Beijing Automobile Works

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Beijing Automobile Works
legal form Subsidiary of the
Beijing Automotive Group
founding 1953
Seat Beijing , PR China
Branch Automobile manufacturing
Website www.chinabaw.cn

Beijing Automobile Works (BAW) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer based in Beijing . BAW produces light off-road vehicles and trucks for civil and military use. The state-owned, parent company is called Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC).

history

Unsuccessful in the upper class: Beijing CB4 (1958–1962)
BAW volume model: the Beijing BJ212 off-road vehicle

Beijing Automobile Works was founded in 1953 with Soviet support as The First Additional Parts Factory and was renamed Beijing Automobile Works in 1958 . The company initially produced accessories for Chinese vehicles, mainly carburetors, fuel pumps, headlights and smaller sheet metal parts.

In 1958, BAW began producing its own passenger cars. The first model was a small sedan with a 1.2-liter rear-mounted engine, the technical concept of the VW Beetle was modeled and until 1960 under the brand Jinggangshan and the model name Jinggangshan was expelled. In 1960, BAW presented the four-door Dongfanghong BJ760 sedan under the brand name Dongfanghong , which corresponded to the Soviet GAZ M-21 Volga in terms of form and technology and replaced the significantly smaller Jinggangshan. The Dongfanghong (German: "The East is Red") was not a success. Depending on the source, only 106 or 238 copies were made in ten years. The luxury class sedan Beijing CB4 presented in 1958 also only achieved very low numbers. From 1964, BAW concentrated primarily on the production of the Beijing BJ212 off-road vehicle , which remained in the program for over 20 years and was mainly used by the army. According to a source, the company was named Beijing Dongfanghong Auto Works from 1966 to 1976 . In the mid-1970s, BAW made another attempt to gain a foothold in the field of civilian passenger cars. In 1974, the company presented the Beijing BJ750, a contemporary limousine in the style of the Mercedes-Benz “Stroke-Eight” , which, however, was only produced in three-digit numbers.

In 1987 BAW merged with Beijing Motorrad to form the Automobile and Motorcycle United Company (BAM).

The present Beijing Automobile Works Co., Ltd (BAW), was founded in 2001 and united Beijing Automobile Works . BAW also went into the first Chinese joint venture called Beijing Jeep Corporation .

Since 2005 there has been a joint factory with Beijing-Benz Daimler Chrysler .

To develop electric and hybrid cars, the parent company BAIC has now founded a BAW sister company called Beijing New Energy Automotive Co. Other sources cite Beijing Electric Vehicle for electric cars, established in October 2009.

Building a European commitment

The company is apparently trying to improve its market position by taking over European car brands. On May 27, 2009 it was announced that Beijing Automobile Works was seeking advice from Deutsche Bank on a possible takeover of Opel . BAW has also been linked to a takeover of Volvo . On September 9, 2009, the company announced a minority stake in the takeover negotiations between Koenigsegg Automotive AB and General Motors for the takeover of the Swedish automaker Saab Automobile , which were unsuccessful as Saab was sold to Spyker . Instead, BAIC received the rights, tools, and engines to build the Saab 9-3 II and Saab 9-5 I.

Models

BAIC BJ40L
BAW jeep
Beijing Jeep 2500

Off road

Pick-ups

Military vehicles

Amphibious vehicles

Sub-brands

The company uses sub-brands . Beijing Weiwang was used from 2011 to 2018. Models were Beijing Weiwang 205 , Beijing Weiwang 306 , Beijing Weiwang 307 , Beijing Weiwang M20 , Beijing Weiwang M30 , Beijing Weiwang M35 , Beijing Weiwang M50F , Beijing Weiwang M60, and Beijing Weiwang S50 .

Web links

Commons : Beijing Automobile Works  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 795 (English).
  2. ↑ 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).
  3. ↑ Domenick Yoney: BAIC launches green subsidiary with all-electric model AutoBlogGreen Internet portal, November 16, 2009 (in English)
  4. ↑ Bloomberg on Beijing Electric Vehicle Co Ltd (accessed July 5, 2020)
  5. ^ Reuters report
  6. ↑ BAIC buys Saab parts on n-tv.de from December 13, 2009
  7. ↑ Jan Clevering: d'Auto zu Weiwang (Dutch, accessed on May 23, 2020)
  8. ↑ carsalesbase for Beijing Weiwang M50 (English, accessed May 23, 2020)