Beijing 2010: First Auto Works Red Flag limo is fit for government work
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/sedans/" rel="tag">Sedan</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/china/" rel="tag">China</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/government-legal/" rel="tag">Government/Legal</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/beijing-motor-show/" rel="tag">Beijing Motor Show</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/luxury/" rel="tag">Luxury</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2010-faw-red-flag-limo/"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="0" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/red-flag-1280-04-copy.jpg" alt="" /></a>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><sma ll>FAW Red Flag - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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Beijing-based First Auto Works has long been the provider of the official transportation for the hierarchy of the People's Republic of China. Back in the 1950s, FAW started off building a localized version of the standard Soviet parade car, and over the past half century, they have evolved. FAW has also built licensed stretched sedans based on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/audi/">Audi</a> and <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/lincoln/">Lincoln</a> vehicles. <br />
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Here at the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/Beijing-Motor-Show/">Beijing Motor Show</a>, FAW is showing off a new limo that is a modern interpretation those original models from the 1950s, but with a greenhouse and door array that looks more like a contemporary <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/rolls-royce/">Rolls-Royce Phantom</a>. We couldn't find any press materials written in English, but we have reason to believe that this machine is powered by a V12 engine that looks suspiciously like the one from the BMW 7 Series V12 of the late-1980s. <br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><s trong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2010-faw-red-flag-limo/">Beijing 2010: FAW Red Flag limo</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2010-faw-red-flag-limo/#2923904"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/red-flag-1280-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2010-faw-red-flag-limo/#2923899"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/red-flag-1280-06_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2010-faw-red-flag-limo/#2923894"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/red-flag-1280-11_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2010-faw-red-flag-limo/#2923903"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/red-flag-1280-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/beijing-2010-faw-red-flag-limo/#2923902"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/04/red-flag-1280-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
<em><strong><small>Phot os by Sam Abuelsamid / Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc.</small></strong></em><br />
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