The two cars bumped heads with might, but fortunately, no one was seriously injured from the accident.
According to reports from the local media, police are still investigating the cause of the accident, so we don't know which of the two drivers is at fault here.
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Just last December, China's National Reform and Development Commission (NRDC) and the Ministry of Commerce said that they would stop encouraging foreign investment in the car manufacturing industry to allow for “healthy development” of a market.
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Another episode of the trade war between the United States and China aired yesterday after the U.S. Commerce Department announced that it has set new duties on steel wheels imported from China.
The Department said that Chinese manufacturers, who last year exported over US$84.2 million worth of steel wheels in the U.S., are selling them 44.96 to 193.45 percent (!) "below fair value".
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According to the local media, the Renault Zoe's Asian twin is named the J0 and it's being prepared by a company called Shenzhen Greenwheel Electric Vehicle Co. LTD, which is a small carmaker that focuses on electric cars.
Not much else is known about the JO EV, though there's a strong possibility that that Shenzhen Greenwheel will display the car at the upcoming Beijing Auto Show in April.
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The French automaker released a single teaser image of the Talisman, which borrows its name from Renault's 2001 luxury concept car and will make its world premiere at the Beijing Motor Show in China on April 23.
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And for those of you questioning whether or not this mishap with the scooter is real, we've also added the original clip, which you can watch right past the break.
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If you follow the break, you'll see how a Chinese driver in Beijing learned his lesson the hard way.
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With speed cameras popping up everywhere these days, some not-so-law-abiding citizens try to evade them by any means possible. A car’s I.D. is its license plates. Therefore, removing or alter them in any way is a possible solution to getting away with speeding.
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Apparently, that wasn't the case with two Chinese journalists that were trying out Mercedes-Benz's sportiest models during the ‘SLS AMG Track Xperience’ event at the Zhuhai International Circuit.
According to a report from The Tycho, the accident occurred when the driver of a red SLS AMG coupe slammed on the brakes and the journalist behind him in a gunmetal gray C63 AMG sedan was either not paying attention or was too close to do anything about it and crashed into him.
None of the drivers were hurt but as you can see from these photos, both cars suffered extensive damages.
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While he is satisfied with the results so far, Bentley’s CEO Wolfgang Duerheimer wants his company to more than double its annual sales from today’s 7,000 units to 15,000 in 2017. Duerheimer told Automotive News Europe that he counts on China and the recovering U.S. market to contribute a lot in that increase.
“We are currently experiencing a boom in China, where our sales almost doubled to 1,839 vehicles in 2011”, said Duerheimer. “That made China Bentley’s second-largest single market. It will likely advance into the number one spot this year”, he added.
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For example, German dignitaries will mostly be seen on TV stepping out of a Mercedes, BMW or Audi; their British counterparts choose brands like Jaguar, the French, large Peugeots or Renaults and so on.
It's also natural to promote their domestic products, though we haven't heard of any law specifically prohibiting the purchase of certain brands for all government agencies. Until now, that is.
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“Chinese customers love their big cars”, Christian Mastro, Lamborghini’s general manager for the Asia-Pacific region, told Bloomberg News. “All the brands are making cars more specific for the Chinese market.”
It’s a fact that has been noticed by other luxury carmakers, such as Bentley. VW Group’s other exclusive brand, will also unveil its first-ever SUV concept next month at the Geneva Motor Show. It plans to roll out the production version in 2015, one year ahead of Lamborghini’s successor to the 1980s LM 002.
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