The First Auto Works Dongfeng CA71 Was China’s First Car

Dongfeng CA72
Dongfeng CA71

This beautiful red sedan is First Auto Works Dongfeng CA71, officially known as ‘China’s first car’. It was born in 1958 on the special request of Mao Zedong, who demanded a Chinese state limousine. I met it at the Beijing Classic Car Museum to the far north of the capital.

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