China has become a critical market for carmakers to tap into, with huge sales potential and a thirst for European brands. Click the links below for CAR‘s stories of all of the new cars featured at the 2014 Beijing motor show.
Audi
The Audi TT Offroad is the beginning of a TT sports car-based model family BMW
BMW
The Vision Future Luxury is exactly that, says BMW’s design team
Bentley
Mulsanne Hybrid Concept heralds a significant paradigm shift for the luxury maker
Citroen
DS 5LS R: sports saloon concept geared at Chinese petrolheads, while there’s also two SUVs on show – the strangely named DS 6WR and the C-XR crossover.
Hyundai
New Juke-sized compact crossover, based on i20 and possibly called the ix25
Land Rover
The Discovery Vision Concept is the most important British model for years, and makes both New York and Beijing shows
Lexus
Production version of the outrageous NX concept crossover
Mercedes-Benz
Stuttgart has built a BMW X6 rival that looks barely different from Munich’s original
Peugeot
The gorgeous Exalt concept shows the future of French flair
Porsche
Boxster GTS: faster, better-specced Boxster with 918 Spyder styling cues
Cayman GTS: look out 911: hotter Cayman could be the best Porsche ever
Volkswagen
A 395bhp version of the Golf R: the Golf R 400, plus a spot-the-difference facelift of the Touareg SUV. Yet more practically, there’s the baby CC called the New Midsize Coupe.