In 1958, Shanghai Automobile Assembly Plant successfully trial-produced the first car in Shanghai, the Phoenix brand car, creating the history of car manufacturing in Shanghai. It was a breakthrough in the development of Shanghai's automobile industry in the trial production of cars. Phoenix car was a special product of a specific era, and its research and development process reflected to a certain extent how social and environmental factors play a role in the development of science and technology. Combing the development process of Phoenix car can effectively discern the historical road opened up by the Shanghai car industry in four directions: technology, style, market positioning and professional cooperation, which has an enlightening effect on summarizing the experience of the times.

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