There are at least two Chinese automobile manufacturers building HMMWV copies.

There are at least two Chinese automobile manufacturers building Humvee copies, possibly with the assistance of AM General.

Mel Brooks ' 1974 film Blazing Saddles, set in the Wild West in 1874, contains many blatant anachronisms from the 1970s, including a stylish Gucci costume for the sheriff, an automobile, a scene at Grauman's Chinese Theater, and frequent references to Hedy Lamarr ( 1914 – 2000 ).

Changhe has a subsidiary – Changhe Auto Factory – that is a important Chinese automobile company.

In late 2004, the Chinese automobile manufacturer SAIC took a 51 % stake of SsangYong Motor Company.

* Geely 7151CK ( the first Chinese automobile ever shown in the United States, only shown to press )

Its origins date to the early years of the Chinese automobile industry in the 1940s, and SAIC was one of the few carmakers in Mao's China, making the Shanghai SH760.

Although it has a long history, originating from an automobile assembly factory established in Shanghai sometime around World War II, SAIC, unlike domestic rivals FAW Group and Dongfeng Motors, has only recently attained a position of prominence in the Chinese vehicle industry.

The Jiangling Motors Corporation Limited (), abbreviated JMC, is a Chinese automobile manufacturer that is also known by the Landwind brand name in a number of markets.

* Beiqi Foton Motor, a Chinese automobile manufacturer

The sedan version was introduced as Citroën C-Triomphe, a mid-size sedan automobile produced from 2006 for the Chinese market by Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën Automobile, a joint venture between the French PSA Group ( Peugeot-Citroën ) and the Chinese manufacturer Dongfeng.

While most automobile producers limited themselves to a single color combination, and Ford relied exclusively on the fast-drying Japan Black lacquer which cured in a matter of hours, Jordan automobiles were available in no less than three colors of red-" Apache Red ", " Mercedes Red ", and " Savage Red "- as well as " Ocean Sand Gray ", " Venetian Green ", " Briarcliff Green ", " Egyptian Bronze ", " Liberty Blue ", and " Chinese Blue ".

BYD Auto Co., Ltd. ( simplified Chinese: 比亚迪汽车 ; Pinyin: Bǐyàdí Qìchē ) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer based in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.

While the Chinese state is credited with development of an indigenous auto industry, BYD Auto may have been created in the absence of a State policy explicitly supporting independently owned automobile manufacturers.

Shiyan is one of the most important centres of automobile industry in China, with Dongfeng, the premier Chinese truck, bus and heavy goods vehicle as a major employer.

Hafei, officially the Harbin HF Automobile Industry Group Co Ltd (), is a Chinese holding company whose subsidiaries make automobile engines, sedans, MPVs, and mini vehicles, small trucks and vans that see commercial use.

Hafei was formerly owned by Aviation Industry Corporation of China, but prompted by Chinese State policy aimed at consolidating the domestic automobile manufacturing industry, in 2009 Chang ' an Automobile Group purchased most Hafei-related assets.

Nanjing Automobile is a state-owned enterprise with a history that dates from 1947, making it the oldest of the Chinese automobile manufacturers, although the comparatively younger First Automobile Works was the first to actually make cars.

A result of Chinese State policy to encourage mergers and acquisitions in the domestic automobile market, SAIC Motor and the state-owned parent company of Nanjing Auto, Yuejin Automotive Group, finalized a long-planned merger in December 2007.

Following the introduction of the automobile and the invention of the drive-in restaurant ( by another Vancouver restaurateur: see White Spot ), Chinese take-out service was augmented by Chinese drive-ins, including the now-vanished Dragon Inn chain, which was also known for its smörgåsbord.

Through Somali and Arab traders, Indian / Chinese cinnamon was also exported for far higher prices to North Africa, the Near East and Europe, which made the cinnamon trade a very profitable revenue maker, especially for the Somali merchants through whose hands the large quantities were shipped across the ancient sea and land routes.

Furthermore, Feng suggests that " although we are not yet altogether certain on what happened with the succession, and which side is correct, it is reasonable to think that Yongzheng's political enemies manipulated all suspicion behind the will in an attempt to put a dark image on Yongzheng ; Imperial Chinese tradition had led certain schools of thought in believing that Yongzheng's whole reign can be discredited simply because his succession of the throne did not come as a will of his father, the emperor and ultimate decision maker in China.

Li Lu has been known as the man who introduced the Chinese battery and auto maker BYD Company to Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett.

* December 8 – The biggest Chinese PC producer Lenovo announces its plan to purchase IBM's global PC business, making it the third largest world PC maker after Dell and Hewlett-Packard.

Brilliance Auto produced 523, 500 units in 2011, ranking eighth among Chinese vehicle maker in terms of production volume.

The origins of today's modern Brilliance can be traced to a state-owned auto factory which, under the guiding hand of the infamous Yang Rong, became a leading Chinese maker of minibuses between 1991, the year Yang invested in the company, and 2002, when he fled into exile.

Local amenities include a Post Office, supermarket, licensed newsagents, chemist, two hair salons, estate agency and lettings agency, decorating supplies, hardware and motorparts outlet, betting shop, garage, Butchers, Newsagent, Library, Miner's Welfare, tea rooms, schools, Internet Cafe, Chinese restaurant, ' Community Centre ', chip shop, Dentist, Doctors surgery, Garden centre, Sign maker, and a flower shop.

French media also portrayed Li Li Whuang ( 李李 ), a 22-year-old Chinese intern at car parts maker Valeo, as an industrial spy.

* First Automobile Works, a Chinese vehicle maker

Since 2009, Cuba has imported sedans from Chinese automaker Geely to serve as police cars, taxis and rental vehicles.

Volvo stopped posting profits in 2005 and in 2008, Ford decided to sell its interest in Volvo Cars ; in August 2010, Ford completed its sale of Volvo to the parent of Chinese motor manufacturer Geely Automobile for $ 1. 8 billion.

Despite initial denials, Chinese company Geely Holding Group was ultimately selected to takeover the Swedish automaker.

On October 28, 2009, Ford confirmed that, after considering several offers, the preferred buyer of Volvo Cars was Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, the parent of Chinese motor manufacturer Geely Automobile.

Chinese carmaker Geely Automobile has been in talks over the possibility of converting London ’ s black cabs into electric-powered cars.

GM phased out the Pontiac brand in October 2010, while Ford in March 2010 sold Volvo to the Chinese manufacturer Geely Automobile ( after it had sold its other luxury brands of Jaguar, Land Rover, and Aston Martin ).

Geely ( officially Zhejiang Geely Holding Group ) is a Chinese automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Hangzhou, China.

Geely () means " auspicious " or " lucky " in Mandarin Chinese.

Founding Geely in 1986 as a refrigerator-maker with money borrowed from family, Li Shufu transformed his company into a successful private automaker selling cheap products to Chinese consumers.

Volvo continues to operate independent of its new owners, but Geely wants to make Volvo-branded cars in China something Volvo ( but not the Chinese state ) has agreed to, desires synergy, and nowadays communicates with the company via a special, twice-yearly meeting.

In December 2011 it was announced that Geely would begin selling Chinese designed and manufactured cars in the United Kingdom at the end of 2012 with the first model to go on sale the Emgrand EC7.

Between the over 120 brands, Chinese car sales totaled 15, 596, 100 units ( 7, 793, 600 passenger vehicles ) in 2010, giving Geely a 2. 66 % market share, while the top 10 manufacturers possess 86 % of the market.

In 2010 the Geely LC scored 45. 3 points of a possible 51 in the China-NCAP crash tests, making it China's first locally researched and developed mini car to be awarded a 5-star rating, and the safest Chinese hatchback as of 2011.