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Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd. (), known as Foton Motor or Foton, is a Chinese company that designs and manufactures trucks, buses and sport utility vehicles. It is headquartered in Changping,
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, and is a subsidiary of the
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.


History

Founded on August 28, 1996, Foton manufactures light and heavy-duty
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s, agricultural
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, and various other machinery. Foton International Trade Co., Ltd, Beijing, is Foton Motor Group's international sales subsidiary. In addition to the heavier trucks, Foton also builds a car inspired by the Toyota HiAce H100, called the "Foton View" or "Foton Alpha". In August 2002, the company started producing Foton Auman truck. In March 2006, Foton and Cummins Inc. announced the creation of a 50:50 joint venture company, Beijing Foton Cummins Engine Company (BFCEC), to produce light-duty diesel engines, of 2.8 and 3.8 liter displacement. In October 2009, Foton agreed to form a joint venture to develop and produce vehicle batteries with Pulead Technology Industry Co. In July 2010, Foton announced the establishment of a European headquarters in Moscow, Russia. Foton established a sales company in India in April 2011. In February 2012, Beiqi Foton Motors Co., Ltd. and Daimler AG established a 50-50 joint venture, Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive Co., Ltd., at an investment of RMB6.35 billion. The joint venture would take over Foton's existing Auman medium- and heavy-duty truck business, including production sites, sales and service network. Foton will build an assembly plant in
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, in order to participate in the growing
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market for light commercial vehicles. The company also plans to build a plant in Western
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, India. Foton has announced a bus factory in Brazil in the state of Bahia, as part of their globalization plan. Foton has held a press conference in 2015, previewing the Sauvana while announcing news to bring the brand to the United States. In September 2017, Foton and
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agreed to form a joint venture to develop and produce light commercial vehicle. Based on Foton chassis the new vehicle was sold by Piaggio Commercial Vehicle division in Europe and in all market around the world but not in China. The vehicle was intended as a successor of the Piaggio Porter and production was planned to starts in the mid 2019 in
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(
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) with all components produced by Foton in China. In August 2018, Foton Motor announced they would set up a plant in
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by next year to assemble commercial vehicles in a joint venture with ACI Motors. On 25 April 2019, Foton and CP has announced a truck factory in Thailand name CP FOTON SALES CO., LTD. Now have the electric truck name Auman EST, AUMARK and AUV. In 2024, a joint partnership was established with
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of Turkey, including local production.


Operations

Foton is headquartered in
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,
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. Foton's business units are seen in cities and provinces such as Beijing,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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. Its R&D branches are distributed in
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and the
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. It has assets exceeding 50 billion Yuan and 300,000 employees. Foton, whose brand value exceeds 61.932 billion Yuan in 2005, ranked No.1 in auto industry and No. 11 in the “Top 500 Most Valuable Brands”. Foton business marquee also consists of a branch in
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. Och motors LLC, is one of the biggest conglomerate in Mongolia, is the official distributor of Foton in Mongolian market.


North Korea

Foton manufactures vehicles in Hanghang district,
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in the Samhung Joint Venture Company factory, Foton Vehicles in
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are sold under the Chonji Marque.


Products


Buses

Foton AUV (福田欧辉) * Foton AUV New Directions (since 2000; Original name:新干线欧V) * Foton AUV panoramic Unlimited (since 2003; Original name:全景无限) * Foton AUV Pioneer Europe (since 1998; Original name:欧V先锋)Brand name * Foton Green Earth (Using city bus in Gangneung, South Korea. It was introduced in 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.)


Trucks

Foton Auman * Foton Auman Jones (; Original name:欧曼奇兵) * Foton Auman Lion (; Original name:欧曼雄狮) * Foton Auman Kunlun Mountains (; Original name:欧曼昆仑) * Foton Auman Shenzhou (; Original name:欧曼神舟) * Foton Auman H4 (since 2011) * Foton Auman EST Foton Aumark (欧马可) * Foton Aumark (since 2005, Original name:欧马可) ** Foton Aumark C ** Foton Aumark S ** Foton Aumark Flex Foton Forland (时代汽车) * Foton Forland (Since 2006, Original name:时代轻卡) * Foton Forland King Kong (since 1998 under license of a South American VW trucks; Original name:时代金刚) * Foton Forland Ruiwo (since 1998 under license of a South American VW trucks; Original name:瑞沃) Foton Mars (福田火星) * Mars 7 * Mars 9 Foton Ollin (奥铃) * Foton Ollin Beyond (since 2005, Original name:奥铃超越) * Foton Ollin MRI (since 2005, Original name:奥铃捷运) * Foton Ollin V Foton Tornado (龙卷风)


Passenger vehicles

Gratour MPVs (北京伽途) * Gratour im6 (智爱MPV) * Gratour im8 (智美运动家庭车) * Gratour ix5 (1501cc;since 2016) (智行MPV) * Gratour ix7 (1507cc;since 2016) (智趣S—MPV) Foton Sauvana SUV (萨瓦纳) (since 2014; also known as Foton Toplander) (Discontinued) Foton Tunland (拓陆者) pickup * Foton Tunland E3 * Foton Tunland E5 * Foton Tunland S Foton Tunland Yutu (拓陆者 驭途) pickup * Foton Tunland Yutu 8 * Foton Tunland Yutu 9 * Foton General F9 (福田 将军 F9 pickup) * Foton Grand General G7 (福田 大将军 G7 pickup) * Foton Grand General G9 (福田 大将军 G9 pickup) Foton Mars (火星) pickup/ Foton Tunland V pickup * Foton Mars 7 (福田 火星7 pickup) * Foton Mars 9 (福田 火星9 pickup)
Foton Saga The Foton Saga is a 5-seater compact SUV produced by Foton Motor that later spawned a pickup version called the Foton SUP or Foton Sapu (). Overview The overall styling of the facelifted Foton Saga resembles the second generation Honda CR-V ...
(since 2004 under license of DangDong -terrain vehicle; Original name:福田传奇)(Discontinued) Foton SUP (since 2004 pickup based on the Saga; Original name:萨普) File:Foton Midi LWB facelift China 2014-04-16.jpg, Foton Midi LWB File:Foton Sauvana 01 China 2016-04-09.jpg, Foton Sauvana File:Beiqi-Foton Saga SUV, front 8.10.18.jpg, Foton Saga File:Foton SUP China 2015-04-10.jpg, Foton SUP File:Foton Toano SWB China 2016-04-07.jpg, Foton Toano File:Foton Tunland 2 China 2016-04-09.jpg, Foton Tunland File:Foton Tunland G7 4x4 in Arequipa, Perú (front right quarter).jpg, Foton Tunland Yutu File:Foton Grand General G7 IMG2022122402.jpg, Foton Grand General G7 File:Foton Grand General 001.jpg, Foton Grand General G9 File:2018 Beiqi-Foton View G9, front 8.7.18.jpg, Foton View File:Foton MP-X LWB China 2014-04-16.jpg, Foton MP-X File:Gratour im6 China 2017-03-31.jpg, Foton Gratour im6 File:Gratour im8 China 2017-03-29.jpg, Foton Gratour im8 File:Gratour iX5 China 2017-03-26.jpg, Foton Gratour ix5 File:Gratour ix7 China 2017-03-26.jpg, Foton Gratour ix7 File:Foton Toano Grand V 001.jpg, Foton Toano Grand V File:Foton Mars 7 001.jpg, Foton Mars 7 File:Foton Mars 9 001.jpg, Foton Mars 9


Light commercial vehicles

Foton MP-X (MP-X蒙派克) MPV * Foton MP-X Parker Mongolia (since 2005; Original name: MP-X蒙派克) Foton View (福田风景) * Foton View G9 (since 2004 heavily resembling the
Toyota HiAce The (pronounced "High Ace") is a light commercial vehicle produced by the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota. First launched in October 1967, the HiAce has since been available in a wide range of body configurations, including a minivan/M ...
as the high top version) * Foton View G7 (Also known as CS2; since 2004 under license of the Toyota HiAce as the low top version) * Foton View V5 compact MPV * Foton View V3 microvan Foton Toano (since 2015) business class van/ minibus * Foton Toano Grand-V (since 2024) business class van Foton Xiangling (Original name:祥菱) light truck series (Discontinued) * Foton Xiangling M * Foton Xiangling V Foton Midi (Discontinued) Foton View Express (produced from 2001 to 2012 resembling the Toyota HiAce, Original name:风景快运)
Foton View Express Passenger (produced from 2000 to 2006 resembling the Toyota HiAce, Original name:风景快客)
Foton View Ireland Act (produced from 1999 to 2005 resembling the Toyota HiAce, Original name:风景爱尔法) Foton Zhilan (Smart Smurf) * Foton Smart Smurf E5/ E7


Foton Rowor (Original name:瑞沃) trucks


Light trucks

* Foton Rowor Xiaojingang * Foton Rowor E3 * Foton Rowor Dajingang 1 * Foton Rowor Dajingang 3


Heavy trucks

* Foton Rowor ES3 * Foton Rowor ES5 * Foton Rowor ES7 * Foton Rowor Q5 * Foton Rowor Q9 * Foton Rowor Dajingang ES3 * Foton Rowor Dajingang ES5


Sales

Foton Motor sold a total of 640,400 vehicles in 2011.


See also

* Automobile manufacturers and brands of China * List of automobile manufacturers of China


References


External links


Foton official website

Foton official website

UK Supplier of Foton tractors

Foton Auman official website
{{Automotive industry in China BAIC Group divisions and subsidiaries Truck manufacturers of China Manufacturing companies based in Beijing Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1996 Chinese companies established in 1996 Chinese brands