Beijing Jeep has finally redesigned their original model ‘Beijing Jeep 2020′, its only been 23 years or so since Daimler Chrysler first hooked up with Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Corp to create the Beijing-Benz DaimlerChrysler Automotive Co Ltd (what is it with these car companies and their names?) Try saying that 30 times in a row!
The first car that Beijing Benz produced was the Beijing Jeep 2020, a cross between the Russian military jeep, the UAZ and the American Wrangler, it wasnt a bad 4×4 you can still see plenty of them in cities in and around China. The 2020 seems to be the car to have once you’re out in China’s wild west, it seems nobody has any other car out there…. Anyway, Beijing Benz also produced the Cherokee Jeep which has been equally popular in China.
Beijing Benz announced that it had overhauled the aging 2020, to bring it up to date with the American Humvee, (see China Car Times earlier post on the Chinese Humvee) The new Beijing Jeep, named ‘Warrior’ (could prove quite popular with China’s other army, the army of Counter Strike addicted teenage boys) comes equipped with a 3.2litre engine, and can survive in temperatures up to minus 41 degrees celcius! The engine is all new (even having a diesel one this time - should be better for crossing the Peoples’ rivers than the original gasoline engine), the safety aspect has been remodeled with it having ABS as standard.
Blatant copying - what else could you expect from a Chinese company?
[…] China Car Times commented on the Brave Warrior before, but once you get up close to it, you can clearly see that this jeep is no where near as good as the original 2020 - it feels too plasticy, especially when compared to the combined Soviet and American technology that went into the first 2020. The doors feel like they could be ripped off by hand never mind bullets or missiles. I’d rather drive a Citroen 2CV into battle than this, at least I’d feel safer. […]
So … how much will it cost?
I dont think a price for civ use has been announced yet, but Im guessing 160,000rmb range.
Would anyone really want this on the public roads?
Seen a few army ones out, it looks pretty cool to be fair. The quality is much better than the Dongfeng Hummer.
Is that the same as ‘the quality is good’ or is it just better than the normal rubbish?
Much better than the original BJ2020, and judging from the photos ive seen of the DF Han Ma, its better than that by a long shot too.