I was talking about this with my friends back in the UK, and they never seemed to believe me that the Austin Maestro and the Austin van were still being produced in China after almost 15 years of not being produced in the UK. I once saw an entire factory full of them in Qingdao， I was shocked beyond belief. In China the Maestro is called ‘lu bao‘ meaning land treasure, or rather Chinese treasure as Lu is often used to refer to the Chinese mainland, in English its called ‘Ruby‘, ironic, as the Maestro was probably one of the worst cars that ever came out of the UK.
So here you go, the Austin-China connection.
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The Austin Maestro in China
Published by November 24th, 2006 in SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile and Chinese Car News. 0 CommentsZhong Hua TV Advert
Published by November 13th, 2006 in SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile, Shake Ring Motorcycle, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation, Roewe - Rong Wei, Nanjing Automobile Corporation, Honda Automobile China, Jiangling Motors, Miles automotive group, Shanghai GM, Shanghai Maple Guorun Automobile, Zhongxing, Fake Chinese Cars, Maple Leaf, Zhengzhou Yutong Bus, Volkswagen Group China, Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor, Soueast Motors, Tianjin Xiali, Heibao, Hafei Motor, Changfeng Automobile, Changhe, Chery Automobile, Chang'an Suzuki, Chang'an Motors, Beijing-Benz DaimlerChrysler Automotive, Brilliance/Zhonghua Auto, Chang'an Ford, Dadi Auto, Dongfeng Automobile Company, First Automobile Works, Geely Automobile, Great Wall Motors, Dongfeng Yueda Kia Automobile Company, Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën Automobile, Dongfeng Honda Automobile Company, Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor Company, Dongfeng Motor Company and BYD Auto. 0 CommentsCheck out this Chinese TV commercial for Zhong Hua, via Youtube, here’s another.
Have to say, Zhong Hua’s cars are looking great - it must be the BMW input!
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