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FAW Jiefang CA6440UA 01 China 2016-04-09 2
FAW Jiefang CA6440UA 01 China 2016-04-09 2

A FAW Jiefang CA6440UA photographed in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China.

A very interesting car today : the FAW Jiefang CA6440UA.

It is not an unknown car, because under this van body there is the Austin Maestro/Montego based.

The Austin Maestro/Montego got a second life in China, a complicated life.

In late 1990's, Austin sold the property right of its old Maestro/Montego to a company.
Etsong, a Chinese conglomerate in tobacco and real estate industries, purchased the rights to this company in 1998.
In late 2000, the first Etsong is produced in its Qingdao factory. Etsong produced two models : the Maestro hatch and a van based on this.

In 2003, FAW purchased the factory and the Etsong product. It renamed the both car as Jiefang CU6400 and CU6440UA.
In 2005, FAW sold the factory to SAIC-GM-Wuling, which produces now several Wuling minivans.

The production line was purchased by Sichuan Auto based in Chengdu, Sichuan province. They produced the Maestro-based van as Yema SQj6450. It was produced 2 or 3 years. Yema used the base to build its own vehicles.


"Jiefang" name is also interesting. It means "liberation" and was used firstly in 1960's to name a range of trucks manufactured by FAW in Changchun. And in 1990's, Jiefang name was used for a range of minivans produced by FAW Jilin.

I spotted this one jut outside a FAW Tianjin (formerly known as Tianjin Xiali) dealership in north Zhengzhou.

The Jiefang CA6440UA is now very rare on Chinese roads. It is the first and still lone CA6440 I spotted in the country.

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Taken on: April 9, 2016
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