About the History of Cars in China
Today in Chinese Car Brands That Time Forgot (CCBTTF): Yanjing Auto, a brand owned by the Beijing Yanjing Auto Factory (北京燕京汽车厂). In the 1980’s and 1990’s the factory produced buses, minibuses, and SUVs under the Yanjing brand. Have a beer, get some chips, because this is a long read.
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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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This is a painting made by my good friend Jörg-Peter Rabe, to show you how the Shanghai SH7180 (or SAIC96) would have looked like when it was really produced.
Four different license plates, at least three different colors, cars with left rear-view mirrors in black, or in silver (chrome), or without, cars with black steering wheels and cars with white, cars with hubcaps or cars without….
More and more proof that that we can talk of a small series of the Paektusan, the proof is piling up.
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With the development of the Beijing BJ212, the possibility to produce a forward control 4×4 minibus arose. The Russian had the UAZ452, so why not.
Beijing BJ421 1974. Registration ‘Beijing 01-64515’.
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A short story about the BJ212 based Tianjin postal vehicle.
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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December 31 2001, three Daewoo Lanos saloon cars came of the assembly line in Yantai City, Shandong Province, made by the Yantai Autobody Co. Ltd.
This is the story about a car that never existed (?). The FAW (First Auto Works)- Volkswagen Olympia Taxi.
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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