With the addition of the unremarkable Roewe Clever microcar, we now have all the Roewes up—hopefully we’ve covered both past and present models of this brand, which owner SAIC once saw as the successor to Rover, had it managed to secure the Viking longship badge and the Rover trade mark.
While well known outside China because of its ownership of MG, inside the Middle Kingdom SAIC is less successful than the likes of Geely or Changan when it comes to its own brands. With an eye on foreign markets, it has models that aren’t sold in China, and at least one was recently added to the encyclopædia: the Longmao (Lomemo or Totoro for export; the former is a contraction of love me more).
We’re right up to date (for now) with Roewe, including the newly launched D6 saloon (in the header image); not as elegant as what we see from Rising, but China does have its share of slightly awkward electric saloons that do well on the domestic market (the Deepal SL03 comes to mind: not as pretty as the Mazda EZ-6 which shares its base, but it does better than the Japanese rebody at home).
Please do let us know if we’re missing anything.
We’ve also included the Infiniti QX60s and the preceding JX35 on the site now.