About the History of Cars in China
Today in China China Concept Cars: three concepts based on the Hongqi HQ3 and Hongqi Shengshi sedan: a bulletproof extended limousine, an extended version, and an open-top inspection car.
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In today’s article we discuss all of the weird and wonderful limousines and parade cars to have been produced by Chery, including one off prototypes and a few that actually made it into production.
A Hongqi CA7220 EL1 stetched limousine, seen in Beijing in 2012. It is based on the Hongqi CA7220 sedan which in turn was based on the C3 Audi 100. The latter was made in China by the FAW-Volkswagen joint venture from 1988 to 1999, alongside the more luxurious Audi 200.
FAW, or First Auto Works, is also the owner of the Hongqi (Red Flag) brand. Under a deal with Volkswagen the Chinese manufactured various Hongqi-branded sedans based on the Audi 100 and 200. Production started in 1996 and ended all the way up in 2005.
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