Hong Qi to become the car of choice for Provincial Level Ministers

Reports from Chinese financial media, Yi Cai, Hong Qi may become the car of choice for Provincial level and above ministers within the Chinese government. Hong Qi’s models were traditionally favored by government ministers during the early days of the Communist government, however Hong Qi models fell out of flavor when the Audi range of [...]

Hong Qi Flagship Limo to hit the market in 2012 priced at 3 million RMB

How much would you pay for a car? 20,000USD? 50,000USD? 100,000USD? How about 3 million RMB or 476,000 USD? The Chinese premier, Hu Jin Tao, aired the Hong Qi HQE in October 2009 when he viewed the nations troops in Beijing on the 60th anniversary of the founding of modern China. Hu Jin Tao’s ride [...]

Hong Qi returning to glory with C131 – spy shot

Last week I had lunch with a government minister from the central government, not a lacky from a city or provincial government, the real deal at the top of the table. He was quite dismayed with the recent announcement that ministers were being pushed to buy local brand cars and also keep their spending under [...]

Hong Qi’s C131 interior spied

The Hong Qi C131 is being called the ‘Audi Killer‘ by various Chinese automotive media outlets, but is it really? According to our sources that have seen the car in the bare flesh ahead of its production run it seems the C131 is a bit of a let down and seems far away from taking [...]

Hong Qi’s HQE/C131 not consigned to the scrap heap just yet

Obama has his Beast and Chairman Hu has his HQE which he used to review the troops in Beijing in late 2009. The HQE was designed to reflect the past and the future, the HQE’s front end took on a noticably antique tone when it first aired in the capital, powered by FAW’s self designed [...]

Hong Qi C131 spotted out again

The Hong Qi C131 has made it to China Car Times several times before where we believed it to be an Audi based product owing to the fact that FAW and Audi had collaborated on the Hong Qi brand previously by using older Audi platforms as the basis for Hong Qi’s, but according to the [...]

FAW’s C131 Sedan spotted out again, to be produced at years end

FAW are giving the Hong Qi brand another shot in the arm with yet another rehashed vehicle from one of their partners stables, this time the last generation of Audi A6 has been the willing/unwilling donor to this forthcoming model and it seems to be showing through the C131′s DNA. The C131 sedan will launch [...]

Red Flag C131 – an Audi A6 in Hong Qi drag

Audi and Red Flag have a relationship like Jake and Elwood, if Audi make it in China you can be sure that there will be a Hong Qi version down the line. The C131 has been planned for several years but rumors of arguments between FAW and Audi regarding the last generation of Audi A6 [...]

Hong Qi’s HQE spotted out again

The Hong Qi name was bestowed onto a full size limo once again during last years Review of the Troops by Chairman Hu Jintao who rode in an open top HQE through the streets of Beijing whilst shouting Xin Ku Le to his assembled troops. That HQE set the foundation for Hong Qi to ride [...]

FAW to revive Hong Qi brand with five new sedans

It seems that in the rush to produce joint venture cars with Audi, Toyota, GM and Mazda, FAW left its trusty Hong Qi (Red flag) brand by the wayside, although that is set to change under a new Hong Qi revival program that FAW is about to instigate. FAW first debuted the Hong Qi brand [...]

Hong Qi HQE – Fit for an emperer or a CEO?

The Hong Qi HQE first appeared in concept form at the Beijing 2006 Auto Show, but later became the real car for President Hu Jintao’s review of the troops earlier this year. First Automobile Works decided that the HQE could become a world class limosuine for Chinese and foreign VIP’s in China alike, and plan [...]

Hong Qi HQE spotted out!

The Hong Qi HQE is the latest big limo from FAW and was the official car of Chairman Hu Jin Tao during the 2010 Reviewing of the Troops in Beijing where he shouted ‘Hello Comrades‘ and ‘You work hard, Comrades!’ from the top of his presidential ride, now that car is going to be produced [...]

FAW to hit the top end segment soon

First Automobile Works were are one of the largest automotive manufacturers in China thanks to its partnerships with VW, Audi, Toyota, and Mazda, and ownership of Haima, Besturn and the relatively famous Hong Qi/Red Flag brand. FAW’s own self developed vehicles have taken off in recent years, mostly under the Besturn brand which later merged [...]

Chairman Hu’s Red Flag Limo

There was a lot of speculation as to what car Chairman Hu Jintao would drive out in during the October 1st National Day Parade in Beijing. It was largely believed that the Chairman would be using the Hong Qi concept car from 2006 with a FAW designed V12 engine block under the hood, but it [...]

FAW remake the Hong Qi Limo for China’s 60th birthday bash

The Hong Qi soft top limo is a fairly iconic car to all Chinese, both in China and out of China. The first Hong Qi was actually named a Dongfeng and based off an earlier Soviet design that Moscow had passed onto Mao to ride into town on for his first big day in Beijing [...]

Hong Qi SUV: Interior Shots

FAW are planning to put a 6.0L V12 into this bad boy. Production date is still unknown. AshAsh came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. [...]

Gigantic Red Flag SUV to see production in ’09

Hong Qi SUV in the flesh, not a photoshop.

The last time we posted pictures of the Hong Qi SUV, we were unaware they were photoshopped pictures, this time were pretty sure the below SUV is the real deal. The Red Flag SUV is expected to be in the same luxury SUV class as the Audi Q7, and have FAW self made V8 or [...]

The thinking mans Audi convertible

The Hong Qi CA7220a9e12L was quite possibly the most awesome Audi derritive that FAW made for their sub luxury brand, Hong Qi. Boasting a 2.2l V6 engine pumping out 76kw at 5500rpm and 175nm of torque, the CA7220a9e12L was quite a beast! Make sure you click the below image to fully appreciate the class that [...]

Bad Ass Hong Qi/Red Flag SUV

Hong Qi have been making upmarket motors for fat cats and communist bosses for years, since the opening of Chinas economy to other brands they’ve lost some way against the likes of Audi, BMW etc in the luxury class, but the below rendering looks like they are fighting back. The HongQi SUV is in the [...]