This article gives an overview of the more unknown products developed in the period 1958-1961. Styling was strongly influenced by contemporary American styling. Continue reading “Development of cars during the Great Leap Forward.”
Author: Erik Van Ingen Schenau
Li Shufu, mr. Geely, and the first car he made; a Mercedes Benz!
Li Shufu’s first car was not a Daihatsu Charade copy but a Mercedes-Benz!
Read here how mr. Li started with taking photos of tourists with a Seagull camera to end up as the owner of five car manufacturers.
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About the cars made by Great Wall: a history before their official history.
This is the rear of car which looks like a Toyota Crown S130 but which is in fact a Great Wall CC1020s!
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Jeep identified after 37 years: the Wuqi products from the Beijing PLA 3401 Factory.
In 1980 the Englishman Oliver Barnham travelled through China and took pictures of every local made vehicle he could find. He took pictures of a BJ212-style jeep in Chonqging and Shanghai.
Both cars had military plates.