Beijing (car brand)

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Beijing
Owner / user Beijing Automotive Group

owner Beijing Automotive Group
Introductory year 1958
Products Automobiles
Markets People's Republic of China
The brand's first passenger car: Beijing CB4
On sale since 1965: Beijing BJ212
Beijing BJ40

Beijing is a car brand from the People's Republic of China . The Beijing Motor Corporation's annual reports indicate that the brand is exclusively Beijing, not BAIC or BAW.

Brand history

Beijing Automobile Works from Beijing used this brand for automobiles from 1958 . For decades, the focus was on off-road vehicles . In 1994, Beijing Automotive Industry Holding was founded as the parent company. In 2010 it became the Beijing Automotive Group . Beijing Motor Corporation, which mainly manufactures passenger cars, was also founded in 2010 . Beijing Electric Vehicle has been available for electric cars since 2009 . In addition, at least in the past, trucks were built by Beijing Automobile Works and buses produced by Beijing Light Automobile Company .

vehicles

The first model with this brand name was the CB4 in 1958 . This was a sedan of the luxury class .

From 1961 to 1965 there was the Beijing BJ210 off-road vehicle . This was followed by the Beijing BJ212 , which was offered under this model name until 1989, then also received other type codes and will still be offered as BJ212 in 2020.

In 1973 a sedan appeared again with the Beijing BJ750 , which was available until 1975. However, there are also different information about the production time. On this basis there was the prototype BJ751 and BJ752 .

In 1996 and 1998 some BJ6470 Qishi were created as taxis for taxi operators from Beijing. They were based on a Mazda 929 from 1980–1982 as a station wagon . There was a choice of engines with 2.0 liters and 2.2 liters displacement .

From around 2001 there was the Qijian amphibious vehicle .

In 2002 the Luba , which corresponded to the Toyota Land Cruiser , appeared.

Between 2002 and 2004 there was the Cyclone , which was similar to the Mitsubishi Pajero from 1991-1997.

In 2004, an SUV appeared with the Leichi .

The off-road vehicle presented in May 2005 as BJ2S Warrior went into production in 2006 as Yongshi .

In July 2005, the Luling followed as another SUV.

Between 2009 and 2013, a replica of the Jeep Cherokee was marketed as the Qishi .

Between 2011 or 2013 and 2017 the Yusheng 007 was sold.

A modern series of off-road cars since 2014 includes the SUV BJ40 ,, since 2016, the SUV BJ20 and civilian SUV BJ80 and, since 2018, the large SUV BJ90 .

The 2020 range includes the U7 , X3 and X7 models .

Sub-brands

Beijing Senova D50

The sub-brand Beijing Senova was used from 2012 or 2013 . Beijing Motor Corporation calls it Series in English . It comprised the CC , D20 , D60 , D70 and D80 models, which have since been discontinued , as well as the D50 , X25 , X35 , X55 and X65 models , which are still current in 2020 . This sub-mark is set.

The second sub-brand Beijing Weiwang with the models 205 , 306 , 307 , M20 , M30 , M35 , M50F , M60 and S50 was completely discontinued.

literature

Web links

Commons : Beijing  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 141-142 (English).
  2. ↑ a b Annual Report 2019 of Beijing Motor Corporation (PDF; accessed June 27, 2020)
  3. ↑ a b Erik van Ingen Schenau: Catalog of the present Chinese motor production. ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Edition 2008. (English)
  4. ↑ a b c Eligiusz Mazur: 2005 · 2006. One of the largest car directories in the world. World of Cars. Worldwide catalog. Encyclopedia of today's car industry. ( online ; English)
  5. ↑ Marek Brzeżański, Robert Jabłoński: Cars of the World. 2008 · 2009. Moto Media Print, Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki 2008, ISBN 978-83-61604-12-9 , p.
  6. ↑ Wacław Pozar (General): World Cars. 2006 · 2007. Media Connection, Warsaw 2006, ISSN  1734-2945 , p. 413.
  7. ↑ BAW Qishi China Sales Figures (accessed June 21, 2020)
  8. ↑ BAW Yusheng007 China Sales Figures (accessed June 27, 2020)
  9. ↑ BAW BJ40 China Sales Figures (accessed June 22, 2020)
  10. ↑ BAW BJ20 China Sales Figures (accessed June 22, 2020)
  11. ↑ BAW BJ80C China Sales Figures (accessed June 22, 2020)
  12. ↑ Tycho de Feijter: Beijing Auto BJ90 Finally Ready For Production In China, With Mercedes Power From July 20, 2018 (English, accessed June 24, 2020)