Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co, Toyota Motor's car venture in northern China, has announced to recall 83,406 locally made sedans due to defects in transmission systems starting next Monday, Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.

Since the Chinese government imposed higher sales tax on big-engine vehicles from September 1, the imports of fuel-guzzling cars, especially those with 4.0L-plus engines, have fallen sharply, said xinhuanet.com today, citing figures from China Customs.

BYD Co said it is on course to reach 200,000-unit sales target set for this year and is planning to double this volume next year, a local Chinese newspaper reported.

The measure to limit the number of vehicle license plates to 100,000 or so would cripple the car industry, the 21st Century Business Herald industry cited insiders as saying.

Dongfeng Honda officially confirmed that it will roll out a B-class car based on the Acura platform by the second half of 2009, Beijing Times said today, citing top executives of Dongfeng Honda Automobile.

On October 11, Tianjin FAW said it will produce the company's first A-class car based on Toyota's ninth-generation Corolla platform. On October 18, FAW Car put its Hongqi Shengshi (HQ3) onto the market, and the next day the company launched its 2009 Besturn model and started construction of its second plant.

Tianjin FAW launched three models of its 2009 Weizhi car in Beijing on October 11. The three models include the Weizhi hatchback elite, sedan elite and sedan flagship editions, which are priced between 56,800 yuan ($8,320) and 68,800 yuan to meet the different demands of customers, said xinhuanet.com today.

Great Wall Motor is developing an A-class small car with Chrysler LLC, and the Chinese carmaker has commissioned a domestic auto design firm to create all-new car models, said 163.com today.

Guangzhou Honda will soon begin production of Honda's brand-new City car, the Beijing news reported today.

The rising oil price drives some Chinese consumers to adjust their car purchasing plans and some just play a waiting game, China Youth reported today, according to Nielsen's latest Survey.

Dongfeng Nissan, a joint venture between Dongfeng Motor Corp and Japan’s Nissan Motor Co, celebrated its 1millionth car rollout recently in its passenger vehicle factory located at Huadu district, Guangzhou, said Nanfang Daily yesterday. The 1millionth car, X-Trail, is Nissan's latest SUV model which will go on sale in China in October.

Chery Automobile Co Ltd officially launched its much anticipated A3 car at Shanghai International Automobile City this afternoon. The automaker revealed that the B00 segment A3 will be priced at 81,800 yuan ($11,990) to 89,800 yuan.