In January-November 2016, China’s domestic car market only saw a slight growth in sales. The 200-billion-yuan ($28.74 billion) market’s expansion slowed down, while players sought to make breakthroughs as well as changes. New technologies and ideas in the internet big data information age were injected into the car market, which quietly changed traditional business models and led the industry’s transformation toward a big-data-driven “intelligent car industry”.
The SAIC Maxus T60 made its world premiere at the China (Guangzhou) Automobile Exhibition, or Auto Guangzhou, on Nov 18, 2016, along with the Maxus Concept SUV D90, a new recreational vehicle (RV), and the Maxus G10 China-V AT diesel version.
The World of Internet of Things (IoT) Exposition was held in Wuxi, East China’s Jiangsu province from Oct 30 to Nov 1, 2016.
On Oct 12, 2016, the Maxus EV80 battery was granted Europe’s E-Mark certification by TUV SUD Group, the world’s top technology service provider, making Maxus the first Chinese new energy car maker to have E-Mark certified batteries.
A deal between Shanghai Post and SAIC Motor was signed on Feb 2, whereby the automaker would supply the delivery service with new-energy fleet vehicles for its routes across the city.
As the 2015 sales volumes are being totted up, so are the appraisals on the class of 2015 by various automobile media outlets and bodies.
Compared with the high speed increase of the past several years, 2015 was considered to be a ‘cold winter’ for the Chinese auto market.
On Jan 13, 260 V80 vans were delivered by SAIC MAXUS to Ireland Post at a ceremony held in Dublin. The ‘State Guest Car’ G10 of SAIC MAXUS also made its debut.
Britain has been at the forefront of global auto industry since the birth of the car, along with its advance automotive technology and rich automobile culture.
On Dec 21, SAIC MAXUS Automotive Co, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SAIC Motor Corp, held its annual marketing conference for 2016 in the southern small coastal town of Boao, the permanent site of Boao Forum for Asia since 2002.
Thanks to a cooperation agreement between Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) and Inchcape Group, SAIC MAXUS officially debuted in Hong Kong on December 14, opening up a new chapter in the brand’s development.
SAIC MAXUS and Zhongshan Broad Ocean Motor Co signed a cooperation agreement in Wuxi, Jiangsu province on November 13. In the deal, Broad Ocean Motor will buy a total of 5,000 MAXUS EV80 pure electrics from 2016 to 2018.
Cao Xiangli is the team leader of a fleet of some 20 cargo vans at Kunshan, Jiangsu-based Shengyang Precision Mold, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed Ju Teng International Holdings.
SAIC MAXUS launched special aftersales services for users in the logistics industry from November 1 to 20, during which delivery demands surged and culminated on China’s Singles Day, on November 11, the country’s busiest online shopping day.
October is China’s traditional harvest season, while in New Zealand it is flourishing spring. Similarly, SAIC MAXUS has created unique landscapes in the two countries thanks to its global strategy.
In October, Christchurch’s Caine Lobb, sponsored by SAIC MAXUS, topped the points at the end of the opening round of the 2015/2016 SsangYong Yong Racing Series at The Taupo Motorsport Park held in New Zealand.
SAIC MAXUS and the Wuxi Huishan Economic Development Zone signed a cooperation agreement on a pickup and SUV project in Wuxi, Jiangsu province on October 14. According to the plans, the company’s pickup and SUV models will likely hit the market in 2017.
Having recently donated school buses to south China’s Yunnan province on September 7, SAIC Motor joined hands with Shanghai Tobacco Group to donate another four MAXUS school buses to the northwestern province of Shanxi on September 24.
Following explosive growth in 2014, China’s automotive aftermarket has gradually slowed down and is in need of new forces to drive it ahead.
A ceremony was held in Wuxi, Jiangsu province on September 16 for delivering the first batch of SAIC MAXUS V80 vans to Ireland’s national postal service An Post, after the Chinese carmaker won a contract for supplying 260 units to the company through an Irish government procurement program.
