"Which automobile brand best represents the development history of China automobile industry?"
There are many answers to this question. SAIC, Changan, BYD, Geely, etc., these brands of modern automobile industry can represent the strongest assembly in China automobile field at present.
However, they all lack historical accumulation more or less. According to the Chief Travel Officer, there is only one automobile brand that can best represent the development history of China automobile industry, our national brand-Hongqi.
1958 -20 19, the red flag is tottering in the past. As an automobile brand that is only nine years younger than the motherland, Hongqi has witnessed every step of the development of China's automobile industry.
For China people, the word "red flag" itself is of great significance. It means the beginning of automobile history in China, and it also contains the spirit of self-improvement of China people.
"The transition from zero to one: the red flag was born only because of a word from Chairman Mao."
1949, New China was just established, and China's industry was in a state of great waste, and improving the automobile industry was part of the revival plan. 65438+ In February of the same year, Chairman Mao visited the Soviet Union, during which he entered Stalin Automobile Factory. Under the professional workshop and roaring production line, Chairman Mao said to his entourage, "We also want to have such a big factory." Chairman Mao's words officially opened the door to the history of China's automobile industry.
At the beginning of 1950, Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou signed an agreement with the Soviet Union in Moscow, regarding the construction of an automobile factory as the first batch of key projects during the first five-year plan period. In the same year, the first automobile factory officially started to build, and 1956 took six years to complete. Then in July of the same year, the first domestic Jiefang truck officially drove off the production line.
Also in the same year, the first truck was born. At a meeting of the Politburo in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chairman Mao said, "Just get in the car you made during the meeting!" . It is this sentence that determines the birth of the red-flag car.
At the beginning of 1957, the State Council No.1 Ministry of Machinery Industry officially gave FAW the task of producing cars. Subsequently, China's first autonomous car was born.
At that time, FAW had no experience in producing cars. Faced with the task that must be completed, Shi Ruzhen, then director of FAW Design Department, began to collect information and drawings related to the development of domestic cars. Finally, I chose a French medium-sized car Simca. Vedette (Sinka? Vididi) is the prototype. A year later, the first car independently developed and produced by China was born, which is also the predecessor of Hongqi car, named "Dongfeng" CA7 1.
However, this car was called "Dongfeng" at that time (now it has nothing to do with Dongfeng Motor). The name of "East Wind" originated from Chairman Mao's speech about "East Wind Overwhelms West Wind" in "Speech at the Workers' Party and the National Moscow Conference" at that time.
CA7 1 is the first car production code independently developed and produced by FAW. "CA" is China? Automobile, the only automobile factory at that time: First Automobile Factory, referred to as FAW. "7" is the category code of the car; "1" stands for the first generation model. However, the young Dongfeng CA7 1 is not perfect. On the one hand, it meets the grade requirements of * * * cars and concierge cars; On the other hand, China's automobile industry also needs to be further "upward". So, on July 1958 and 1 day, the task of manufacturing more advanced cars was officially implemented, and Hongqi Automobile was born.
Compared with Dongfeng CA7 1, it took one year to be born, and the Hongqi sedan was bred in 33 days.
The car's code name is CA72- 1E, and 1E means that it was only a prototype car at that time, and it was made by Chrysler with model number 1955. Based on the Imperial limousine, it is equipped with a V8 engine. However, due to the production technology at that time, it was very difficult to manufacture the V8 engine, and 97 of the 65,438+000 cylinder blocks finally produced were scrapped. Finally, FAW continued to process the remaining three semi-finished products, and finally completed the manufacture of V8 engine.
After the trial production of Hongqi CA72- 1E was successful, FAW was not satisfied with this, and then conducted a comprehensive test and upgrade design for CA72-1E.. Finally, on August 3rd1,1959, after five tests and improvements, the Hongqi CA72 sedan was officially completed.
In design, Hongqi CA72 did not blindly learn from and imitate, but formally added a lot of China elements, which also laid the main design style of Hongqi's subsequent models. Also from CA72, the sunflower pattern made of pure gold on the steering wheel was passed down from generation to generation. In the power part, Hongqi CA72 is equipped with the advanced water-cooled V8 gasoline engine at that time, with 200 horsepower and automatic gearbox, and the top speed can reach185 km/h/h. ..
With the formalization of the Red Flag CA72, the Red Flag Review Vehicle has also been improved. The evaluation model is obtained by canceling the top cover and strengthening the strength of the car body beam on the basis of Hongqi CA72. 1 959 65438+1October1,two red flag parade vehicles carrying Parade Leader and the Minister of National Defense inspected the navy, army and air force. At the same time, six Red Flag CA72 cars also marched into the parade ground and were reviewed by Chairman Mao.
As a result, Hongqi Car has officially become the first automobile brand in China and the first national brand representing the self-improvement character of the Chinese nation.
"Red Flag CA770: The First Red Flag Car in China's Impression"
Time is up 1965.
Hongqi CA72 has been upgraded for the first time, and its internal number is CA770. Hongqi CA770 has been redesigned from body design to engine. Also from CA77, the whole vehicle manufacturing process started with standardized procedures. In September of the same year, the first Red Flag CA770 prototype was sent to Beijing for review.
Comrade Peng Zhen, then the mayor of Beijing, found that there was a lot of noise in the car during the test ride, and the staff replied to simplify the muffler to meet the power demand. Peng Zhen suggested, "It's better to turn down the noise. Such a big car, the interior is so exquisite. It's a flashy car, and it wears well. This car has international influence. If foreign VIPs talk in the car, if the noise inside the car is too loud, it will leave a bad impression. "
By the end of 1965, the comprehensively improved hongqi CA770 was formally finalized, and the first batch of 20 vehicles were produced. I believe that everyone is no stranger to the shape of Hongqi CA770, and it is also a red flag model that really enters the memory of Chinese people. Also from the red flag CA770, the red flag officially got rid of the imitation design route, and the whole vehicle was more refined in modeling and more China in details.
At the same time, the solemn temperament displayed by CA770 can attract countless China people to stop and pay their respects today. The length, width and height of Red Flag CA770 are 5980mm×1990mm×1620mm respectively. Three rows of seats are also provided, and a lifting partition glass is also designed between the front and middle rows of seats.
In the power part, Hongqi CA770 is independently designed and developed with reference to the engine of Cadillac limousine. It is a 5.65LV8 four-stroke water-cooled carburetor engine with a maximum power of 223 HP. Matching 2 front-speed automatic gearbox, the maximum speed 165km/h, and the fuel consumption per 100km is 20L.
On April 22nd, 1966, the first batch of 20 red flag CA770 ordered by the central government arrived in Beijing. In September of the same year, the second batch of 32 red-flag cars arrived in Beijing, and the car officially started its driver career. .
1967, faw developed CA77 1 car on the basis of hongqi CA770. Compared with CA770, the main change of CA77 1 is to change the door opening mode and reduce the size of the rear triangle window and hub. In the interior part, the central partition wall and folding seat are cancelled. The main significance of developing Hongqi CA77 1 is to meet the official vehicles of provincial and ministerial leaders and military leaders.
By the end of 1968, Red Flag CA773 was born. This car improves fuel economy and is 400mm shorter than CA770. The reduction of a large number of structural parts of the car body greatly reduces the weight of CA773, which is not a formal production task in a strict sense. Its birth was actually improved by some workers in the assembly workshop.
In fact, among the derivative models of CA770, the existence of CA772 insurance car is of great significance. As early as 1965, the central government secretly developed a number of CA772 insurance cars for important purposes. At that time, the whole development work was carried out in a highly confidential situation, and a group of bulletproof armor experts were specially sent to participate in the research and development.
On April 1969, the first red flag CA772 was officially developed. The mass of the whole vehicle reaches 4930kg, the thickness of bulletproof armor is 4-65mm, the thickness of bulletproof glass reaches 65mm, and the tires can still run 100km after being hit by bullets, so it is known as one of the cars with the highest insurance coefficient in the world.
1969, Premier Zhou Enlai, as the first passenger, officially took the CA722 insurance car; 1972, President Mao Zedong's car was also changed to CA772.
At this point, the red flag has just entered a stage of steady development, but it soon began to decline. From 1972 to the prosperous period of Hongqi in 2006, Hongqi began to launch various models with different standards. During the constant bid change, Hongqi seems to have forgotten the independent research and development, and each model fully embodies the "takenism".
For example, in 2000, FAW introduced Audi 200, and on this basis, built the Red Flag Century Star model; In 2002, Hongqi 98 Nova launched a modified model and changed its name to Hongqi Shi Ming; In 2004, Hongqi launched Century Star 2.4L, equipped with Audi's 2.4L double overhead camshaft V6 engine; In 2005, Hongqi introduced a new Shi Ming and replaced it with a Nissan QG 18 engine.
Including in 2006, Hongqi introduced the Red Flag HQ3 based on the Japanese version of Toyota Crown MAJESTA, which later became the Red Flag Shi Sheng, and it is still a renamed model.
「? The red flag L9 review car that shocked the world. "
As early as 2004, Hongqi started the research and development of its flagship model, and exhibited its own HQE concept car (later renamed L9) at the auto show in 2005. On the National Day of 2009, the parade car used to review the three armed forces was the red flag L9. However, the red flag HQE unveiled on the National Day did not follow the design of the concept car, but changed the front of the car to the style of the previous CA770? . 20 12 Beijing Auto Show, Hongqi officially renamed HQE as Hongqi L9? . In addition to the sentimental design, Hongqi L9 is also equipped with an all-aluminum engine named V 12 specially developed by FAW Group, and its internal code is CA 12GV. The engine achieved 408 horsepower and 550n·m power output. The technical level of this engine is not as good as the top international engine, but the gap is very small.
Today, the red flag has been completely transformed.
After several years of silence, FAW does not seem to want Hongqi, a national automobile brand, to disappear completely in history. In 20 12, faw announced that it had invested heavily to build a dedicated team of hongqi, and released the future brand strategic plan of hongqi.
Today, Hongqi owns two cars (Hongqi H5 and Hongqi H7), two SUVs (HS5 and HS7) and a pure electric vehicle (E-HS3). In August of 20 19, the monthly sales volume of Hongqi brand exceeded 10000 vehicles. From June 5438 to August, FAW Hongqi sold 52,000 vehicles, up 23 1% year-on-year.
The red flag of 20 19 really brought me too many surprises and touches. Just like two red flag review cars before and after the 70th National Day military parade. Indeed, they are still the same red flag L9 as a few years ago, but it should be noted that this red flag review car with the license plate of "VA0 1949" seems to be unmanned, but in fact it carries countless founding achievements.
In the face of these two red flag review cars driving on Chang 'an Avenue, looking back, Shili Chang 'an Avenue, which was given to Premier Zhou in those years, is now Shili bustling. In this prosperous time, as you wish, the mountains and rivers are still there, and the country and the people are safe.
In the past, even in that backward industrial era, even if workers were faced with tools, even if there was no history of automobile manufacturing, Hongqi cars still successfully drove off the production line. Yes, the red-flag car at that time was simple, but it was still the surging passion of that red age.
However, in the face of various reasons, the Red Flag has completed the process of birth, growth to youth, aging and even disappearing for a time in 62 years. But now, he has accumulated his hair again.
Based on the present situation, look at the brand-new product sequence of Hongqi-Hongqi H9. Perhaps this is the evidence of the official rise of our national automobile brand in China.
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