Is this a new Range Rover Evoque derivative we don’t yet know about? According to the Car News China website, Chinese company Jiangling, using its Land Wind brand, has filed a patent for this new SUV, which hasn’t just been influenced by the Range Rover Evoque, but appears to be a blatant copy of it.
As automobile sales spread inland from China’s crowded east coast cities and automakers boost capacity in the west of the country, companies that move cars and spare parts by truck from factories to showrooms are expanding to meet the demand.
Nippon Yusen, the world’s largest carrier of vehicles by sea, plans to add more logistics centers for trucks in China. Anji Automotive Logistics, a unit of China’s biggest carmaker SAIC Motor Corp., will expand the construction for collecting and distributing autos, according to its Web site.
PSA/Peugeot-Citroen reported a 2 percent gain in first-quarter revenue as a recovery in its home region and expansion in China boosted deliveries.
Sales increased to €13.3 billion ($18.4 billion) from €13 billion a year earlier, PSA said in a statement today.
German industrial company Siemens and state-owned Chinese automaker Beijing Automotive Industry Holding will form a joint venture to produce motors and inverters for hybrid and full-electric vehicles.
China is poised to replace the US as Volvo Car Group’s (Volvo Cars) largest market in 2014 with sales of at least 80,000 cars, up from 61,146 in 2013, the company said. Sales in the US in 2014 are expected to increase in line with the broader market.
