The Jiangsu Yueda Group began producing cars in 1979. The first vehicle was a copy of the Beijing BJ130 light 2-ton truck, the Jiangsu JS130, with a 55 kW engine.
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The Dongfeng Little Prince story.
Challenged by the good sales of the Chinese Suzuki Alto license copies, Dongfeng (like FAW) wanted a small car of her own. Development and production started in the city of Baolan, not far from Shiyan in Hubei province.
The 1920s Adventures of Ford In North China.
In earlier stories, I have written about the coach builders of Shanghai.
With the article about the Frazar company in Tianjin, it was clear that there were car-body makers in other Chinese cities in the 1920s as well.
Here about the Fords made in Tianjin.
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The Long and Winding Story of Guizhou Yunque Automobile
Let’s first tell you about the attempts to organize the Chinese automobile industry in the 1980s.
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Technical and Industrial Exposition of Citroën Vehicles in Guangzhou, June 1980.
After Mao died in 1976, Deng Xiaoping in 1978 announced the ‘opening up’ of China. The Western automobile industry quickly responded: all the big companies were trying to negotiate with China to get a part of the pie.
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North Korean cross country vehicles.
Questions, questions, questions (4) About Unknown Chinese Cars
In this section I write about non identified Chinese cars and other questions.
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More information about the first Jinggangshan from Beijing and its replicas.
After the unveiling of the replica of the first Jinggangshan, there is even more to tell you now.
Let us go back to 1958.
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Baolong Motors.
Mr. Yang Longiang established in 1998 Baolong Motors, to produce bullet-proof automobiles, mainly for the banking industry. Baolong had facilities in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Sanjiang and Zhanjiang. The official name of the company was Guangzhou Baolong Special Vehicle Co. Ltd.
Mr. Wang Huan made his own cars.
In a magazine called China Auto Pictorial from 2001 there was an article about the cars made by mr. Wang Huan from Huairou. It was my friend Robert Jablonski who gave me the magazine.