The Honqgi CA72 Parade Car Prototype

Honqgi CA72 Parade Car

This black beauty is a 1958 Hongqi CA72 parade car prototype. It debuted a few months after the CA72 sedan prototype.  Like the sedan, the open-top parade car was intended for the 1959 parade in Beijing, which was to celebrate the 10th birthday of Communist rule in China.

Continue reading “The Honqgi CA72 Parade Car Prototype”

The Honqgi CA72 1E Prototype Was A C69 Chrysler Imperial With Chinese Characteristics

Honqgi CA72 1E

Today we take a good look at the beginning of the development of the Hongqi CA72 state limousine. The CA72 was the very first Hongqi-branded car, 198 examples were made from 1959 until 1965. The development of the CA72 started in early 1958, and Hongqi build five prototypes in about a year.

The prototypes were numbered 1E, 2E, 3E, 4E, and 5E. This post is about 1E, featuring a design that was so wild one could almost call it a concept car.

Continue reading “The Honqgi CA72 1E Prototype Was A C69 Chrysler Imperial With Chinese Characteristics”