All I am asking is a brand name, which is written on the front of the car. Easy, isn't it :)?
I doubt it would be a Land Rover
It's got absolutely nothing to do with Land Rover
Experts?
soviet?
no
ARO?
not from Romania
De Portaro?
not from Portugal (and not related to Aro)
Professionals?
Looks a lot like a Toyota Land Cruiser J6. License-built or Chinese rip-off?
Chinese
I am inclined to send this to the Black Hole
Xiwang?
no
Huanghai?
no. I admit it is not easy to find this car on the web, even if you search in Chinese. But it is not impossible either (you see, I also found it by accident :))
I haven't stumbled upon the picture yet, so I will have to stay with trying to determine the maker with logic. My latest theory is that it is an early SUV (prototype?) by Dadi (Dadi Automobile Group Co., Ltd.) based on the Series 60 Toyota Land Cruiser.
it is not a Dadi
How about a Lièbào, the brand name of Changfeng for variation on a first generation Mitsubishi Pajero?
this brand name is no longer around, in fact it has not been around since the early 2000s.
Jincheng?
no
Here are some clues. The company which produced the puzzle was set up in 1956. In 1995 it was absorbed into a Chinese motorcycle manufacturer, which also produced buses. Now another subsidiary of this motorcycle manufacturer would like to make an SUV. Apparently this subsidiary was bought by another company - and some of the sites dealing with Chinese cars mentions the brand name of the puzzle car, in relation to this complex story
Thanks for the clues. As you are aware, trying to sort out all the Chinese companies, mergers, and brands can be dizzying. I think I may be making some progress, but I need to narrow my scope before proceeding further. Is the motorcycle manufacturer, who also made buses, Lifan?
no
Not much progress the last couple of days, but I'm still at it. Is the motorcycle manufacturer, who also made buses, GAC Group (officially Guangzhou Automobile Group Co Ltd)?
no, this is a company which never ventured into cars before (or so it seems)
Was the manufacturer of the puzzle vehicle Chongqing Special Purpose Use Vehicle Manufacturing Co Ltd.? If so, I will try to locate a brand associated with them.
The maker of the the puzzle car is located in Chongqing (but not Special Purpose Vehicle Co). The motorcycle company is headquartered somewhere else.
I'm still working on this, albeit with growing frustration. You say: "The motorcycle company is headquartered somewhere else." Would this somewhere else be Nanjing?
Sorry, the motorcycle company is also in Chonqing - I made a mistake with this.
The motorcycle company being in Chongquing makes things a bit more complicated, as there are (were) several located there. Nevertheless I'll stay at it, and begin with: China Jialing Industrial Co., Ltd. (Group) a state-owned listed company, whose holding company is China South Industry Corporation.
and this earns you a lock. The motorcycle company is indeed Jialing. Now "all" you need to find is a subsidiary which proposed a car. There were reports about this subsidiary which mentioned a predecessor of this subsidiary, which made the puzzle car.
Thank you for the lock. I'm not sure if I will be able to solve this, given the complexity of the Chinese corporate world, but I will give it a try.
As I posted previously: "China Jialing Industrial Co., Ltd. (Group) a state-owned listed company, whose holding company is China South Industry Corporation." Another subsidiary of China South Industry Corporation is: China Chang'an Automobile Group Co., Ltd., who, like Jialing, is also located in Chongquing. China Chang'an Automobile Group Co., Ltd. had a predecessor company called: Chang'an Factory who began making a Willys Jeep knock-off in 1957. While I haven't been able to locate a photograph of the puzzle vehicle, and while pictures that I have seen of the early Jeep vehicle look nothing like the puzzle vehicle, I will speculate that perhaps the puzzle vehicle was a later model produced by this factory which retained the same brand as the 1957 vehicle. That brand was named after the river running through Chongquing, and was: Changjiang, which translates to: Yangtze River.
no, you are heading in the wrong direction. We are talking about a subsidiary of Jialing, not a subsidiary of China South
Still locked for another try
Well I have found a brand of vehicle once made (60's and/or 80's depending on which blog one reads) in Chongquing whose maker apparently, at one time, had a relationship to Jialing, and a brand name which is now related to another subsidiary of Jialing. Is the brand I am looking for: Yuzhou?
:thumbsup:
And a very hard-earned point is now on its way to you
Thanks Pal! A very hard earned point it was. I estimate that I put at least 40 hours into this project. I'm probably crazy, but I have great difficulty giving up on a project, unless someone else solves it before I can.