The new Volkswagen Lavida debuted at the Beijing Auto Show, it will be listed on the Chinese car market next month. The Lavida is a China-only made by the Shanghai-Volkswagen joint venture, it is a very successful car, the jv sold over 700.000 of the first-gen Lavida from 2008 until January 2012.

The new car, has to do even better. Looks will help, changed made it a much more ‘grown-up’ vehicle, its new nose in line with the new Passat and it even resembles the mighty Phaeton a bit, just a bit… Engines: 1.6 and 1.4 turbo. The old ‘n tired 2.0 has been killed for the Lavida. Price will start around 90.000 yuan and end around 170.000 yuan.