Posts Tagged ‘foton’

Spy Shots: Foton Tunlan pickup truck testing in India

Published on May 21, 2013 by Tycho de Feyter

Spy Shots: Foton Tunlan pickup truck testing in India

Spy shots of a Foton Tunland pickup truck testing in India, seen in the great city of Pune by a sharp-eyed reader of IndianAutosBlog.com. Foton is a subsidiary of Beijing Automotive Industry Corporation (BAIC), making pickup trucks and other commercial vehicles.

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Patent Applied: Foton U201 SUV gets ready for the Chinese car market

Published on March 1, 2013 by Joey Wang

Patent Applied: Foton U201 SUV gets ready for the Chinese car market

Patent pictures of the upcoming Foton U201 SUV finally reveal how the vehicle will look like when it hits the Chinese car market later this year. An impressive front, high roof line, big wheel arches, and even some hipness around the rear window. The U201 is based on the Foton Tunland pickup truck but will be positioned higher upmarket, priced from 130.000 to 170.000 yuan.

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Spy Shots: Foton U201 SUV seen testing in China

Published on January 21, 2013 by Tycho de Feyter

Spy Shots: Foton U201 SUV seen testing in China

The best spy shots so far of the new full-size SUV from Foton. The vehicle, code named U201, will be launched on the Chinese auto market later this year, priced from 130.000 to 170.000 yuan. The U201 is based on the Foton Tunland pickup truck but will be positioned higher upmarket.

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Spy Shots: new Foton SUV feels Cold at Night

Published on January 4, 2013 by Joey Wang

Spy Shots: new Foton SUV feels Cold at Night

New spy shots from the upcoming big Foton SUV. The vehicle was caught on a freezing night in Beijing and loox like it feels cold! Very well possible without a proper front, it was -15 Celsius last night… The SUV is code named U201 and will be launched on the Chinese auto market next year.

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Spy shots: Foton working on a big SUV in China

Published on November 29, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter

Spy shots: Foton working on a big SUV in China

Foton Motor, s subsidiary of BAIC that makes trucks and other commercial vehicles,  is working on a new big-sized SUV, based on the Foton Tunland pickup truck. The SUV is code named U201 and will be launched on the Chinese auto market late next year.

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China’s Foton to build auto plant in Cameroon

Published on November 20, 2012 by W.E. Ning

China's Foton to build auto plant in Cameroon

Chinese commercial vehicle maker Beiqi Foton Motor Co has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Cameroon to invest $500 million in a plant in the Southwestern port city of Kribi.

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Foton to use Philippines as hub to Invade South East Asia

Published on October 9, 2012 by Joey Wang

Foton to use Philippines as a hub to Invade South East Asia

Chinese vehicle brand Foton hopes to make the Philippines its export hub in Southeast Asia, with an a planned assembly plant in Clark Freeport Zone expected to start operations next year, a senior executive of the company’s Philippine distribution arm said in an interview late last Wednesday.

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Hot Chinese Chicks in Army Suits doing a Foton

Published on September 28, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter

Hot Chinese Chicks in Army Suits doing a Foton

Feel the heat. Here we have two very hot Chinese chicks in army suits doing a Foton pickup truck on a local auto show somewhere in the wastelands. Foton is part of Beijing Automotive Industry Corporation (BAIC) and makes trucks, vans and cheap SUV’s. Some are kinda cool and the company did a few other interesting stunts before. Much to like…

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Fighting the Foton-bull in China

Published on June 13, 2012 by Tycho de Feyter

Fighting the Foton-bull in China

An interesting media-event in the great city of Hohhot in Inner Mongolia Province. The local dealer organization organized a bullfighting match, like in Spain, with a Foton MP-X MPV pretending to be the bull. We like. The bull fighter, or matadore, was correctly dressed is a Spanish-style costume and there was even a Spanish babe…

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Chinese auto maker Foton opens plant in Kenya

Published on March 29, 2012 by Joey Wang

Foton Kenya

Chinese automaker Foton Motor group has opened an assembly plant in Nairobi in a bid to explore the market in Kenya and East Africa.

The plant, which cost $50 million, was officially opened Monday by Prime Minister Raila Odinga and a visiting Chinese delegation led by Liu Qi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.

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