Place: Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
<p>Chinese name: 上海华普杰士达SXE7130X (shànghǎi huápǔ jiéshìdá SXE7130X)
Year of launch: 2002
</p><p>Shanghai Maple was a carmaker founded in 2000 as Shanghai Jieshida (Jmstar) Enterprise Development, but renamed Shanghai Maple Guorun Automobile after Geely took a share in the company. In 2008 Shanghai Maple was fully consolidated into Geely. Shanghai Maple produced unlicensed copies of the Citroën ZX (Fukang). Maple's line-up included the Marindo, Hisoon and Hysoul. However, this is a rare early version with slim headlights, which still has a Jmstar badge on the back, referring to the original owner of the company. Shanghai Maple was phased out in 2010 and replaced by the now defunct Shanghai Englon brand.
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Somebody photographed one in 2008, still in all its glory: flic.kr/p/4Uzf2N
Rutger van der Maar
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