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Autoblog Podcast #176 - Beijing, Bailout and Bucks (profits, that is)

Chris Shunk, Dan Roth, Chris Paukert and Jonny Lieberman mull over what we just saw at the Beijing Motor Show, the general public's changing opinion of which nations make quality automobiles, General Motors' loan repayment, and Kia's profits. Of course there's the Autoblog Garage and your questions bookending those topics, and we're done at the hour and sixteen minute mark. See you next week! Autoblog Podcast #176: Beijing, Bailout and Bucks ... Read more →

Video: BMW Concept Gran Coupé unveiled live in Beijing to strange music Sam Abuelsamid

At last week's Beijing Motor Show, BMW unveiled its new four–door Gran Coupé concept. To be more precise, they revealed the car in the Chinese city, but not at the show itself. At the ...

Beijing 2010: 90% of Buicks in China bought for cold hard cash Sam Abuelsamid

Over the course of the 20th century, the so-called "developed world" changed faster than at any time in recorded history, but not all parts of the world changed at the same pace. Late in the ...

Videos: Hyundai shows off direct-injected V6, four-cylinder, eight-speed automatic Jeremy Korzeniewski

We already saw the new Hyundai Verna – known as the Accent in some other parts of the world, including here in the United States – debuted at the Beijing Motor Show, but the Korean ...

Beijing 2010: Mitsuoka Galue Convertible is all kinds of wrong Sam Abuelsamid

If ever there was proof that just because you can, it doesn't mean you should, it's Mitsuoka Motors. Case in point - the Mitsuoka Galue Convertible, which we've finally gotten to see in person ...

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Beijing 2010: Geely Emgrand GE plug-in hybrid limo 7 months ago on Autoblog

Another entry that Geely has planned for its new Emgrand premium sub-brand is the GE limousine. Like many of Geely's new models, the GE has a very prominent grille but the rest of the design looks otherwise well-proportioned and attractive. With a 214-inch body sitting on a 124-inch wheelbase, ...

Beijing 2010: Geely Emgrand GT plug-in hybrid coupe 7 months ago on Autoblog

The Geely Emgrand GT is another example of the automaker's apparent seriousness about being considered a top-flight player in the industry. This coupe features classic sports car proportions and aside from the overdone grille, it looks quite attractive. The GT comes from Geely's new top-level ...

Beijing 2010: Dongfeng shows off whitewalled, hand-crafted "Hummer" 7 months ago on Autoblog

"Hand-crafted" can be something of a double edged sword in the car business. Rolls-Royces and Aston Martins are hand-made treasures that show off their artisans' decades of experience. The attention to detail is obsessive. On the opposite end of the spectrum, there are machines that look like ...

Beijing 2010: 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan 7 months ago on Autoblog

Along with a refreshed Phaeton, Volkswagen also pulled the satin off a refreshed Tiguan here in Beijing. Like the flagship, the Tiguan has adopted the new corporate horizontal bar grille that we've seen on other recent VWs, including the Mk VI Golf. As near as we can tell, not much else has ...

Beijing 2010: 2011 BMW 535Li ready for chauffeur duty 7 months ago on Autoblog

The Audi A8 L W12 isn't the only long-wheelbase saloon to debut at this year's Beijing Motor Show. BMW has a stretched version of the all-new 2011 5 Series that'll be built and sold exclusively in China. The limo-like Fiver is a full 5.5 inches longer than the standard 5 Series sedan, all of ...

Beijing 2010: Geely Gleagle GS 7 months ago on Autoblog

The first time we saw something that could roughly be equated to a sport coupe from Geely was a few years ago at the Detroit Auto Show. That red car had some enormous panel gaps and dubious styling. My, how times change. The star of Geely's new midrange Gleagle brand (we're pretty sure it ...

Beijing 2010: First Auto Works Red Flag limo is fit for government work 7 months ago on Autoblog

Beijing-based First Auto Works has long been the provider of the official transportation for the hierarchy of the People's Republic of China. Back in the 1950s, FAW started off building a localized version of the standard Soviet parade car, and over the past half century, they have evolved. FAW ...

Beijing 2010: The Stig's Chinese cousin comes out to tour the show 7 months ago on Autoblog

To our delight and dismay, there were fewer blatant vehicle clones from China's automakers littering the floor of the Beijing Motor Show this year. That's not to say we didn't encounter a slew of knock-offs, but it seems that the Chinese are finally coming into their own design-wise. However, ...

Beijing 2010: BAIC (Saab) C60 and C71 and swappable batteries 7 months ago on Autoblog

It didn't take long for Beijing Automotive Industries Company (BAIC) to start making use of the old 9-3 and 9-5 tooling it bought from Saab last fall. After grafting on a new nose and taillights, both have been reborn as the C60 and C71. It's not clear what's propelling the regular versions ...

Beijing 2010: Honda Li Nisn Everus sedan concept 7 months ago on Autoblog

The Beijing Motor Show is well under way, and Honda is showing off a new concept slated for the Chinese market. Called the Li Nian Everus, the car is the fruit of a partnership between the Japanese automaker and its Chinese partner, Guangqi Honda Automobile. We don't have too many details on the ...

Beijing 2010: 2011 Audi A8 L W12 stretches onto the stage 7 months ago on Autoblog

Measuring approximately 17.5 feet long, the 2011 Audi A8 L W12 is certainly quite grandioso. And while the 500-horsepower 12-cylinder engine and new eight-speed automatic transmission are certainly nothing to sneeze at, what's most impressive about the long-wheelbase A8 is the rear seat ...

Beijing 2010: 2011 Volkswagen Phaeton ups the luxe 7 months ago on Autoblog

As impressive of a vehicle as the seminal Volkswagen Phaeton may have been, the uber-luxe German sedan was an unqualified flop of an experiment here in the United States. In some other parts of the world, though, VW's BMW and Mercedes-Benz (not to mention VW-owned Audi) competitor is still going ...

Beijing 2010: MG Zero Concept 7 months ago on Autoblog

MG has its eyes set on the juicy Chinese small hatch segment, and the company's first crack at the market debuted in the form of Zero Concept at this year's Beijing Motor Show. At shave over 13 feet long, the pint-sized five-door is designed to offer up more style than space. MG says the vehicle ...

Beijing 2010: Geely's London Taxi-aping Englon TXN 7 months ago on Autoblog

As promised, Geely brought its Englon TXN to this year's Beijing Motor Show. In the flesh, the intended successor to London's black cab throne looks more than capable of hauling drunken tourists from place to place. The car appears to have stuck pretty close to the renderings we saw earlier this ...

Beijing 2010: Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Break concept is the four-door coupe of wagons 7 months ago on Autoblog

The shooting break (yes, it's 'break,' not 'brake', according to M-B's marketers) design isn't something new – we've seen it before in smaller vehicles like the original BMW Z3 M Coupe. Today, though, Mercedes-Benz takes the shooting break concept one step further with the addition of two ...

Beijing 2010: Chevrolet Volt MPV5 concept, HHR goes future tech 7 months ago on Autoblog

While Chrysler has failed to find a way to update or replace the retro-styled PT Cruiser, we can definitely see this as a forthcoming replacement to the Chevrolet HHR. The Volt MPV5 is slightly larger than HHR, but fills a similar market niche. While Chevrolet hasn't announced a firm production ...

Beijing 2010: Ford Start concept 7 months ago on Autoblog

As we were checking out the new Ford Start concept at the Beijing Motor Show, we ran into the head of Ford's advanced studio in California, Freeman Thomas, and the mini car's lead exterior designer, Jeff Nield. According to Nield, he wanted to create a vehicle that retained elements of ...

Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SuperVeloce China Limited Edition is the longest name for a car ever 7 months ago on Autoblog

Okay, Lamborghini. We get it. It's got 670 horsepower. It has all-wheel drive. It's really fast. It's made for China. It's a limited edition model. Did you really need to put all of that information in the name? The exclusive features of the car over the standard model perhaps takes less time to ...

Beijing 2010: BMW surprises with Concept Gran Coupé 7 months ago on Autoblog

Four-door coupes are nothing new these days, what with vehicles like the Mercedes-Benz CLS and Volkswagen CC proving that these stylish sedans do, in fact, have a place in the automotive world. What's more, Audi's swoopy A7 is nearing its final stages of development, and higher-end coupe-sedans ...

Beijing 2010: 2011 Hyundai Accent debuts as Verna across the Pacific 7 months ago on Autoblog

Hyundai's fluidic sculpture design language has now spread to the smallest vehicle in its lineup, and the new sub-compact slated to take the place of the aging Accent was unwrapped on the floor of the Beijing Motor Show. We've been seeing spy shots of the next generation Accent for some time and ...

Beijing 2010: 2011 Ferrari 599 GTO, glorious front-engined prancing horse 7 months ago on Autoblog

The fact that Ferrari chose Beijing as the official coming out party for its fastest ever front-engined road car is a clear signal of the importance of this market to the crew from Maranello. Whatever the reasons, we're always happy to finally get our first glimpse of the new 599 GTO, a proper ...

Maybach unveils updated range for 2011 [w/video] 7 months ago on Autoblog

Reports of Maybach's demise may have been slightly exaggerated – for the time being, anyway. The ultra-premium Daimler brand has released updated versions of its range, which is essentially the same vehicle with different configurations. For MY2011, the Maybach 57, 57S, 62 and 62S ...

Continentals for the Mainland: Special edition Bentleys previewed for Beijing show 7 months ago on Autoblog

It's been barely eight years since Bentley entered the Chinese market, and they haven't looked back. Since arriving on the scene in 2002, Bentley's sales have grown ten-fold, to the point that today China is the company's third largest market. So it's little wonder that the crew from Crewe is ...

Beijing 2010: Chevrolet Volt MPV5 crossover revealed 7 months ago on Autoblog

The rumored extended range electric crossover we saw revealed in General Motors' design patent drawings is now a reality. The Chevrolet Volt MPV5 concept will make its debut tomorrow at the Beijing Motor Show, and just as we suspected from seeing Volt design chief Bob Boniface's name on the ...

Third Time's a Charm: Volkswagen unveils 2011 Phaeton in Beijing 7 months ago on Autoblog

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. And then again. That could very well sum up Volkswagen's strategy with its quizzical Phaeton. The flagship sedan – which took "the people's car" up-market into Mercedes S-Class territory – was introduced in 2003, then underwent a ...

**BMW confirms Megacity electric car for 2013 *UPDATE** 7 months ago on Autoblog

BMW has used the Beijing Motor Show to announce that it will have its much-talked-about Megacity electric car on the market by 2013. Previously, the German automaker had only hinted that it would produce the urban runabout in the first half of the decade. Also of note is that the Megacity EV ...

Ford Start Concept busts out of Beijing 7 months ago on Autoblog

Ford has jumped into the burgeoning urban car segment with both feet at the Beijing Motor Show with the Start concept. The design study was developed to look at ways of building a smaller, more affordable car using fewer raw materials. The structure is a combination of aluminum and high strength ...

Saab 9-5 gets (another) ill-fitting nose job - at hands of China's BAW 7 months ago on Autoblog

Chinese carmaker BAIC paid $200 million late last year for parts from General Motors' parts bin for Saab: the previous generation Saab 9-5 platform and the pre-2006 Saab 9-3 platform, along with a third mystery platform, two engines and two transmissions. The Beijing Motor Show is upon us, ...

**Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Break Concept revealed ahead of Beijing *UPDATED** 7 months ago on Autoblog

Mercedes-Benz may not have invented the idea of a "four-door coupe" with the original CLS back in 2005, but the German automaker can surely be credited with the recent influx of such designs from automakers as varied and far-ranging as BMW, Jaguar and Hyundai. As such, you can be sure that ...

Voltec-powered Chevy crossover concept to debut in Beijing? 7 months ago on Autoblog

The media previews for the 2010 Beijing Motor Show are happening at the end of this week, and assuming a certain Icelandic volcano doesn't upset the atmosphere any further, we expect to be on hand. One of the many possible debuts is a new Chevrolet-badged MPV concept. What may make this vehicle ...

Report: Geely to adopt (confusing) new multi-brand system 7 months ago on Autoblog

Chinese automaker Geely Holding Group is giving that divide and conquer thing a shot. The company is apparently planning to begin selling all of its vehicles under three different brands starting next year. That means current products will likely see a logo and name change before 2010 is over and ...

Autoblog Podcast #205: LA Recap, Top Gear USA, and Chevy Zetas

Episode #205 of the Autoblog Podcast features the monthly appearance of Alex Nunez. Chris, Dan and Alex recap the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show, Top Gear USA's first episode, the return of the Holden Commodore as a Chevrolet, and it all wraps up with your questions and feedback at the hour and a half mark. Thanks for listening!

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