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Jing Daily 2012 Year In Review: Five Key Luxury & Art Trends
2012 was, to say the least, a roller-coaster year in the Chinese luxury and art markets, following several years of sustained double-digit growth and seemingly unlimited demand among the country's… Read More
Cadillac’s China Ambitions May Lure Younger Crowd
While it may seem that Cadillac's China expansion plan is aimed at converting an older, wealthier crowd away from their beloved black Audis, it looks entirely plausible that the automaker… Read More
New Chinese Luxury Carmaker Qoros To Debut In Geneva
Despite the challenge of selling a high-end Chinese automobile to the country's wealthy buyers, a new partnership hopes to turn heads with a new marque, Qoros. Read More
China Now A “Make Or Break” Market For Cadillac
With China now a "make or break" market for Cadillac, the American automaker is encountering difficulties appealing to Chinese buyers accustomed to industry leaders like BMW and Audi. Read More
Mercedes-Benz Hits Speed Bumps In China
As rivals Audi and BMW maintain impressive growth even amid a less ebullient auto industry environment in China, Mercedes-Benz has faltered in 2012, owing mostly to an inconsistent strategic blueprint. Read More
Bentley China Sales Surge 26% In First Nine Months Of 2012
An uncertain global economy hasn't significantly dented sales for ultra-luxury automaker Bentley, which announced today that sales as of the end of September had reached 5,969 units, a 25 percent… Read More
Luxury Automakers Target China’s “Wild West”
With demand rising steadily in inland China as consumers in top-tier cities on the country's wealthier east coast cut back, luxury automakers are looking to expand in second-, third- and… Read More
New Chinese-Led Spyker Venture Plans $250,000 SUV
Together, Spyker and Youngman plan to create a new joint venture, of which Youngman will control 75 percent, to build an ultra-luxury SUV reminiscent of Spyker's D8/D12 Peking-to-Paris concept and… Read More
The Hottest Ride For China’s Business Elite: A Buick Minivan
In recent years, the business elite in China has been fixated on a particular Buick model that most Americans would see as a soccer mom must-have rather than a high-powered… Read More
Bentley Expects 2012 Sales Surge As China Sales Outpace UK For First Time
This year, buoyed by an expected rise in spending among consumers who delayed purchases in the wake of the global financial crisis, Bentley expects "robust" growth in sales and revenue,… Read More
