Beijing Jeep Corporation

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Beijing Jeep Corporation
北京 吉普 汽车 有限公司

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legal form Corporation
founding 1984
resolution 2005
Seat Beijing , People's Republic of China
Branch Off-road vehicle production
armaments manufacturer

The Beijing Jeep Corporation is a former SUV - and commercial vehicle manufacturers in the People's Republic of China . Initially it was a joint venture between Beijing Automotive Industry Holding and American Motors Corporation .

history

Negotiations with AMC began in 1979 and led to the establishment of the joint venture in 1984. It was the first US-Chinese joint venture and also the first automotive joint venture in China. According to journalist James Mann , the project - unlike some follow-up projects - received strong support from the Chinese side. While there were problems with the parts supply (almost all parts had to be imported from America because the Chinese suppliers only offered poor quality), the project was considerably hampered in the first few years by cultural misunderstandings between the two partners.

AMC's stake was transferred to Chrysler in 1987 after the company was acquired .

In 2005 the company was taken over by Daimler-Benz and renamed Beijing-Benz DaimlerChrysler . The later name of this company was Beijing Benz Automotive .

Model overview

Beijing Jeep made the BJ212 for a long time . These vehicles were produced with a 2.5-liter engine with 100 hp or with a 2.7-liter unit (with the same output). In 1997 it debuted as a variant of the Ludi BJ 2020 T , which was replaced by the City Cruiser BJ 2020 V in 2000 .

Against the background of various alternatives - a revision of the BJ212, a model based on the YJ series from AMC or a model based on the AMC series XJ ( Cherokee ) - the latter model was chosen for various reasons.

On the technology of the Cherokee outwardly rounded-designed model based Heroic , which developed from 1996, but only at the Beijing Auto Show presents 2000. Since BAW and Chrysler could not agree on financing, there were only three prototypes.

The Cherokee was manufactured until 2003 with the model names BJ 213, BJ 6420, BJ 7250 and BJ 2021. From 2003, BAW manufactured the Beijing Leichi on the basis of the Cherokee platform , which differed from the outside almost only in the differently designed front and rear sections (with the rear door hinged on the right). This model was powered by American and later Chinese engines.

The modernized successor to the Cherokee at Beijing Jeep was the Jeep 2500 with a 116 hp 2.5-liter engine, which was sold with a conventional drive as the BJ 6420 EB or with all-wheel drive as the BJ 2021 EB. The model was presented at the 2003 Shanghai Motor Show. In 2005, the BJ 2121 EC was followed by a model with a slightly more powerful 2.5-liter Mitsubishi engine. After production ended, the 2500 was taken over by BAW and developed into the Beijing Qishi .

Since 2015 the Cherokee has again been manufactured and sold by GAC Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in China.

In addition to the Cherokee, the Grand Cherokee was also produced. After the WJ series was phased out (2004), the presses and tools are said to have been brought to Beijing. Another source names 2001 for the market launch in China.

Other models were the Mitsubishi Pajero (2003-2008) and Outlander (from 2004).

Another, independent model was the large off-road vehicle with the model designation BJ2S Warrior , which was powered by a 3.2-liter turbodiesel with 115 hp. The model, available open or closed, was presented in March 2005 and should be produced from 2006. It went into production in 2006 as Beijing Yongshi .

All models were sold in China under the name Beijing Jeep and (in the case of the Mitsubishi models) as the Beijing-Jeep Mitsubishi . The successor company used the Beijing Jeep brand name until 2006.

Web links

Commons : Beijing Jeep  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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