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About the History of Cars in China
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Not long ago, we have looked at Tianlong wedding cars. Today we have another wedding car company to look at – Jianhua
Jianhua car brand is much more mysterious compared to Tianlong, their website http://jh-car.tochgo.com/ never being saved on wayback machine and thus being lost to time. However there is few facts we do know for sure – it was made by Hunan Jinyuan Auto Developing Ltd. Co., located in Wangcheng district in Changsha, Hunan province.
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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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Sanyou CY6500. Changchun, 1997. Photo Erik van Ingen Schenau.
The Thai company Sammitr started in Thailand in 1959 as a small automotive supplier. Nowadays it is an immense group, active in many fields of the automotive business.
A while ago my colleague Tycho has written an article about Jinma and Soar, two manufacturers responsible for producing wedding cars. I have taken the liberty to continue in that and present to you another brand that was Jinma’s competitor in this segment – Tianlong.
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The Soviet Russian car industry in the communist era had a strong influence at the automobile industry in China, in North Korea and in North Viet Nam.
A good example is the Volga M21 sedan made by GAZ.
Let’s start with the CHINESE.
At the Beijing Auto Show, 2004, in a dark corner, there was a bright blue car.
It’s name: Sky Star.
The Beijing Automotive Group Co. and Renault (France) announced in July 1999 the assembling of the Renault Scenic (First Gen.) in Beijing.
Continue reading “Confusion about the Renault Scenic from Beijing.”
From 2007 till 2012 Changfeng Liebao developed and even produced some cars. The project was unsuccessful and was finally sold to Zhongxing.