A beautiful drawing of the long wheelbase Beijing limousine.

Already nearly 1 1/2 year ago I wrote about a possible existence of long wheelbase version of the 1958 Beijing limousine.

I ended the story with: “What we need is a good and convincing picture of the 1*06228 in its long wheelbase version. Who is going to deliver that picture??

Close up of the Beijing long wheelbase limousine, painting Jörg-Peter Rabe.

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FAW-Volkswagen Golf A2, the car that never came.

In November 1990, Geng Zhaojie (FAW) and Dr. Hahn (VW) signed a contract for a joint venture, producing 150.000 cars: the Volkswagen Golf A2 (hatchback) and Jetta A2 (sedan).

FAW-VW (First Auto Works-Volkswagen) Golf A2, pre-series ckd-made with test license plate ‘Jilin 99 Test 0085’. Front page magazine Qiche Jishu (Automobile Technology) 1991/1.

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