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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Classic chinese cars in videogames
There is a place where classic chinese cars can live forever – where that might be you ask? Videogames! Today we will look into some of the games that feature classic chinese vehicles.
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.
The Beijing Sky Star.
At the Beijing Auto Show, 2004, in a dark corner, there was a bright blue car.
It’s name: Sky Star.
Chinese Car Brands That Time Forgot: Beijing Sanxing
Today in Chinese Car Brands That Time Forgot (CCBTTF): Beijing Sanxing. This was a brand owned by a company called Beijing Sanxing Automobile Factory (北京三兴汽车厂). In the 1990’s they made a series of large SUVs.
This Sanxing should not be confused with the much better known Sanxing Auto (三星汽车) from Guangdong Province. The Sanxing characters differ. The Beijing company is 三兴 and the Guangdong company is 三星.
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Confusion about the Renault Scenic from Beijing.
The Beijing Automotive Group Co. and Renault (France) announced in July 1999 the assembling of the Renault Scenic (First Gen.) in Beijing.
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