
Zhonghua
Brilliance
Mid-size sedan produced in China
The first motor car fully developed by a Chinese automotive manufacturer.
BRAND: Brilliance
MODEL: Zhonghua
YEAR: 2001
BODY TYPE: Sports car
POWER SUPPLY: Combustion
CATEGORY: Production car
DESIGNER: Giorgetto Giugiaro
The Zhonghua automaker began to design cars that would be entirely made in China but later marketed abroad. Giugiaro was approached to develop all phases of the project, from preliminary drawings to the creation of prototypes for testing, bringing to bear all the skills he had gained over decades of his career. The involvement even included assistance provided for the start-up of the production line in the new, state-of-the-art Shenyang plant, where the car was unveiled in December 2000.