China’s Car History – Remember and Salute the Hongqi!
Posted: May 21st, 2012 | 1 Comment »I accidentally came across this web site on the history of cars in China which is rather memory jerking for some of us at the wrong end of the age scale and also quite amusing. It’s part of carnewschina.com and you can see posts here under the China Car History heading.
Some highlights (for me) include those old ‘made in China’ Citroens as well as Yunbao‘s. Personally I always loved the Hongqi (Red Flag) and remember the joy in Shanghai and Beijing when you got one of the rare Hongqi taxis! The bulletproof Hongqi is also cool – you can see one at Soong-ching Ling’s place up on Huaihai Road.
Do check out this site – loads of great old cars…
The bulletproof Hongqi heads out to someone’s dacha!
Hmm, looks like a Trabant on steroids, elongated and polished. All these kinds of cars are collectors items now, aren’t they?