Published by Ash April 25th, 2008
in Beijing Auto Works.
Wikipedia defines a ‘muscle car’ as such:
Muscle car is a term used to refer to a variety of high performance automobiles. The term principally refers to American, Australian and to a lesser extent South African models from the late 1960s and early 1970s and generally describes a 2-door rear wheel drive mid-size car with a large, powerful V8 engine and special trim, intended for maximum torque on the street or in drag racing competition.
Muscle cars on Wikipedia
We’re not sure what kind of motors BAW plans to put in these concept cars (that should see limited production in 2010), but we hope they’re big stinkin’ V8 engines! Although in todays energy conserving climate, we could see them downgraded to something more energy efficient, possibly even hybrid drivetrains.
BAW 700R
The Geely GT wasnt the only roadster out to steal the show, the Beijing Auto Works 700R looks pretty mean!
BAW 800:
The 800 is a full sized luxury car.
The 700 is the sedan version of the 700R roadster (above)
Its good to see that independent Chinese manufacturers have the capacity to create some beautiful concepts, either working in partnership with foreign design houses, or sourcing in-house talent to make the cars for them. Self developed cars from China seem to improving with every year, if the above BAW ‘muscle cars’ get put into production, then the Chinese car industry is most definitely heading in the right direction.
BAW gets a thumbs up from China Car Times.
Beijing Auto Works showed off a few concept SUVs at the Beijing Motor Show, leaving China Car Times quite speechless. Their range of motors seems to have been inspired by their Chrysler Jeep joint venture, although, BAW’s designs are clearly a lot better than their partners designs - Jeep Commander, anyone?
B40 Concept:
The B40 concept SUV has a range of style - you can see a Wrangler, you can see bits of the Landrover LRX, and bits of the last gen Jeep Cherokee, but altogether the overall design just works well! We like it! The B40 is based on an improved Brave Warrior SUV chassis, Beijing Auto Works has also upgraded the suspension to make it into a more comfortable ride. The most surprising thing of all, the B40 is a hybrid. The B40 is expected to go into production by the end of this year.
Ragtop Warrior:
The convertible Warrior jeep is the civilian version on the recently launched PLA Warrior jeep. China Car Times has seen a few of the Warriors out in PLA service, and we have to say they do look awesome.
Hybrid Warrior:
PLA military planners can now sleep soundly at night knowing that their PLA SUVs wont be pumping out lots of CO2 when patrolling the boundries of the glorious PRC! Beijing Auto Works has created a hybrid version of the Warrior, and could well see full time use by the Police, Army, or the Parks commission pretty soon. An excellent idea, who said the PLA wasn’t red green?
What are your thoughts?
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