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Today in Crazy Car Production Days of Guangdong (CCPDoG™): Hebei Xinkai Automobile, a Chinese automaker based in the great city of Gaobeidian in Hebei Province.
The company made various cars under the Guangdong scheme, including at least three variants of the Toyota Camry.
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Today in Crazy Car Production Days of Guangdong (CCPDoG™): Guangdong Passenger Car Factory, a company based in the great city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province.
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Today in Crazy Car Production Days of Guangdong (CCPDoG™): Guangdong Wanli Automobile, a company that was based in the great city of Zhanjiang in Guangdong Province.
Guangdong Wanli was heavily involved in the infamous Guangdong scheme in the 1990’s. Read all the details about it here. Wanli was a company similar to Sanxing, making all sorts of deals and running all sorts of operations.
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Today in Crazy Car Production Days of Guangdong (CCPDoG™): Guangdong Guangtong Automobile, a company based in the great city of Zhuhai in Guangdong Province. They produced a series of small and medium sized buses under the Guangtong brand name, using the designation GTQ.
In addition to that they also ‘made’ at least two cars for the infamous Guangdong scheme in the 1990’s. Read all the details about it here. Under this scheme Guangdong Guangtong would be approached by a third-party company to ‘manufacture’ cars, using Guangdong Guangtong’s car-making license.
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Today in Crazy Car Production Days of Guangdong (CCPDoG™): Datong Saibeijian Auto Works, a company based in the great city of Datong in Shanxi Province. They made a series of their own cars under the Saibeijian (SBJ) brand name.
In addition to that they also ‘made’ at least three different cars for the infamous Guangdong scheme. Read all the details about it here. In short: Datong Saibeijian would lease their production license to a Guangdong-based company that would use it to ‘manufacture’ cars in Guangdong.
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Today on China Car History the first in a new series: Crazy Car Production Days of Guangdong (CCPDoG™). In 1995 something new was happening in China’s southern Guangdong Province. To attract more investment the local government drastically eased the requirements for Sino-foreign car making joint ventures.
Many car maker wanted to make cars in China. Local production would allow them to avoid the heaven-high import taxes on cars, which ranged from 60 to 80%. But getting permission to do so wasn’t easy.
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