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Purple Baojun Xingjiang sedan.

The three lives of Baojun (so far)

All the Baojuns are now up on Autocade. Since SAIC, GM and Wuling (a venture abbreviated to SGMW) created the marque in 2010, things have been rocky, though it wasn’t always so. Initially this was the parts’ bin brand: budget-priced cars which served as bases for Wuling, Chevrolet and even MG cars outside China. They… Read More »The three lives of Baojun (so far)

Side view of a 2025 Haval Xiaolong Max.

Haval’s current line-up on Autocade

With the addition of the Xiaolong and Xiaolong Max, we believe we have Haval’s (哈弗) current range now up. It’s a tricky bunch with export names differing from the home ones, and as it’s Autocade, the home ones are what get indexed. With this Chinese SUV brand’s rapid growth—a few years ago, the H6 Coupé… Read More »Haval’s current line-up on Autocade

Roewe D6 in a pale metallic green.

Roewe’s all up

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… Read More »Roewe’s all up

Hyper GT, in red, with a couple conversing.

You’ve read it, what did you think of it?

Here’s where you can add your thoughts about Autocade Year of Cars 2025: what you liked about it, what you’d like to see more of, and what you’d want to see less of.

Lotus Emeya, in yellow.

The four-door Lotus

At over 2,000 kg, the Emeya GT saloon might be unusual to Lotus purists, but it makes more sense than earlier four-door cars that bore the badge

Maextro S800 in silver and violet.

We’ll all soon know luxury Chinese car brands

Chinese car companies are doing luxury brands, usually in the EV space. There’s also a distinct lack of need for a foreign JV partner—a sign of things to come, says Jack Yan