Early Geely History

Started by 2o6, February 16, 2018, 09:36:05 AM

2o6

I love reading about weird shit like this.


the CEO of Geely back in the 1990s wanted China to have a valid Mercedes competitor.



However, there wasn't much engineering prowess, etc to do so. So he rebodied a Hongqi sedan in the style of a W210! These Honqi sedans were Audi 100/5000's made under license powered by the same 2.2L 4cyl from the Aries K (Or a Nissan VG20 or some VW motor).

http://chinacarhistory.com/2018/02/07/the-first-geely-was-a-mercedes-benz-e-class-based-on-an-audi-100/


Payman

I love watching hilarious Youtube videos of these early Chinese cars undergoing crash testing.

cawimmer430

The W210 is so sexy. He really ruined it with "his design."  :mask:
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Galaxy

Quote from: cawimmer430 on February 23, 2018, 02:36:18 PM
The W210 is so sexy. He really ruined it with "his design."  :mask:

He is now the largest shareholder in Daimler.  :devil:

2o6

Quote from: cawimmer430 on February 23, 2018, 02:36:18 PM
The W210 is so sexy. He really ruined it with "his design."  :mask:

It's not even a design. It's a W210 styling draped over an Audi 100 chassis  :lol:

cawimmer430

Quote from: Galaxy on February 23, 2018, 02:41:13 PM
He is now the largest shareholder in Daimler.  :devil:

Yep. Not that this scares me, as long he doesn't design something and insist they use it. :lol:
-2018 Mercedes-Benz A250 AMG Line (W177)



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cawimmer430

Quote from: 2o6 on February 23, 2018, 02:43:15 PM
It's not even a design. It's a W210 styling draped over an Audi 100 chassis  :lol:

Yep. Pretty freaky that it uses a "Mercedes W210" body on an Audi 100 chassis with a Chinese engine! :lol:
-2018 Mercedes-Benz A250 AMG Line (W177)



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2o6

Quote from: cawimmer430 on February 23, 2018, 03:52:15 PM
Yep. Pretty freaky that it uses a "Mercedes W210" body on an Audi 100 chassis with a Chinese engine! :lol:


* American engine. It's either a Chrysler or Nissan engine in there.

cawimmer430

Quote from: 2o6 on February 23, 2018, 03:58:48 PM

* American engine. It's either a Chrysler or Nissan engine in there.

Ah, I read the article last night and I seemed to remember it had a "Honqqi" engine...
-2018 Mercedes-Benz A250 AMG Line (W177)



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Laconian

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Galaxy

Quote from: cawimmer430 on February 23, 2018, 03:51:45 PM
Yep. Not that this scares me, as long he doesn't design something and insist they use it. :lol:

Geelys involvement with Volvo has actually been great.