First renders of Foton’s K1 MPV surface


Foton are already one of the world’s biggest light truck manufacturer, but they are not content with sitting with just the title of truck manufacturer, they are planning to enter the passenger car business in a major way. Foton are owned by Beijing Auto Industry Corp and have a large amount of freedom within the gigantic corporation to develop their own new product lines, and as such the K1 is about to come into existence:

Engine power for the K1 could come from numerous sources, the possibility of using an outsourced sourced gasoline engine, or Foton could turn to their joint venture partner at Cummins for a small displacement diesel engine.

ash 010 web avatar First renders of Fotons K1 MPV surface

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Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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3 Comments so far, please add your thoughts!

  1. avatar dragin says:

    Looks like the Jiangdu Joylong van. And, somewhat like Chery’s Riich van.

  2. avatar carlos says:

    buenas quisieramos ese modelo bufalo foton para puno ya q keremos para una empresa de transportes y estos carros son buenas como la view foton son machos pero manden el bufalo pues para puno y el precio del carro es de

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