Image: FAW Hongta Lanjian Jiefang

Description: Place: Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Chinese name: 一汽红塔蓝箭解放 (yīqì hóngtǎ lánjiàn jiěfàng) Year of launch: ? First Auto Works (FAW) is one of the four largest state-owned automotive companies in China. It was founded in 1953 and launched its first car, the Hongqi (Red Flag). One of its subsidiaries, FAW Tianjin, started producing cars in 1965. From November 1984 it started producing Daihatsu cars in license, starting with the Hijet, but followed by the Charade in 1986. This car, the Xiali (夏利) would become one of the most successful cars in China in the nineties and can be considered an icon for the Chinese automotive industry. FAW Hongta is one of FAW's huge amount of subsidiaries, which is based in Hongta District, Yuxi, Yunnan Province. It was founded in 1966 as a military industrial enterprise that used to produce light weapons and started to produce cars from 1980. It is one of the many Chinese companies that produced light trucks based on the old Isuzu Elf, other manufacturers include JMC (Jiangling), Beijing (BAIC), Foton Forland and Qingqi. More information about all Isuzu Elf-based Chinese light trucks: dy.163.com/wemedia/article/detail/C58JGUS90527AER0.html
Title: FAW Hongta Lanjian Jiefang
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