Under the skin is a development of the platform of the old Rover 75. This model has been reincarnated in the shape of the Roewe 750. But the smaller 550 is a vast improvement over that car ...

Alas, "beautiful" as an adjective is regularly abused. Case in point: the new Roewe 550, which is inexplicably described as such by our Sino-focused blogging brothers at China Car Times.

Remember the Roewe 550? Pretty nice-looking ride, especially for a Chinese car, considering some of the freakishly awful stuff that comes out of the country. SAIC apparently realizes that in terms ...