pictures of Chinese cities

edge said:

Beijing, China's great capital.

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Nanjing next please - China's southern capital :thumb:

firefox said:

But wait a minute, sounds we're a little off-topic, no?

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Yes off-topic - these need moving to an Etsong thread...

Your story seems correct, I have read much the same story but it doesn't explain that new model I think Erik knows some more...

I hope the new Rover / MG chinese models are more successful than this older chinese one, although this was an Austin originaly not a Rover. There was also an MG version of it.

erik (laofan) said:

Hello Windy, in April 2005 the Etsong website suddenly showed an update of the Lubao.
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Two months later the factory was sold to SGM-Wuling.

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Thanks Erik, that has puzzled me for a while.

I guess they showed some old pictures which had not been seen before to help sell the factory - Sounds like its well dead now.

Does anyone know if the micro cars that are supposed to be produced there now exist yet and sell?

fightingtorque said:

i drove one once, it was ok, running with a toyota 1.4 engine from faw.

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You would have liked the MG turbo version better - that was officialy quicker than some Ferraris when it was launched in 1988!