About the History of Cars in China
Today in China Concept Cars: the 2007 GAC AHEV, a concept of a hybrid MPV. The AHEV debuted at the Guangzhou Auto Show. It was a great-looking machine, with a streamlined body and a luxurious interior.
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Hello again dear reader, today I decided to write about quite a peculiar car brand – it has been more forgotten in china, than in the west – Tanghua (唐华). Over the span of almost 15 years, they made series of very strange concept cars, the most famous of them would be the trio featured at 2008 Detroit car show.
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Today in China Concept Cars (CCC): the Haima Me and MPe electric minicars. The Me debuted at the 2008 Beijing Auto Show and the MPe debuted one year later at the 2009 Shanghai Auto Show.
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Today in China China Concept Cars: three concepts based on the Hongqi HQ3 and Hongqi Shengshi sedan: a bulletproof extended limousine, an extended version, and an open-top inspection car.
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In the late 2000’s China started to get serious about electric cars. Many Chinese automakers launched concept cars and small-series EVs for demonstration projects. One of these car makers was Brilliance Automotive. In 2009 they unveiled an attractive electric concept car, followed by a follow-up concept in 2011.
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At Auto China 2002, one of the main exhibits was a Toyota T-1. Lets take a closer look at it!
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Today in China Concept Cars the 2008 Geely GT, the 2009 Geely GT. and the 2010 Geely Emgrand GT Tiger. These were a line of interesting concept cars with a traditional sports car shape. When the GT came out nobody expected production, but when the Emgrand Tiger GT debuted two years later we weren’t so sure anymore. It looked much closer to production and Geely, after all, had given up the Meirenbao coupe in 2003.
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Today in China Concept Cars the SouEast X1, an attractive sedan coupe unveiled on the Beijing Auto Show in 2008 where I saw it in all of its prettiness, standing on a rotating platform on the large SouEast booth.
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Today we will take a brief look at the small car brand from Nanjing called Yuandong, which dissapeared almost as quickly as it appeared.
The Yuandong was a brand of company called Far East Automotive Technology Development (Nanjing) Co., Ltd. and built by Nanjing Shenghe General Machinery Co., Ltd.
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Today in China Concept Cars the Geely Chengbao. It was unveiled on the 2005 Shanghai Auto Show and it was inspired by classic sportscars. The name ‘Chengbao’ means castle in Chinese. Continue reading “China Concept Cars: Geely Chengbao”