Volkswagen was one of the first Western carmakers to partner up with a native Chinese manufacturer to produce and sell VW cars in China. Now it turns out that one of their partners, FAW – First Automobile Works – is […]
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Volkswagen was one of the first Western carmakers to partner up with a native Chinese manufacturer to produce and sell VW cars in China. Now it turns out that one of their partners, FAW – First Automobile Works – is […]
I’m back in China this week, with more automotive observations from the country with the biggest number of the smallest people. (Did I tell you about the airport security officer that made me stand on a block in order to […]
Recently I mentioned the VW Jetta taxis they’ve got running around here. These green-and-yellow cars look so 1991! To be fair though, that’s because they’re really from 1991. Where in Europe the Jetta Mk-2 was taken into production in 1984 […]
Yours truly is currently located in China. I’m staying in a Western Hotel and not exactly a local guesthouse, but with the hugely different ways of the Chinese it already feels like I’m living the local life. Western rules don’t […]