a car that will compete with the stretched BMW 3 Series and Audi A4 Hongqi claims to the front resembles a Chinese lion while inside it has a futuristic digital front panel with scanned sunflowers - one of the symbols associated with brand engine options are likely to include a turbocharged 2-liter variant 0 PHEV.
Sitting between the Audi Q5 and Q7 size-wise, this SUV is more attractive than its siblings, the LS5, which is now in production Engine choices are likely to include a 2 0 and 3 liter turbo V6 0 liters when production starts in two years the company claims that the interior echoes an airline hosting first class luxury; it comprises a front passenger seat that doubles as a footrest for the rear occupants.
The Trumpchi brand started from humble beginnings, with a model based on the Alfa Romeo 166 Helped by daring designs and the rapid improvement of the quality, it has since become one of the few credible offers major manufacturers belonging in the state.
The GS8 is the largest SUV line-up of the mark; it comes with a 2 0-liter turbo engine and, unusually for China, an automatic stop-start system with adaptive cruise control and linkability both Apple and Baidu carplay Carlife, the seven-seater has a distinctive face through LED headlights and grille male.
The car is expected to export to the Middle East, where Trumpchi range is already available.
With the recent boom of incentives for electric cars in China, this is the last of a row of electric vehicle manufacturers bringing models to market this great supermini is the first in a range that will also include commercial vehicles offering range of 125 miles, the model comes in two sizes - the larger version is a little more than 4 meters long.
Chery showed a concept electric car at auto show Beijing - FV2030 Name and wacky style - both inside and outside - suggest that the concept is purely experimental and exploratory, but his form of intersection and the electric drive unit are timely; suggesting that it can display a preview of a coming crossover EV Chery.
LEECO, you may know of their work with Aston Martin on the next electric vehicle and share a quick co-founder with Faraday Future, brought his own rival Tesla Model S at the Beijing Auto Show; the injured - Super Electric ecosystem abbreviation unveiled the injured, an electric sedan that LEECO is positioned as a challenger Tesla Model S Few details are known about the car, but it was built with the standalone technology in mind; the steering wheel folds and displays offer in-car entertainment for passengers.
LEECO hopes to start producing in a few years injured in a Las Vegas facility, managed by Faraday's future partner, with cars for both the US and Chinese markets.
Senova, an offshoot of the holding company of Beijing Co automobile industry has shown the concept SUV OffSpace the auto show in Beijing, which foreshadows a new large SUV to be launched on the Chinese car market at the end of 2017.
IAT-Auto has shown this concept SUV at the Beijing auto show with extreme angular style, diamond-shaped windows and huge tires to six meters long, details are scarce on the IAT Auto Search eccentric concept started life in 2002, but didn t appear in public until the Beijing motor show 2010, when it announced three concept cars These include a gullwinged, compact coupe called the Wu Feng II, which was claimed have a maximum speed of 124 mph and a 0-62mph time 7sec.
Geely has gained i n the past few years with its CG9, launched in Shanghai Motor Show last year, with China being named Car of the Year 2016.
The GS continues the new design language, this time in the form of a compact SUV engine choices are now 1 3 liter turbo 131bhp and a 1 8 liter naturally aspirated Under the Blue Geely Initiative in the manufacturer's car new energy vehicles - a plug-in hybrid version is expected in next year's series to be exported, it could do so in Europe.
This is the second all-electric car attack Buffett on the electric car industry While the first Tesla electric car BYD e6 has found use as a taxi in many cities around the world, including London Qin was originally a hybrid -In cap and repackages e6 electric technology in a more practical car for the masses with a claimed range of 190 miles, prices start at around 26,000 before green subsidies This car represents a real chance to fulfill the long-promised break BYD in Western markets.
Originally a German manufacturer that closed in the 1960s, the name Borgward was revived by BAIC.
Although still a prototype, the BX7 is primed for production, targeted market of upper midsize SUV model The long seven-seater, 4 7m has a permanent AWD system, plug-in technology hybrid and Borgward's claim is the latest communications and entertainment systems Its plug-in hybrid system comprising a combustion engine and an electric motor, gets 254bhp.
It is not secret things haven t been going according to plan Qoros Despite a well-designed production, mainly German cars in China, they've struggled to sell Meanwhile, European sales, with the exception of Slovak test market, have failed to materialize.
We expected a crossover version of the 3 Qoros sedan at the show, but unexpectedly, it was too electric range is said nearly 220 miles by performing 0-62mph 7 9secs Production is due in2017, but it is unlikely that it'll bring us closer to European sales flourished.
Chinese auto giant Beijing Automotive Industry Corporation BAIC unveiled its concept electric supercar, called the engine Beijing ArcFox-7 show the car should go on sale later this year The supercar electric concept follows on the heels of similar TechRules AT96 based Beijing supercar, which produces 1030bhp from an electric motor and a turbine to extend the range.
This concept supercar will go from 0-60mph in under 3 0sec, and has a top speed range of the battery is relatively long 162 mph to 186 miles - unless the Model S Tesla's reported range of 250 miles but much more than TechRules AT96 range of 93 miles to 4570mm in length, 2040mm in width and a height of 1214mm, the concept of electric supercar BAIC is the same length, 90mm wider and 14mm higher than a Ferrari 458 the wheelbase is 2800mm, making it 14mm longer than the 458.
The car will have three driving modes, which are economy, comfort, and running these driving modes adjust the car's ride height, with a ground clearance of 120 mm in Economy Mode, 100mm in Comfort mode and 80mm in race mode the model was designed and developed in Barcelona in BAIC's R & D center, and was inspired by the Formula E racing cars
Roewe RX5 is China's response to the MG GS Both should be offered for sale in their respective markets later this year output is either a May 1 liter or 2-liter turbocharged gasoline 0 More details are thin on the field, but the Roewe said RX5 wheelbase is longer than 2700mm Roewe began life as intellectual property as a result of the parent company Rover collapse SAIC owns the MG brand, and many cars offered by two marks are closely aligned.
At the Shanghai Motor Show 2011, one of the big stories was was one of the most successful branding in China only through joint ventures, which are treated favorably by the government Venucia, created by Dongfeng Nissan ,.
Although it began with old Nissan models, the last T90 is based on the current With Murano SUV X6 coupé style, it is due on sale in China in October Power is likely to come from a petrol May 2 2 liters or hybrid of 5 liters.
With the Great Wall, Geely and BYD, Chery was a time, however, one of the best-selling Chinese brand sales fell and the company survives in large document of the local government.
Formerly known as T15 Chery, choice of SUV engine is likely to be May 1 and 2 liter petrol units 0 liters when it goes on sale in China in October Chery will seriously improve its quality if it is to join the big league, especially with regard to the interiors.
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