Tianjin FAW

Tianjin FAW (officially Tianjin FAW Xiali Automobile Co., Ltd.) was an automobile company based in Tianjin, China and a subsidiary of FAW Group. Its principal activity was the design, development, manufacture and distribution of automobiles sold under the Xiali, Vita and Junpai marques. It was listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

Tianjin FAW Xiali Automobile Co., Ltd.
FormerlyXiali (1997-2008)
Typepublic
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1965 (1965) (company)
Defunct14 December 2020[1]
FateAll assets absorbed into FAW Group, listed shell company transferred to China Railway Materials
SuccessorFAW Group
Headquarters
Tianjin
,
China
Area served
China
ProductsAutomobiles
ParentFAW Group
SubsidiariesTianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. (30%) Tom Group(24%) Tianjin Tom Mitsubishi Fuso (36%) Mitsubishi Motors (42%) Mitsubishi Fuso Truck And Bus Corporation (50%).[2]
Websitewww.tjfaw.com (in Chinese)

Tianjin FAW was founded in 1965 and was originally considered one of the "three smalls" of the Chinese automotive industry, together with Guangzhou Honda and Beijing.[3] Tianjin FAW moved into third place in the Chinese market in 1997.[4] By 2000 they were in second place, in spite of the low quality of their products.[5] Production volumes were high due to the fact that many towns used Xiali cars as taxicabs. Many of the smaller towns in rural China had Xiali cars as taxicabs well into the second decade of the twenty-first century. Xiali parts were cheap and it was one of the cheapest cars to run in China. Due to their low running costs, Xiali cars in many towns survived as unofficial "black" taxies till well after they were replaced by other cars as legal taxies. Tianjin FAW subsequently lost market share to several new Chinese automobile manufacturers.

Amidst declining sales, the listed Tianjin FAW unit was dissolved, and its remaining assets, liabilities and employees were absorbed into various FAW Group units.[6] The listed shell company was transferred for no consideration to China Railway Materials to facilitate the backdoor listing of one of its units.

Tianjin FAW operated a joint venture with Toyota, Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co., Ltd., which, now under FAW Group, produces Toyota passenger cars for the Chinese market including the Avalon, Corolla, Crown, Reiz and Vios.[2]

History

Tianjin FAW's first product, debuting in 1965, was a copy of the famous Beijing Jeep called the Tianjin TJ210. Between 1973 and 1979 the Toyota look-alike Tianjin TJ740 was also built, although only 63 were finished.

In the 1980s, Tianjin's directors decided to look abroad for a joint venture to enable them to build modern small cars. In 1983, Daihatsu had been chosen as a partner, and in November 1984 the first vehicle rolled out from the works. At first, local parts content was a mere 8%, but this had jumped to 85% by the end of 1987. The first product was a locally built Daihatsu Hijet in 1984, followed by the Charade which began local assembly in 1986.[3]

Production began at a modest level, with 2873 automobiles (Charade) and 9329 minivans (Hijet) assembled in 1988, for a total of 12,202 vehicles. This increased rapidly, to an annual total of nearly 88,000 cars by 1996.[7]

Xiali taxicabs in Beijing in 2005; The fare of Xiali was 1.2 yuan per kilometer, while Citroën Fukang was 1.6 yuan per kilometer[8]

Before the Toyota joint venture, Tianjin FAW produced the Tianjin Xiali TJ730 (based on the 1983 Daihatsu Charade) and then the TJ7100-TJ7131 hatchback and TJ7100U-TJ7131U sedan under the Xiali brand that was formed in August 1997. Xiali (夏利) is Chinese for "Charade". The TJ7100-series cars, based on the 1987 Charade. They were very popular in China as taxicabs throughout the 1980s and in the 1990s, the Chinese Volkswagen Jetta joined the taxi market followed by the Hyundai Sonata and Elantra in the 2000s. The Xiali taxi was retired from the taxi market in February 2006 in an effort to cut down pollution.

Production of the Daihatsu-based Xiali N3 ran from 2004 to 2012. Production at the Tianjin Xiali plant had shifted to more modern Toyota vehicles, for example the Xiali 2000 that was based on the Toyota Platz/Vitz but the production of the much cheaper Xiali outlived the Xiali 2000. Toyota also builds and sells vehicles in China under its own brand.

The Xiali brand was discontinued in 2015 and was replaced by the new brand called Junpai.

From 1984 to 2002, Tianjin FAW manufactured Hijet-based Daihatsu mini trucks in China rebranded as Huali Dafa.[9] Currently Huali offers the first generation Daihatsu Terios and second generation Daihatsu Move.

FAW Tianjin also produced the Miles ZX40, an electric version of the Daihatsu Move which became the first Chinese-built vehicle sold in the United States when it was offered in mid-2006 by Miles Automotive Group.

Models

Current

The following Tianjin FAW models are still offered by FAW Group:[10]

  • 2014–present: Junpai D60, an SUV with a 1.5 litre engine as well as the 1.8 litre 2ZR-FE engine.
  • 2016–present: Junpai A70, a compact sedan introduced in September 2016.
  • 2018–present: Junpai A50, a sedan with a 1.5 litre engine
  • 2018–present: Junpai CX65, a wagon. First car of the brand to get the new English marque Jumpal, which was discontinued in 2019.

Past

Model designation

U = sedan
A = facelift
L = long wheelbase

Current cars
  • Junpai A50骏派 A502018–2019
    Junpai A50
    骏派 A50
    2018–2019
  • Junpai A70骏派 A702016–2018
    Junpai A70
    骏派 A70
    2016–2018

Former cars
  • Dafa TJ110 华利 大发TJ1101984–2002
    Dafa TJ110
    华利 大发TJ110
    1984–2002
  • Junpai D60骏派 D602014–2021
    Junpai D60
    骏派 D60
    2014–2021
  • Junpai D80骏派 D802018–2019
    Junpai D80
    骏派 D80
    2018–2019
  • Xiali TJ 7100夏利 TJ71001988–2000
    Xiali TJ 7100
    夏利 TJ7100
    1988–2000
  • Xiali TJ 7100U夏利 TJ7100U1990–2000
    Xiali TJ 7100U
    夏利 TJ7100U
    1990–2000
  • Xiali TJ 7100A/7101/7131夏利 TJ7100A/7101/71311997–2007
    Xiali TJ 7100A/7101/7131
    夏利 TJ7100A/7101/7131
    1997–2007
  • Xiali TJ 7100A/7101/7131rear view
    Xiali TJ 7100A/7101/7131
    rear view
  • Xiali TJ 7101UA-TJ7131UA夏利 TJ7101UA or 7131UA2001–2006
    Xiali TJ 7101UA-TJ7131UA
    夏利 TJ7101UA or 7131UA
    2001–2006
  • Xiali TJ7130AUL夏利 TJ7130AUL1999–2004
    Xiali TJ7130AUL
    夏利 TJ7130AUL
    1999–2004
  • Xiali A Junya夏利骏雅 TJ7101A-TJ7141A2005–2011
    Xiali A Junya
    夏利骏雅 TJ7101A-TJ7141A
    2005–2011
  • Xiali A Shenya夏利绅雅 TJ7101UA-TJ7141UA 2003–2011
    Xiali A Shenya
    夏利绅雅 TJ7101UA-TJ7141UA
    2003–2011
  • Xiali 2000 TJ 7136U夏利 2000 TJ7136U2000–2007
    Xiali 2000 TJ 7136U
    夏利 2000 TJ7136U
    2000–2007
  • Xiali Vizi夏利 威姿2002–2012
    Xiali Vizi
    夏利 威姿
    2002–2012
  • Xiali Vela夏利 威乐2004–2012
    Xiali Vela
    夏利 威乐
    2004–2012
  • Xiali N3 sedan2004–2012
    Xiali N3 sedan
    2004–2012
  • Xiali N3 hatchback2004–2011
    Xiali N3 hatchback
    2004–2011
  • Xiali Weizhi夏利 威志2006–2011
    Xiali Weizhi
    夏利 威志
    2006–2011
  • Xiali N5夏利 N5 TJ7103UE/TJ7133UE2009–2014
    Xiali N5
    夏利 N5 TJ7103UE/TJ7133UE
    2009–2014
  • Weizhi V2夏利 威志 V22010–2012
    Weizhi V2
    夏利 威志 V2
    2010–2012
  • Xiali N7 Mini SUV夏利 N72013–2015
    Xiali N7 Mini SUV
    夏利 N7
    2013–2015

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