[erik (laofan) cmvdc]

Dear friends,

First of all I wish you all a very happy new year!
This is an email to inform you that Tycho de Feyter, Sam Faulkner and I have created an English language website about the rich history of the Chinese automotive industry. We invite you to have a look:
www.chinacarhistory.com.

Many greetings!
Erik (Laofan)

 

[dmitra]

Great! Very well-written articles. I hugely appreciate the hard work and dedication towards getting together all those rare photos and scans.

:yourock:

Happy New Year too

 

[CCF mod]

I agree with dmitra. Excellent articles erik. Thanks for sharing.

 

[dmitra]

Read your NK article, Erik. Great!

(Oh, on a side note, the Dmitry commenting on that page is not I)

 

[dmitra]

Car News China shutting down

A site we have all depended upon time and again for Chinese auto information, Car News China, is sadly shutting down:
https://carnewschina.com/2018/10/08/goin-home/

My first interactions with Erik and Dragin were on that site itself, in the comments section below articles.

The site will be up but no longer updated, hence we can thankfully utilize that as an archive. Two other sites related to CNC will remain live: ChinaCarHistory and CoolCarsInChina.

[Erik has just posted an article on China Car History]

Not to forget Tycho used to be a member here too:
https://www.chinacarforums.com/forum/member.php?u=582

 

[Lawrence]

"History is bunk" was a quote pinned to Henry Ford's legacy, whether or not true.
But I don't think China's Ford, Li Shufu, would agree, since his own personal history is so rich.
I wish Faulkner, deFyter, and Ingen Schenau all the best, with their new website challenge, tracing the history of the Chinese auto industry. Perhaps it's a matter of good collaboration to get the his.., or her, story right.
And of course I wish Tycho smooth sailing to new amazing horizons.

 

[erik (laofan) cmvdc]

Thanks, Lawrence!

 

[stylemotorbikes1]

Great article! Thanks for your sharing.

 

[erik (laofan) cmvdc]

Still writing about china car history on our website www.chinacarhistory.com. Hope you enjoy it, I need more feedback!!

 

[samrobbins]

very good articles about china car history keep up the good work erik

 

[Ross]

I know this is a bit late but Car News China is back!

 

[rockeyyyadav]

your cars are not exist in compare with indian cars you know that

 

[Ross]

Uhh, what?

your cars are not exist in compare with indian cars you know that

 

[erik (laofan) cmvdc]

Again: Still writing about china car history on our website www.chinacarhistory.com. Hope you enjoy it, I -like always- need more feedback!!
Never thanked you for your reaction, Sam Robbins, thanks!

 

[arwin]

I don't care much about China but please post more about the DPRK vehicles

 

[erik (laofan) cmvdc]

Arwin:

Cars of the DPRK (North Korea). | ChinaCarHistory

One of the black spots in car history is the cars made in the 1970s-1990s in North Korea.

chinacarhistory.com

Paektusan and Kaengsaeng from North Korea. | ChinaCarHistory

chinacarhistory.com

Cars of North Korea: Pyonghwa part 1. | ChinaCarHistory

chinacarhistory.com

Cars of North Korea: Pyonghwa part 2 | ChinaCarHistory

chinacarhistory.com

GAZ M20 Pobeda made in China and North Korea. | ChinaCarHistory

chinacarhistory.com

The first (North) Vietnamese car | ChinaCarHistory

chinacarhistory.com

Made in North Korea | chinesecars

www.chinesecars.net

 

[Chinese LSEV]

Automaker stories from CarNewsChina:
The Big Read: Story of Leapmotor - CarNewsChina.com
The Big Read: Story of Hozon Neta - CarNewsChina.com
The Big Read: Story of BAW & BAIC (part 1) - CarNewsChina.com
The Big Read: Story of BAW & BAIC (part 2) - CarNewsChina.com
The Big Read: Story of BAW & BAIC (part 3) - CarNewsChina.com
The Big Read: Story of Skyworth - CarNewsChina.com
The Big Read: Story of Weltmeister - CarNewsChina.com
The Big Read: Story of Great Wall Motor (part 1) - CarNewsChina.com
The Big Read: Story of Great Wall Motor (part 2) - CarNewsChina.com
The Big Read: History of LI Auto - CarNewsChina.com
The Big Read: History of Brilliance Jinbei (part 1) - CarNewsChina.com
The Big Read: History of Brilliance Jinbei (part 2) - CarNewsChina.com
The Big Read: History of Aiways & Byton - CarNewsChina.com
The Big Read: History of Xpeng - CarNewsChina.com
The Big Read: History of BYD - CarNewsChina.com
The Big Read: History of Changan - CarNewsChina.com
The Big Read: History of Nio - CarNewsChina.com

 

[sellscrapcars]

China is a progressed country, but more than 50 years ago china was under developing country. its progress (GDP) is always very fast..
But if we talk about 70 years ago the most populating of China was middle class.
That time some brands were working with full potential and only rich people could contain these cars, The ration of rich people and car containing peoples was very low.
some of oldest car brands present in China are below...
SAIC Motor
FAW Group
Dongfeng Motor
These cars started manufactured between 1950-1970
With passage of time these brand improve their cars and its efficiency, now china is one of the top car manufacturing country in the world.

 

[Chinese LSEV]

Here are some more:
The Big Read - FAW (1/5) - China's first car manufacturer
The Big Read - FAW (2/5) - Trucks, vans and an Austin Maestro
The Big Read - FAW (3/5) - Hongqi and Audi, a family history
The Big Read - FAW (4/5) - Mazda involvement creates Haima and Bestune
The Big Read - FAW (5/5) - Tianjin taxi's and Toyota
The Big Read Christmas Special: Fake brands
The Big Read – LeSEE & Faraday Future
The Big Read – DearCC & Enovate
The Big Read – Human Horizons & HiPhi

 

[Chinese LSEV]

More awesome articles!
The Big Read – SAIC (1/6) – Birth of a giant

The Big Read – SAIC (2/6) – The bigger, the better

The Big Read – SAIC (3/6) – Becoming British, independent brands built on MG Rover and Maxus

The Big Read – SAIC (4/6) – Volvo buses, Iveco trucks and an old Seat Ibiza

The Big Read – SAIC (5/6) – Volkswagen, also China's people's car

The Big Read – SAIC (6/6) – The Chinese-American friendship of SAIC and General Motors

The Big Read: Dayun

The Big Read – Dongfeng (1/6) – The longest conception in automotive history

The Big Read – Dongfeng (2/6) – 80's trucks, 90's Citroens and 21st century Fengshens and Voyahs

The Big Read – Dongfeng (3/6) – Joint venture king: Honda, Kia and Renault join Dongfeng

The Big Read – Dongfeng (4/6) – The many roads that lead to Dongfeng-Nissan

The Big Read – Dongfeng (5/6) – Nissan conquers China, but Yulon fails

The Big Read – Dongfeng (6/6) – Sokon, a family business