Today in China Concept Cars the 2007 Dongfeng EQ7200HEV, an early Chinese hybrid electric vehicle based on a Nissan.
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China Concept Cars: The Haima H12 Was An Early Chinese Electric Sedan And There Was A Long Story Behind It
Today in China Concept Cars the Haima H12, a concept of an electric sedan for the Chinese car market. The Haima H12 was unveiled in 2006 at the Guangzhou Auto Show. It was one of the first mass-market EV-concept cars in China. It was painted in white with fancy green ‘ Electric Vehicle’ stickers on the bonnet and doors.
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).
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Chinese Car Brands That Time Forgot: Kaite Auto
Today in Chinese Car Brands That Time Forgot (CCBTTF): Kaite Auto, a brand owned by a company called Beijing Fengtai Auto Refit Factory, based in Fengtai District in the Chinese capital Beijing. In the 1990’s, Kaite Auto made a series of pickup trucks, SUVs, and minivans.
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A bit more about the Shanghai 58 Jeep prototype.
After leaving the factory the prototype of the Shanghai 58 was tested in September 1957 on the Lingyan Mountain in Suzhou.
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Nanjing Auto Applied For Patent For The MG TF GT Coupe
When China’s Nanjing Auto bought the name and assets of the MG brand in 2005, the deal included the MG TF roadster and the IP for the MG TF GT coupe. Nanjing Auto eventually produced a few thousand TF’s in China, but sadly the TF GT didn’t fare so well.
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The Simca Vedette and China.
In 1954 Simca bought Ford France, the factory and her products. Ford produced since a couple of months a new Vedette and this car became the Simca Vedette. This car was very important for China, as it was the example for China’s officially first motor car, the Dongfeng CA71.
Replacement of the Shanghai Saloon.
Just before the beginning of the Cultural Revolution (1966), Shanghai Auto started to work on a replacement for the SH760 Sedan. The prototypes were bigger than the SH760.
Crashed Export Dreams: The History of the Landwind X6 and X9
Landwind has always been a minor Chinese car brand, yet it is also a brand that quite some car enthusiasts will have heard of. Outside China, the Landwind X7, a copy of the Range Rover Evoque, received widespread media coverage across the world. However, one decade in advance an older SUV made headlines in Europe for being one of the first Chinese carmakers to enter the European market, and for a disastrous result in a slightly fishy crash test by European national consumer motoring associations. This article will cover the eventful history of the debut model by Landwind: the X9/X6-series.
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MPV’s made in Shanghai long ago.
Long before the popularity of mpv’s, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation made prototypes of mpv’s.
