The sight of a BMW Mini police car parked outside a police station in the city of Tianjin has raised eyebrows among residents there. When a journalist from Southern Metropolitan Daily arrived at Binhai District's Tanggu Road police station where the car was parked, her requests for an interview was rebuffed by the duty officer who said he could not reveal his chief's cell phone number, and that "you can say whatever you like about it on the internet." Well, she went back to her office, put up what he said on the paper's Weibo, and the tweet has since been shared close to 4,000 times. more ›

This video has been quickly spreading around the Chinese internet recently, depicting a BMW X6 racing two Lamborghinis at speeds of over 200kph (125mph). The whole process is recorded from the interior of the BMW, as an excited passenger narrates in profane Sichuanese just how totally crazy fast we're going, man, while the driver speeds along a busy Chengdu-Shanghai Expressway. more ›

If you thought "Li Gang's sister" was a bitch, wait till you see this one. In this video, a woman driving a BMW has just scratched the sides of a minivan belonging to another female driver. After a six-minute long altercation in which she refused to take any responsibility, the woman eventually ended the standoff by throwing a few 100RMB notes at the minivan driver before taking off in a fit.
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For all you petrol-heads out there, this April sees the return of the Shanghai Auto Show, and it's looking to be a wheely good one with several premiers and world launches to get us geared up and raring to go.

• Audi has revealed only sketches of its Q3 ‘baby’ SUV model, it’s new compact crossover, and will also present the long-wheelbase version of the Audi A8L.


• BYD will also launch a SUV with the mighty BYDS6 complete with a mega 2.0L and a 2.4L engine.


• BMW has released the first images of the new Concept M5 ahead of its debut here in Shanghai with a roaring V8 engine.

We showed you all those Ferraris on exhibition in front of the Pearl tower but this particular car is for the eco conscious luxury car lover. more ›

Especially here in Shanghai, one look out onto any main street and you'll see luxury car after luxury car roll by. Anyone with half a brain could deduce that the Chinese have money and love to show it off by their choice of ride; that's certainly not rocket science. That the top three luxury car brands are all German--Audi, BMW, followed by Mercedes-Benz -- is not news either. We could've guessed that one too. However, where the market research from J.D. Power & Associates becomes interesting is its demographic breakdowns on who's buying these cars. more ›

Three things to note about this BMW Mission 3 ad, which has garnered over 2 million clicks so far: It feature parkour (跑酷 pao ku)! While this has become a little old hat in the West, China is experiencing an increasing interest in the "street running" "street acrobatics" semi-sport. We talked briefly about the rise of parkour groups in the country last year. Now that it's in commercials, perhaps it means that parkour's become Mainstream?... more ›

With the Expo clock ticking down, it seems Shanghai wasn't only content to renovate and renew neighborhoods and subway systems. Police cars got an upgrade too - going from old and sturdy VWs to these new and shiny BMWs. more ›

Chery seemed to be the only car on the lot to have a functioning electric car (the Riich M1) but other car makers who have jumped on the green bandwagon included Peugeot, BMW, Volvo, Mercedes Benz and Hyundai. more ›

Four men were arrested yesterday for allegedly kidnapping a real estate mogul and taking a 5.8 million yuan ransom for his release. The four said they had gotten the idea for their scheme from a television drama. more ›