https://www.scmp.com/rss/59867/feed The first Willys MB Jeeps were produced in 1941, making it the world’s oldest off-road vehicle and sport-utility vehicle, according to Wikipedia. The original Jeep was the main light four-wheel drive used by the Allies in World War II. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Daniel Ren Daniel Ren A number of underperforming international car brands are likely to either exit the mainland Chinese market or scale down operations, as losses mount due to falling sales and shrinking market share. Carmakers delivering fewer than 1,000 units a month already faced a do-or-die situation in the world’s largest automotive market because the weak sales were not enough to cover their manufacturing and operating costs, according to analysts. Some carmakers are likely to follow Skoda, Volkswagen’s... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3349083/more-foreign-marques-face-do-or-die-moment-chinese-buyers-shun-petrol-cars?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3349083/more-foreign-marques-face-do-or-die-moment-chinese-buyers-shun-petrol-cars?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:00:09 +0000 He Huifeng He Huifeng Like many elder Chinese millennials, Alice Yu was deeply saddened last week when she heard the joint venture that made Jeeps in China had declared bankruptcy. The 40-something recalled her then-boyfriend giving her an unforgettable gift in the early 2010s: an imported Jeep Grand Cherokee costing more than 400,000 yuan (US$55,700). At the time, Yu was an up-and-coming media manager living in Shenzhen, and the luxurious SUV seemed to symbolise the “American dream” of freedom and prosperity that... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3318762/american-dream-has-faded-how-jeep-reached-end-road-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3318762/american-dream-has-faded-how-jeep-reached-end-road-china?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Jul 2025 03:00:18 +0000 Canada will put 25 per cent retaliatory tariffs on US-made vehicles in response to the Trump administration’s import taxes on foreign autos, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday. The Canadian tariffs will apply to vehicles that are not compliant with the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, and on the “non-Canadian content” in cars and trucks that are shipped from the US under the rules of that trade deal. In other words, the Canadian auto taxes largely mirror the structure of the US auto tariffs –... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3305146/canada-hits-us-car-sector-25-cent-tariffs-mirroring-trumps-move?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3305146/canada-hits-us-car-sector-25-cent-tariffs-mirroring-trumps-move?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Apr 2025 16:30:30 +0000 Major carmaker the Stellantis Group has revealed that it is developing its first in-house automated driving technology – STLA AutoDrive. The system will allow a vehicle to be driven autonomously at speeds of up to 60 km/h (37 mph) in urban areas and 95 km/h on motorways. STLA AutoDrive enables the driver to temporarily take their hands off the steering wheel, allowing them to watch a movie, catch up on emails or look out of the window. The driver will be able to activate the system via a... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3299979/leading-carmaker-reveals-hands-free-driving-mode-let-drivers-do-emails-or-other-tasks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3299979/leading-carmaker-reveals-hands-free-driving-mode-let-drivers-do-emails-or-other-tasks?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Feb 2025 01:43:08 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Brazilian ports have been clogged this year with more than 70,000 unsold Chinese electric vehicles (EV), in a sign of how hard it is becoming for China’s carmakers to keep up their robust growth. Companies such as BYD and Great Wall Motor have global ambitions, and Brazil has become a crucial proving ground with many other large economies turning towards protectionism. The country is the world’s sixth-biggest car market and success there may boost prospects across the region. But after taking... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-evs/article/3290647/brazilian-ports-jammed-70000-unsold-chinese-evs-tariffs-loom?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-evs/article/3290647/brazilian-ports-jammed-70000-unsold-chinese-evs-tariffs-loom?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Dec 2024 06:24:41 +0000 Reuters Reuters Carmaker Stellantis wants to adopt the low-cost mindset of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers, despite the European and United States tariffs that chief executive Carlos Tavares lambasts as anticompetitive. But the world’s No 4 automaker must navigate trade barriers on both sides of the Atlantic if it wants to succeed. Tavares calls tariffs a “trap”, arguing that these will hurt legacy automakers by shielding them from the reality that Chinese rivals make EVs for about a third less. The best... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-evs/article/3280037/fiat-and-jeep-owner-stellantis-ceo-follows-chinese-route-avoid-ev-tariff-trap?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-evs/article/3280037/fiat-and-jeep-owner-stellantis-ceo-follows-chinese-route-avoid-ev-tariff-trap?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Sep 2024 07:35:44 +0000 Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) maker Leapmotor has joined the widening discount war on the mainland, pricing its new SUV nearly 20 per cent lower than originally planned. The C10, featuring autonomous driving technology and digital cockpit, will become affordable to more middle-income consumers as the Hangzhou-based carmaker enhances its production efficiency in the highly competitive market, according to Zhu Jiangming, founder and CEO of Leapmotor, in which Fiat owner Stellantis has a 20 per... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3253980/stellantis-backed-leapmotor-cuts-c10-suv-price-nearly-fifth-chinas-ev-war-rolls?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3253980/stellantis-backed-leapmotor-cuts-c10-suv-price-nearly-fifth-chinas-ev-war-rolls?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 03 Mar 2024 07:19:57 +0000 Chinese electric vehicle (EV) producer Leapmotor is to receive a €1.5 billion (US$1.58 billion) investment from Stellantis, formerly Fiat Chrysler, in the latest vote of confidence from a global carmaking giant in the mainland’s EV industry. The two companies said on Thursday that Stellantis, which owns popular international brands including Peugeot, Fiat and Jeep, will take a roughly 20 per cent stake in Leapmotor. They plan to set up a joint venture to explore markets outside mainland China,... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3239254/leapmotor-gets-us16-billion-investment-jeep-fiat-owner-global-carmaking-giants-bet-chinas-heft?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3239254/leapmotor-gets-us16-billion-investment-jeep-fiat-owner-global-carmaking-giants-bet-chinas-heft?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Oct 2023 07:09:49 +0000 Maria Nava-Froelich, the mayor of Calipatria, California, watched geothermal mud bubble up like a prehistoric stew on the edge of the Salton Sea. Fed by the diminishing Colorado River, the state’s largest inland sea is shrinking, spreading toxic pesticide dust and lung disease in its wake, decimating fish populations, threatening migratory birds. But there’s gold under that ooze. Massive quantities of lithium, once considered worthless, sit more than a mile beneath the geothermal muck in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3226974/california-lithium-gold-rush-edge-dying-sea?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3226974/california-lithium-gold-rush-edge-dying-sea?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Jul 2023 21:00:23 +0000 The rules of the smuggling game across the US-Mexico border have been written unofficially for years - if a bad guy moving drugs or people encounters a border fence, they tunnel under it. But a group of enterprising - or desperate - smugglers got caught trying an alternative method. They built a flimsy, makeshift ramp and tried to drive over a 4.5 metre tall US Border Patrol fence near where Arizona, California and Mexico meet. It didn't work out, as photographs testify. A US Border Patrol... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1074405/mexican-drug-smugglers-try-cross-border-fence-jeep?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1074405/mexican-drug-smugglers-try-cross-border-fence-jeep?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Fiat, majority owner of the Chrysler Group, plans to start making Jeeps in China again and might eventually make all of its models in the country, according to the head of both carmakers' operations in the region. Mike Manley, chief operating officer of Fiat and Chrysler in Asia, said Fiat was in "very detailed conversations" with its Chinese partner, Guangzhou Automobile Group, on making Jeeps in the world's biggest car market. Chrysler has not built Jeeps in China since Fiat took control in... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1067499/fiat-revs-plans-build-jeep-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1067499/fiat-revs-plans-build-jeep-china?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Tickled pink Some of the best attractions in America's Death Valley, which runs through California and Nevada, will become more accessible when Pink Jeep Tours (www.pinkjeep.com) begins park excursions next month. The company will use oversized four-wheel- drive jeeps (left), each of which comfortably seats 10, to visit Racetrack Playa (a dry lake bed where rocks slide across the surface), Titus Canyon and the Charcoal Kilns. Tours include pick-ups and drop-offs at most park hotels and... https://www.scmp.com/article/690429/travellers-checks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/690429/travellers-checks?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:00:00 +0000 A drunk and unlicensed driver who killed two people when he ploughed into a night market in Heilongjiang last week has been charged with endangering public safety. The man injured 24 people in the city of Jixi. The city's deputy police chief said the suspect, Zhang Xijun, had driven a jeep into the market while people were eating dinner. He said hitting people with a vehicle was regarded as endangering lives, property and safety, and Zhang could face between three and 10 years behind bars. The... https://www.scmp.com/article/689563/drunk-driver-kills-two?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/689563/drunk-driver-kills-two?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:00:00 +0000 In its day, Beijing Jeep has been more than just a sturdy, boxy ride through the streets of the capital; it has symbolised America's dreams of selling the cars that rule the roads of China, as well as highlighting the dangers of the joint-venture system. Beijing Jeep's fortunes in the cut-throat mainland industry have been as up and down as a speedy run sown some of the city's-side roads. Changing gears is like pulling elephant tusks, the suspension looks the part but does precious little to... https://www.scmp.com/article/551556/beijing-jeeps-bouncing-fortunes-contain-many-lessons?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/551556/beijing-jeeps-bouncing-fortunes-contain-many-lessons?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Jun 2006 16:00:00 +0000 Missing drainage worker found dead in valley A 34-year-old drainage worker who was reported missing by his wife more than two weeks ago was yesterday found dead at the bottom of Tsung Tsai Yuen valley, off Tai Po Road. The man had last been seen working on drainage in the area on May 18, but searches had proved fruitless. It was only when colleagues reported a foul odour that officers were called in and the man's body was found. Police said there was no suspicion of foul play. A postmortem... https://www.scmp.com/article/418045/city-briefs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/418045/city-briefs?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Jun 2003 16:00:00 +0000 Eighteen men have been arrested after two forestry officials were killed in a violent confrontation between villagers and lumber workers in Gansu province, a provincial newspaper reported yesterday. The violence highlighted tension among rural villages where rivals often fight over control of resources, ignoring orders from local governments. The Min county Government sent in dozens of police officers to control the situation. The county Government oversees Yanjia village, where the clash... https://www.scmp.com/article/348352/two-die-villagers-ambush-forestry-staff?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/348352/two-die-villagers-ambush-forestry-staff?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 May 2001 16:00:00 +0000 Police patrols in the New Territories were put on alert last night after a Jeep arriving from the mainland drove through a Customs checkpoint at Lok Ma Chau without stopping. https://www.scmp.com/article/338465/jeep-drives-through-border-post?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/338465/jeep-drives-through-border-post?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Feb 2001 16:00:00 +0000 Marine police arrested three men after intercepting a high-powered speedboat loaded with a Jeep in a sea chase in Sai Kung. Reports said no one was injured in the incident but the speedboat was taking in water. https://www.scmp.com/article/290812/sea-chase?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/290812/sea-chase?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Aug 1999 16:00:00 +0000 On two occasions, I have almost been run over at the tram stop on Wong Nai Chung Road, Happy Valley. Two months ago, a foreign lady drove her car past a stationary tram as I was alighting. She even honked her horn and glared at me for crossing the road while she was driving down the road. She probably thought she had the right of way, which is not the case. Again on Sunday, April 18, at 8pm, my son and I were nearly run over by a white jeep at the same stop. We thought we were safe, as a... https://www.scmp.com/article/279796/dangerous?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/279796/dangerous?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Apr 1999 16:00:00 +0000 Customs officers seized a shipment of 10 cars and a Jeep worth about $1.28 million in three outgoing container trucks at Lok Ma Chau. Three truck drivers were detained. https://www.scmp.com/article/276528/vehicles-seized?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/276528/vehicles-seized?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Mar 1999 16:00:00 +0000 A suspected short circuit triggered a lorry fire outside a house in Tung Lo Wan Tsuen, Sha Tin, which spread to a truck and Jeep parked nearby. Firemen put out the blaze in about 30 minutes. No one was hurt. https://www.scmp.com/article/252338/vehicle-blaze?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/252338/vehicle-blaze?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Aug 1998 16:00:00 +0000 A PLA jeep collided with a motorcycle in Gascoigne Road, Yau Ma Tei, last night leaving a 29-year-old motorcyclist with a broken leg. The driver and the officer in the jeep, which was heading for the PLA Hospital, were unhurt. https://www.scmp.com/article/231599/pla-jeep-bike-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/231599/pla-jeep-bike-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Feb 1998 16:00:00 +0000 From the commercial birth of the automobile in the 1920s, Americans have always subscribed to the thesis that you are what you drive. And that, in most cases, has meant driving big. The heyday of the huge gas-guzzling 'house on wheels' came in the 60s and 70s, when parking spaces were plentiful and petrol was as cheap as Pepsi. A downsizing occurred in the 80s, when Americans began favouring compactness and reliability over size, and flocked to Japanese imports. That did not last long, because... https://www.scmp.com/article/215695/insurers-brake-utility-cars?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/215695/insurers-brake-utility-cars?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Oct 1997 16:00:00 +0000 South Korea's Hyundai Precision Industries Co is to sell jeeps to China, under a contract with a provincial firm in Shandong. At least 200 Galloper V-6 jeeps would be exported this year, rising to 3,000 next year and 20,000 in 1999, Yonhap News Agency reported. The report said the deal capped a separate agreement last month to ship 500 Gallopers to China before the end of 1997. https://www.scmp.com/article/194764/hyundai-secures-jeep-deal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/194764/hyundai-secures-jeep-deal?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 May 1997 16:00:00 +0000 Sunday, March 10, 1946 A Bird's Eye View by Argus The German aristocracy is said to have disappeared. Von on Von. * * * The re-afforestation of the Colony is a good idea. There's always a demand for family trees. * * * The new rules for preventing war remind me that I never knew just exactly what the old ones were. * * * A new American screen actress is described as having eyes like summer lightning, a hoarse voice and a sultry expression. Sounds like flu. * * * A London report promises... https://www.scmp.com/article/152199/south-china-morning-post-and-hongkong-telegraph?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/152199/south-china-morning-post-and-hongkong-telegraph?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Mar 1996 16:00:00 +0000 WHAT a great way to kick off the Easter weekend for Hermia Hui Pui-yuk, the grand prize winner of the Sunday Morning Post's Toyota RAV4 Jeep contest. 'I'm very excited and happy,' Ms Hui said. 'I've had my driver's licence since I was a teenager, figuring I may as well get it so that if I ever win a car, I'll have a licence.' Sunday Morning Post editor Ann Quon said: 'I was delighted with the response to the competition which once again showed the special power and reach of the Sunday... https://www.scmp.com/article/114435/lucky-readers-dream-comes-true?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/114435/lucky-readers-dream-comes-true?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Apr 1995 16:00:00 +0000 THREE people were injured - two seriously - when the jeep in which they were travelling was involved in a collision with a KMB bus on Sai Sha highway near Tai Mong Tsai, Sai Kung. The bus driver had to be freed from his cabin by firemen. https://www.scmp.com/article/109728/jeep-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/109728/jeep-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Mar 1995 16:00:00 +0000 THANKS to Britain's drink-driving laws and hopeless rural bus services, most people now live in ghastly suburbs, centimetres from their next-door neighbours and never more than 200 metres from a speed bump and a traffic jam. Their cars are expensive to buy and to run, environmentally unfriendly and, even if they can hurl themselves along at 240kph, the coned-off roads will not allow it. Nor will the speed bumps. Nor will the sheer volume of traffic. Today, in suburban Britain, the car is... https://www.scmp.com/article/101674/hitting-roads-heaven?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/101674/hitting-roads-heaven?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Dec 1994 16:00:00 +0000 NAME: The 4-Wheel Pose Jeep. NATIONALITY: Japanese. AGE: Straight out of the showroom. MONEY: Loads. A two-year-old model was advertised for $130,000 in last week's paper. IDENTIFYING MARKS: Spare tyre wrapped in a condom with a picture of a rhino on it; amah-cleaned, whiter-than-white soft top; giant bull/kangaroo bars to prevent road-kill pedestrians from damaging the paint work; silly, go-faster stickers. NATURAL HABITAT: Central, Pacific Place or cruising the narrow alleys around Times... https://www.scmp.com/article/98418/icons-our-time?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/98418/icons-our-time?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Dec 1994 16:00:00 +0000 AFTER standing with one hand on a Suzuki for 52 gruelling hours, 33-year-old Kelly Lam won the new car, worth $185,000. The Snapple/Hit Radio-sponsored competition started on Friday with 49 contestants having to keep one hand on the jeep, with the winner being the last person remaining. However, after heat and exhaustion had taken their toll, the organisers called a halt to the competition with four competitors remaining. Mr Lam then won a quick-fire skill contest and took home the car. https://www.scmp.com/article/76005/car-won-after-52-hour-ordeal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/76005/car-won-after-52-hour-ordeal?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 May 1994 16:00:00 +0000 HOLIDAY destinations in the United States are a long plane ride away, but it is possible to enjoy a visit on an extended weekend break. Just two hours east of Los Angeles, in California, is Palm Springs. Most visitors ride the aerial tram up Mount San Jacinto for a panoramic, and chilly, view. It is also easy to take a jeep tour. Florida boasts Sanibel island, which is actually two islands, Sanibel and Captiva. Sanibel, connected by causeway to the mainland, is famous for its... https://www.scmp.com/article/62157/take-wing-scenic-locations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/62157/take-wing-scenic-locations?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Feb 1994 16:00:00 +0000