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Volkswagen leaving Volkswagen sounds like a joke somebody makes halfway through a bad business-school case study. But the fact that people are even asking the question tells you how strange t
Hongqi built its reputation transporting China’s political elite in massive formal limousines, not by climbing mountains or wading through mud. Now the brand is heading into the booming rugged S
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Nio is no longer acting like a startup trying to prove itself. With the new ES9, the Chinese brand is going straight after the upper end of the luxury SUV market, and honestly, the specs alone make it
A Denza Z9 GT selling for €700,000 ($814,200) at Cannes was probably not on anyone’s 2026 bingo card. Especially not for a brand that, outside China, many people are still only just le
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Volkswagen keeps adding more EVs to its Chinese lineup, and the latest one shows just how different the market has become compared to Europe or America. It’s called the ID. Unyx 07, and while th
A lot of people are about to walk into dealerships this summer and have a very uncomfortable conversation. Because the cheap-ish new car they were looking at in March? Yeah. It may suddenly cos
A couple years ago, it honestly felt like gas cars were being sent to the retirement home. Every commercial was about EVs. Every automaker had a giant electrification plan. Politicians were thr