{"id":76407,"date":"2021-08-02T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=76407"},"modified":"2021-08-18T10:09:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T10:09:49","slug":"hongqi-ca770","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/hongqi-ca770\/","title":{"rendered":"Hongqi CA770"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the last 15 years or so, you could read about new car brands from China in car magazines again and again. However, only a few experts know about the early history in this field. Some car fans may still remember that Volkswagen established its first cooperative ventures in China starting in the mid-1980s. With Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Co. Ltd. (today SAIC Volkswagen Automotive Co. Ltd.) from 1984 and FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Co. Ltd. from 1991, two mainstays were created to mobilize the people in the Middle Kingdom. This sentence already contains a lot of information about the time before 1984. Automobiles were absolute rarities on the streets of China. Only government bigwigs and a few large entrepreneurs were allowed to have one; the rest of the population used bicycles, rickshaws or ox carts. Astonishing, considering the many achievements that were carried from China to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China’s history responsible for few cars in the country<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Afer all, the Chinese invented gun powder, paper and the umbrella. But when it came to cars, they took a surprisingly long time. This is partly due to the political development of this huge country. The Qing dynasty of Chinese emperors lasted until 1911, then the last emperor, Puyi, was overthrown. This was followed by the Republic of China from 1912. Apart from a short attempt to rebuild the empire (1915\/16) and the time as a puppet government state under Japanese leadership (1940 to 1945), this republic lasted until the proclamation of the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949. Up to this point, there were a few cars in the country, but mostly for representative government purposes or as ambulances. However, the new government of the People’s Republic wasn’t satisfied with the Soviet-made ZIS 110 sedans. They therefore commissioned local engineers to develop their own luxury sedan to show the world what was possible in China.<\/p>\n\n\n

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