Automobile on all corners of the country.

China’s first imported vehicles which the city? Shanghai.

In 1901, when a named Eun (Leinz) of the Hungarian people two Ford Motor Company produced “Oldsmobile” brand cars shipped from Hong Kong to Shanghai. Automotive was born 16 years later, finally onto the land of China.

This two Oldsmobile Jie Wei black wooden body, wooden wheel is the outside package with solid rubber tires, is also equipped with kerosene lamps and hand-pinch speaker, the two vehicles is also specially fitted with roof, exterior and carriage very similar. 1 is a folding soft-top caravan, one is a cool shed-style roof, the front driver’s single-seat, rear double guest, where a witness whom the people are all scared. For a time, this will be issued by a huge roar, gain on carriage of the machine faster, “carriage” shocked at the beach.

Because there is no precedent, the Shanghai Municipal Council meeting on how to Lee Eun-specially when the car issue licenses, January 30, 1902, the Shanghai Municipal Council meeting when the decision to Lee Eun-car issue a temporary license permit on it Street, the monthly coach class in accordance with taxation, tax gold and two silver. The second half and Industry Bureau has added the car’s license special projects, and developed the first Chinese automobile traffic laws.
After Shanghai’s auto market also booming up.

Shanghai 1903, only five cars in 1908 increased to 119 in 1912 jumped to 1400. Thus continue to widen roads and extend. Mercedes-Benz, Ford, Chevrolet, etc., so that the people of Shanghai to see dazzled, the Waiting List to get rich first itch of the heart. However, by a vote Daihatsu cars are foreign tramp living by begging.

In 1912, Nanjing Road opened a “Longfei automobile firms.” In the following 30 years, Shanghai has appeared in 18 car companies and Matheson, in which American “Chinese”, “Madi”, “US-pass”, “Huck Health” and the British companies, “Li Wei Matheson”, etc. 7 , monopolize the vast majority of the automotive market. This 18 companies a total of 197 kinds of distribution models of cars, but many are the new name of the “cloning vehicle.” Such as “Dodge” and “law firm” delivery vehicle, the internal device is almost no different. Light “Madi”, “Huck Health”, “Chinese” Big Three, it earned 72.08 million taels of gold.

Daihatsu Motor Finance in Shanghai, in fact most of them abroad Hunbuxiaqu some of the speculators. They first arrived in Shanghai, carry only a broken bag, which put a few samples of this car, semi-deception and a half made their fortunes in land sales, but also by opening of the Matheson, while on the boss.

Take “Mady,” owner Mark Love ear Madi, the 1922 first came to Shanghai is a typical poor tramp living by begging. He wore an old suit, dragging pairs of broken shoes, ganging up on the Chinese comprador, in the Sichuan road ride a plank house, hung a “muddy Motor Company” signs.

Mady known as holders of the United States, “Kressler,” Motor Company’s distribution rights, in fact that the capital has not even have a union can not afford to hire his own wife have all been pulled in the past as a typist. However, not long after, he became the upstart by fictitious means. By 1935, the original wooden huts has been extended for two large vehicles look like, the two Xiuli Bu, and a the office and a staff of more than 80 people.

Another example is “China” boss Philip door, he is a Jew, originally in the United States a small tailor’s, the latter unable to live there because, in 1918 with a broken suitcase to Shanghai to make a living. 6 rickshaw to do business from the rental start, and gradually made their fortunes in the Chinese businessmen in China rickshaw to buy all of the company’s site down, hang up the “China Motor Corporation,” to turn the shotgun for the gun.

After World War II, Shanghai’s auto market to be unprecedented development. The Kuomintang reactionaries, “rob the close high-ranking officials” were made after a one-one-vote to be the “cars”, then line up to register a car. Some foreign car companies to deposit received in advance 500 dollars a person. And then an excuse to stall for time, no later delivery. Therefore, until the eve of the liberation, as well as on the 100 clients are still not paid a deposit to take to the car.

The corp boss, among the tilt-orbit is also very powerful. In 1949, 18 companies were all American are annexed.

Old Shanghai automobile firms focused on Bubbling Well Road (now Nanjing West Road), and Ai-Wen Yi Road (now Beijing West Road) on. After all, the old site of the new century is still owned by a high-end cars. Now, Nanjing West Road near the place where Huangpi home, “Mercedes Benz” exhibition hall, opposite the “Ferrari”, across the street there are several Bentley, the most incredible is the recent Shimen way quietly out of the Spyker Monopoly shop. Think about it, the car dealer was originally chasing with the advance of history.