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.

Chinese automaker FAW Haima Automobile Co will launch a new own-brand car in the A0 segment next year, Beijing Youth Daily reported on Wednesday.

The short supply of Lavida (Langyi) cars made by Shanghai Volkswagen will be eased by the end of this year, the company's sales executive Zhanghai Hailiang told National Business Daily yesterday.

With the mid-class car market in China getting more and more competitive, Guangzhou Toyota is set to launch its 2009 Camry model on September 22, said xinhuanet.com today.

As the sales of imported Nissan brand cars are fading out in China, Nissan (China) is introducing more new models to the Chinese market. The Infiniti EX35, a small SUV displayed at the 2008 Beijing auto show in April, and Infiniti G37, a luxury Coupe car, will go on sale in China on September 19, said China Business News yesterday.

Fiat has been in talks with Guangzhou Automobile over technical cooperation as the Italian car maker strives to progress in China, and the possible mode of partnership is Fiat's selling of a car platform to Guangzhou Auto, said China Auto News today.

The world's premium auto brand Aston Martin has begun to speed up its foray into China's rapidly growing luxury sports car market. The British iconic carmaker announced on September 7 that Aston Martin will expand its sales in China by setting up more dealerships in the country, said xinhuanet.com today.

China's passenger vehicle sales fell 5.4% year on year and 6.0% month on month, data from China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) shows.

China's first electric car using solar energy for compensatory power has been successfully developed by an Anhui high-tech company and the car made its debut in the provincial capital of Heifei on August 29, reported Auto Weekly today.

Honda de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.(HDM), a Honda subsidiary in Mexico, held a ceremony to commemorate the achievement of key milestone – cumulative production of 200,000 automobiles. The ceremony was attended by Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, President of Mexico; Eduardo Sojo Garza-Aldape, the Economic Secretary of Mexico; Emilio Gonzalez Marquez, the Governor of the state of Jalisco; as well as Takeo Fukui, the president & CEO of Honda Motor Co., Ltd., and approximately 1,300 HDM associates.

With a dramatic new design, more equipment and more choice, Ford’s new Focus is set to reaffirm its position as the most desirable model in the segment when it goes on sale in the UK next year.