Changfeng’s CP2 sedan to get first airing at Shanghai Auto Show
Does anybody remember Changfeng? They were a rustic manufacturer and practically dead partner to Mitsubishi, they turned out the 1991 Mitsubishi Pajero for the People’s Liberation Army and had a half-hearted attempt at making its own SUV line up off the back of the short wheel base Pajero. Guangzhou Auto recognized a bargain on wheels when they saw one and promptly snapped up Changfeng Motors for virtually nothing, but they did happen to receive a much more attentive partner in Mitsubishi.
For anybody who lives in our around Beijing’s Shunyi District out by Capital Airport, the below car will not be a surprise at all to you, the CP2 was developed by CH-Auto, an independent design and engineering company over in Shun Yi district and they have been busy putting this car through its paces without camouflage. This car has been aired before at previous auto shows in concept form, but now the dust has settled from the post Guangzhou Auto takeover it seems that Changfeng are readying it for production at long last.
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“Does anybody remember Changfeng? They were a rustic manufacturer….”
Yes, they were spun off by the PLA in the 90s and while on display at Detroit in 2007 they predicted entry to the U.S. market by 2009. What’s more they hinted at possible creation of a transplant in the U. S..
In 2005 they acquired Anhui Yangzi Auto, a light truck manufacturer. I don’t know what ever became of it.