Leo Breevoort, Author at CarNewsChina.com https://carnewschina.com/author/leo-the-best/ China Auto News Sat, 02 Sep 2023 11:01:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://carnewschina.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cropped-Group-905-32x32.png Leo Breevoort, Author at CarNewsChina.com https://carnewschina.com/author/leo-the-best/ 32 32 114384629 The Big Read – Chery (4/4) – The EV pioneer https://carnewschina.com/2023/09/03/the-big-read-chery-4-4-the-ev-pioneer/ https://carnewschina.com/2023/09/03/the-big-read-chery-4-4-the-ev-pioneer/#comments Sun, 03 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0000 https://carnewschina.com/?p=160177 Part 4 of the Automaker Story on Chery. Features Chery's joint ventures, its role as EV pioneer and the latest corporate developments.

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]]> https://carnewschina.com/2023/09/03/the-big-read-chery-4-4-the-ev-pioneer/feed/ 2 160177 The Big Read – Chery (3/4) – Brand madness https://carnewschina.com/2023/08/20/the-big-read-chery-3-4-brand-madness/ https://carnewschina.com/2023/08/20/the-big-read-chery-3-4-brand-madness/#comments Sun, 20 Aug 2023 21:48:23 +0000 https://carnewschina.com/?p=158301 Part 3 of the Automaker Story on Chery. In very Chinese fashion, Chery like to come up with new brands all the time.

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]]> https://carnewschina.com/2023/08/20/the-big-read-chery-3-4-brand-madness/feed/ 5 158301 The Big Read – Chery (2/4) – The Daewoo affair https://carnewschina.com/2023/07/31/the-big-read-chery-2-4-the-daewoo-affair/ https://carnewschina.com/2023/07/31/the-big-read-chery-2-4-the-daewoo-affair/#comments Mon, 31 Jul 2023 19:52:00 +0000 https://carnewschina.com/?p=156117 Part 2 of the Automaker Story on Chery. The brand moves from the Seat Toledo to Daewoo designs and then its game changing A3 model.

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]]> https://carnewschina.com/2023/07/31/the-big-read-chery-2-4-the-daewoo-affair/feed/ 12 156117 The Big Read – Chery (1/4) – Wuhu woes https://carnewschina.com/2023/07/24/the-big-read-chery-1-4-wuhu-woes/ https://carnewschina.com/2023/07/24/the-big-read-chery-1-4-wuhu-woes/#comments Sun, 23 Jul 2023 22:12:49 +0000 https://carnewschina.com/?p=155696 Part 1 of the Automaker Story on Chery. Wuhu City's attempts to establish itself as car manufacturing hub lead to the founding of Chery.

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]]> https://carnewschina.com/2023/07/24/the-big-read-chery-1-4-wuhu-woes/feed/ 3 155696 The Big Read – Jiangling (3/3) – The Landwind story https://carnewschina.com/2023/07/10/the-big-read-jiangling-3-3-the-landwind-story/ https://carnewschina.com/2023/07/10/the-big-read-jiangling-3-3-the-landwind-story/#comments Sun, 09 Jul 2023 22:13:11 +0000 https://carnewschina.com/?p=154627 Part 3 of the Automaker Story on JMC. This time the story of JMC's passenger car brand Landwind and NEV-subsidiary JMEV.

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]]> https://carnewschina.com/2023/07/10/the-big-read-jiangling-3-3-the-landwind-story/feed/ 1 154627 The Big Read – Jiangling (2/3) – Ford joins the party https://carnewschina.com/2023/07/02/the-big-read-jiangling-2-3-ford-joins-the-party/ https://carnewschina.com/2023/07/02/the-big-read-jiangling-2-3-ford-joins-the-party/#respond Sun, 02 Jul 2023 17:36:54 +0000 https://carnewschina.com/?p=153923 Part 2 of the Automaker Story on JMC. Ford Motor Co joins JMC to form a joint venture and JMC acquires a pickup manufacturer.

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]]> https://carnewschina.com/2023/07/02/the-big-read-jiangling-2-3-ford-joins-the-party/feed/ 0 153923 The Big Read – Jiangling (1/3) – Sunny days https://carnewschina.com/2023/06/25/the-big-read-jiangling-1-3-sunny-days/ https://carnewschina.com/2023/06/25/the-big-read-jiangling-1-3-sunny-days/#comments Sun, 25 Jun 2023 18:06:43 +0000 https://carnewschina.com/?p=153471 Part 1 of the Automaker Story on JMC. General manager Sun Min turns loss-making Jinggangshan truckmaker into a buoyant Isuzu joint venture.

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]]> https://carnewschina.com/2023/06/25/the-big-read-jiangling-1-3-sunny-days/feed/ 3 153471 The Big Read – A tale of two China’s https://carnewschina.com/2023/06/18/automaker-story-a-tale-of-two-chinas/ https://carnewschina.com/2023/06/18/automaker-story-a-tale-of-two-chinas/#comments Sun, 18 Jun 2023 16:17:23 +0000 https://carnewschina.com/?p=153102 Youngman Lotus was a rival to Geely and BYD, but fell by the wayside. Plus fighter jets, plastic bags, and how the Skylark brand survived.

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]]> https://carnewschina.com/2023/06/18/automaker-story-a-tale-of-two-chinas/feed/ 3 153102 The Big Read – GAC (4/4) – The self-owned brands https://carnewschina.com/2023/06/11/the-big-read-gac-4-4-the-self-owned-brands/ https://carnewschina.com/2023/06/11/the-big-read-gac-4-4-the-self-owned-brands/#comments Sun, 11 Jun 2023 17:16:17 +0000 https://carnewschina.com/?p=152432 Part 4 of the Automaker Story on GAC. In this episode GAC takes over the Gonow brand and creates its own Trumpchi, Aion and Hycan brands.

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]]> https://carnewschina.com/2023/06/11/the-big-read-gac-4-4-the-self-owned-brands/feed/ 2 152432 The Big Read – GAC (3/4) – Joint Venture time https://carnewschina.com/2023/06/04/the-big-read-gac-3-4-joint-venture-time/ https://carnewschina.com/2023/06/04/the-big-read-gac-3-4-joint-venture-time/#comments Sun, 04 Jun 2023 17:46:58 +0000 https://carnewschina.com/?p=151842 Last week we saw how GAC replaced an unwilling joint venture partner with a more promising one and reorganized its business structure. It also took the first steps towards a self-owned car brand, but before we get to that, first we’ll take a look at GAC’s other joint venture partners. GAC added a few international […]

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