FAW models

FAW Group (First Automobile Works) is one of China's oldest vehicle makers and one of its four major state-owned car manufacturers. It was founded on 15 July 1953 in Changchun, Jilin province, and built China's first truck, the Jiefang CA-10, in 1956. In 1958 it launched the Hongqi ("Red Flag"), China's first domestically produced passenger car.

Today FAW makes Jiefang medium and heavy trucks, Hongqi luxury cars and Bestune passenger cars, a brand set up in 2006 and earlier known as Besturn. It also builds Volkswagen and Audi models in FAW-Volkswagen, formed in 1991, and Toyota models in a joint venture created in 2003; in 2002 it also bought half of Tianjin Xiali. Its own passenger models in our catalog include the Besturn B70 and Besturn B50 saloons, the Besturn X80 crossover and the FAW Oley and FAW V5 small cars. For the full story, read FAW history. See also Volkswagen.