Shanghai Auto Show

MG Motor has unveiled its all-new electric supercar concept at the 17th annual Shanghai International Automotive Show, the MG E-motion. The next-generation vehicle aims to push the boundaries of innovation and technology, while meeting the needs of today’s trend-setting car buyers. The E-motion embodies MG’s vision for the future. With a slender sportsback-style design paying tribute to the brand’s hundred-year heritage, starlight matrix front grill and headlights bringing inspiration from the London Eye, and vertical tail lights developed using decades of Read More...

The Shanghai Auto Show marks the Chinese debut of luxury British brand Aston Martin’s high-performance brand AMR, bringing a new dimension of race inspired dynamism and performance. Reflecting Aston Martin’s racing pedigree, AMR takes technology and inspiration from motorsport to amplify the sporting prowess present across the model range. With enhanced performance, sharper dynamics and more powerful design language, AMR takes Aston Martin’s road cars to new and exciting extremes. Making its Asia debut, the Rapide AMR represents the first Read More...

Audi has unveiled a new, versatile concept car at the Auto Shanghai. Powered by a 320 kW electric drive, the four-door Gran Turismo Audi e-tron Sportback concept is designed to combine classic Audi elements with an array of trendsetting details such as an electrifying architecture, tailored consistently to the technology and the package of the electric drive. The Audi e-tron Sportback represents an important milepost for Audi along the road to electric mobility. The production version of this pioneering electric SUV will Read More...

Mercedes-Benz to be unveiled its Concept A Sedan at the Auto Shanghai. The new concept is aimed to provide an outlook of the next generation of compact vehicles and a potential, new body type. The Concept A Sedan show car specifies the evolved Mercedes-Benz design language. The "Aesthetics A" sculpture already demonstrated that the upcoming compact class generation marks the dawn of an even more rigorous implementation of the design idiom of "sensual purity". The Concept A Sedan (length/width/height: 4570/1870/1462 mm) has Read More...

Citroën confirms its worldwide offensive in the SUV segment with the presentation of two new models at the 2017 Shanghai Motor Show. C5 Aircross makes its global debut, alongside the C-Aircross Concept that previews the brand’s future compact SUV: C3 Aircross. These two new models represent a new generation of Citroën SUV focused on comfort. The Citroën brand also expresses its expertise in the sedan segment, which remains a key category in China. New C5, produced and marketed in China, Read More...

Skoda's stall at the Shanghai Motor Show 2017 showcased the Company's first electric-study Vision. Vision E gives an insight into Skoda’s electro mobility strategy. The car maker is intensively perusing the electrification of its model range, and will be offering five purely electric models in various segments by 2025. Moreover, Skoda Superb with plug-in hybrid is set to arrive in 2019. With the Vision E the company provides its first brand-specific outlook on the future of individual mobility. The five-door SUV coupé is Read More...

The Shanghai Motor Show has to be one of the most confusing motoring event of all time. Why? It is really difficult to differentiate between an original design versus a rip off. The Land Rover Evoque SUV for example. China made Land Wind X7 was a near rip off of the British luxury SUV. At times, Chinese manufacturers combine the designs of two different models from two manufacturers to deliver one product of their own. Another example of the Chinese shenanigans is the Read More...

The Jiangling Yusheng S330 looks like a Ford Ecosport that descended out of hell and settled itself on the Shanghai Auto Show floors - well, almost. This thing looks outrageous, with its aggressive, wide stance, a gaping front grille with tongue-like bars, funky illumination, slim window line and a shiny blue paint job. The Yusheng previews a sporty crossover for Jiangling Motor Corporation, or JMC - one of China’s largest builder of small and medium commercial vehicles. The Yusheng S330 is just under five meters long and Read More...

Apart from the usual local oddities and knock-offs, floors of the ongoing Shanghai Auto Show are hosting contemporary automotive brilliance. And no, the exclamation mark in the title isn't a typo, the Qiantu K50 Event's nomenclature actually ends with a "!" - which makes us wonder whether to place it in the local oddity section or in the brilliance section. It'll have to stay put in the middle for now, but initial impressions say -'Nice try'. The car you see in these pictures happens Read More...