Jilin (car brand)

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Jilin
Owner / user China FAW Group

owner China FAW Group
Introductory year 1980
Products Automobiles
Markets People's Republic of China

Jilin was a brand of automobiles from the People's Republic of China .

Brand history

A Jilin company started using this brand for automobiles in 1980 . Both Jilin Light Truck Company and Jilin Small Automobiles Factory have been handed down as company names .

In March 1991, China FAW Group took over the company and renamed it FAW Jilin Automobile . Another source gives this in 1987. The brand name Jilin was used until 1997. Since then, the brand name FAW has been used with an addition.

vehicles

On offer were minivans for a license from Suzuki . Another source mentions pick-ups , another pick-ups and minibuses .

In 1987 a passenger car model was made with the JL730 . It was created under license from the first generation Suzuki Alto . The number of pieces remained small. Another source gives the year 1989 and also mentions pick-ups.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d Marek Brzeżański, Robert Jabłoński: Cars of the World. 2008 · 2009. Moto Media Print, Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki 2008, ISBN 978-83-61604-12-9 .
  2. ^ Erik van Ingen Schenau: Catalog of the present Chinese motor production. ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Edition 2008. (English)
  3. Zhao Yingjian: FAW Jilin Automobile and Daihatsu Motor Corporation Sign Technical Licensing Agreement (English) ( Memento of October 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  4. 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. Wacław Pozar (General): World Cars. 2006 · 2007. Media Connection, Warsaw 2006, ISSN  1734-2945 .
  6. a b 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).
  7. Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Jilin.