BAW

Beijing Automobile Works Co., Ltd. (BAW) (Chinese: 北京汽车制造厂有限公司) is a Chinese car manufacturer based in Beijing and a subsidiary of BAIC Group.

BAW has been manufacturing light off-road vehicles and trucks for 40 years. While focusing on off-road vehicles, it also develops commercial vehicles and special vehicles to meet the demands of military users, the domestic civilian market as well as the overseas market. With an accumulated productive capacity of over 1 million vehicles, and a sound contribution to the economic development and national defense, it is a fixed supplier of military purpose vehicles and the backbone company in the light off-road industry.

BAW, headquartering in Chaoyang District of Beijing, has two separate plants, one in Chaoyang District, the other in Shunyi District. The capacity is 100,000 units per year. Its distribution and service network covers the whole Chinese market, including all the provinces, cities and municipalities.

BAW builds many kinds of products, like military light off-road vehicles, civilian light off-road vehicles (SUV), trucks and amphibious vehicles. It has also established numerous independent brands, including Luba (light off-road vehicle), Qiling (light &middle truck), Luling (pickup) and Zhanqi and amphibious vehicle.

History
Beijing Automobile Works was founded in 1953 as The First Accessory Factory and was renamed to Beijing Automobile Works in 1958. In 1987 the company merged with Beijing Motorcycle Company to become the Automobile and Motorcycle United Company (BAM).

The modern company, Beijing Automobile Works Co.,Ltd (BAW), was founded in 2001 and incorporates the original Beijing Automobile Works, as well as the first Chinese automobile joint venture Beijing Jeep, Beijing Automobile Assembly and Foton.

Products

 * BAW 212
 * BAW BJ2032 Tornado
 * BAW Hiace
 * BAW Leichi (BJ6430F)
 * BAW Luba
 * BAW Luling
 * BAW Qishi (S12)
 * BAW Weichun
 * BAW Yongshi (BJ2S)
 * BAW Yusheng
 * BAW Zhanqi