Guangzhou Baolong Motors Co. Ltd., or previously Guangzhou Oriental Baolong Automotive Industry Co. Ltd., (广州宝龙) was an automobile manufacturer from the
People's Republic of China
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Company history
Yang Longjiang founded the company in June 1998 in
Guangzhou
Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...
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and began the production of automobiles under the brand name Baolong. Production took place in three plants located in Guangzhou and one plant located in
Zhanjiang
Zhanjiang; Leizhou Min: ''Tchiàm-kōng''; previously Tsamkong or Guangzhouwan, then romanized in English as Kwangchowan or Kwangchow Wan. is a port city on the southwestern panhandle of Guangdong province in South China. The prefecture- ...
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By 2005, the production has ended.
In September 2005,
FAW Hongta and FAW Baolong Light Vehicle joined forces to found the successor company FAW Baolong Light Vehicle.
Vehicles
Initially, Baolong produced bullet-proof vehicles based on
Mitsubishi V31 and V33,
Ford Transit
The Ford Transit is a family of light commercial vehicles manufactured by the Ford Motor Company since 1965, primarily as a panel van, cargo van, but also available in other configurations including a large passenger van (marketed as the Ford ...
,
Renault Trafic
The Renault Trafic (pronounced as "traffic") is a light commercial van produced by the French automaker Renault since 1980. It has also been marketed as the Fiat Talento, the Nissan NV300, the Nissan Primastar and the Mitsubishi Express. Unti ...
and a few other Mitsubishi models.
In April 2004, Matra bought the rights to the
Renault Espace III.
Before the defunct in 2005, the lone passenger vehicle product is the
Baolong Pegasus MPV. The Baolong Pegasus was later rebadged as the FAW Freewind.
File:Baolong MPV 01 China 2017-04-03.jpg, Baolong Pegasus MPV
File:FAW Ziyoufeng MPV 001.jpg, FAW Freewind
Production
External links
d’Auto(Dutch)
* http://www.blqc-china.com/
References
[d’Auto](_blank)
(Dutch, accessed on January 30, 2016)
[Erik van Ingen Schenau: Issue 2008. (english)]
[World of Cars 2005 to 2006. (english)]
{{Automotive industry in the People's Republic of China
Car manufacturers of China
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1998
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