Tianjin Auto Works

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Tianjin Auto Works was an automobile manufacturer from the People's Republic of China .

Company history

The company from Tianjin City began series production of automobiles in 1965. The brand name was Tianjin from 1968 . In 1975 car production initially ended. Other brands associated with this company are Heping and Tientsin . Passenger cars were again manufactured between 1986 and 1987 and were now marketed as Xiali . A successor company later became Tianjin FAW Xiali Automobile .

vehicles

The company took over the production of off-road vehicles from Beijing Automobile Works in 1965 . The Tianjin TJ 740 , manufactured from 1968 to 1975, had a four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 1800 cc . The four-door body offered space for four people. Around 100 vehicles were built in 1974. The Beijing BJ210 was as Tianjin BJ 210 C manufactured.

One model was the successor to the Tientsin , which was produced from 1951 to 1968. The manufacturer is not explicitly passed down. The authors Harald Linz and Halwart Schrader describe Tianjin and Tientsin in the same chapter in their encyclopedia . Tientsin is another name for the city of Tianjin. A Tianjin TC 210 is also mentioned as the successor to the Tientsin TJ 210 . Another source confirms that the company was making off-road vehicles as early as 1952.

From Heping (also He-Ping ) emerged from 1958 to 1960 two prototypes . The manufacturer was either Tianjin Auto Works , Tianjin Auto Repair Works or Tientsin Motor Vehicle Repair & Assembly Factory . The first vehicle was a copy of the Toyopet Crown . The data for the four-cylinder engine with 1453 cc displacement, three-speed transmission and 2538 mm wheelbase were identical. The Chinese license plate was 1 * 10691 . The second vehicle from 1960 was larger and featured styling elements from Packard and the GAZ-13 Chaika . Another source confirms that the company was working on car prototypes from 1958.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter He-Ping, Tianjin and Tientsin.
  • 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. 685 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1590 and p. 1769 (English).
  • Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, London 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0972-X , p. 141 and p. 283. (English)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter He-Ping, Tianjin and Tientsin.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 685, p. 1590 and p. 1769 (English).
  3. ↑ Allcarindex on Tianjin (English, accessed on February 20, 2016)
  4. ↑ a b Allcarindex zu Heping (English, accessed on February 20, 2016)
  5. ^ Erik van Ingen Schenau: Catalog of the present Chinese motor production. ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Edition 2008. (English)
  6. ↑ Hubert Cossard: BAW Beijing BJ210 1961-1965 et Tianjin TJ210 C 1966-197? (French, accessed February 20, 2016)
  7. ↑ Martin Schaefers: SUV All the world's offroad vehicles (English, accessed on February 20, 2016)
  8. ↑ a b 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)