This is the story about a car that never existed (?). The FAW (First Auto Works)- Volkswagen Olympia Taxi.
The FAW-Volkswagen Olympia Taxi.
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The Panda Motors Company, Moon’s church was planning to make cars in China.
Before the Pyonghwa adventure of the founder of the Moon-church (mr. Sun Myong Moon), the Moon-church was involved in plans to produce cars in Huizhou city , Guangdong province.
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Namco Pony production in China.
A subject with a basic question: was there any Namco production in China?
New photos of the Kaengsaeng 88 from North Korea.
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Shanghai SH750.
Chinese Car Brands That Time Forgot: The mysterious Jianhua
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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Chinese Car Brands That Time Forgot: Yuandong (Far East Auto)
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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The Nissan D21 made by Sanyou (Sammitr).
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.
Chinese Car Brands That Time Forgot: Tianlong
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 Russian GAZ Volga M21 derivates.
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.
