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China’s Guangzhou Auto Show wraps up

By Matt Brogan |

The seventh annual Guangzhou Auto Show wraps up in China today having displayed a wide range of concept and production-ready vehicles from both domestic and international manufacturers.

Here are a couple more of the local offerings that will, fortunately or not, never make it to Australia.

With a starting price at just over AUD$8,000, Chinese buyers will get a decent size piece of metal for their money in the Chang’an Yuexiang hatch (pictured above).

Power comes from a 72kW 1.5-litre four-cylinder Mitsubishi unit teamed with five-speed manual transmission.

A smaller 1.3-litre engine and an automatic gearbox are on the way, as the Yuexiang aims to compete with other entry-level specialists like the BYD F3R and the Chevrolet Aveo.

great-wall_i7

And Great Wall knew that its new up-market small car needed a more respectable name than Cool Bear, Florid and Peri currently in the model range.

But they couldn’t come up with anything, so they stole Hyundai’s idea and called it the i7 instead.

Originally previewed at the 2006 Beijing Auto Show, the Cool Bear’s big brother is now production-ready and will start at AUD$11,250 with a 75kW 1.5-litre four-cylinder and a manual or CVT.

by Tim Beissmann


 
  • Shak

    well the mechanical aspect sounds fine, but the designs and names are horrid.

    • Philthy

      I kind of don’t mind the red one. Looks like it wants to bite you.

  • Yanzo

    red one looks ok. it’s not plain and boring like other cars

  • Martin

    umm… if anything, they took the i7 name from the new Intel processors…

    • Bimmerc

      i7 was conceptual name when it first time appeared in Beijing Auto Show 2 years ago, now this i7 had got its name. Don’t know what its English name though.

  • http://www.shirtsmyway.com/product.php custom made shirts

    The red one is for woman and a man who has a wife, the blue one is good, i went there and took pictures of the car, man, it is so shining1

  • http://www.auto-javito.hu Karosszéria javítás

    Nice pictures. On the other hand, Chinese cars still have to advance a lot more in terms of safety when you compare the crash tests of these vehicles to their European counterparts.

  • http://mortgageloanmodifications.weebly.com/ Loan modification specialist

    China? Oh noooooo

  • http://www.chip-tuner.hu chiptuning

    I think the front lights are the same like the VW.

  • http://www.szonyegtisztitas.org Szonyegtisztitas

    How many tha NCAP stars?

  • http://szonyegtakaritas.org Takaritas

    I’ll be curious to do so to the car! NCP will pass the testing?

  • http://ledmaster.hu Led izzo

    This car is in the NCAP test will not achieve much in my opinion. Can you append an NCAP test?