Company type | Private Co. Ltd. |
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Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 1998 |
Defunct | 2005 |
Headquarters | Guangzhou, People's Republic of China |
Area served | Mainland China |
Key people | Yang Longjiang |
Products | Automobiles |
Guangzhou Baolong Motors Co. Ltd., or previously Guangzhou Oriental Baolong Automotive Industry Co. Ltd., (广州宝龙) was an automobile manufacturer from the People's Republic of China. [1]
Yang Longjiang founded the company in June 1998 in Guangzhou, [2] and began the production of automobiles under the brand name Baolong. Production took place in three plants located in Guangzhou and one plant located in Zhanjiang. [2] By 2005, the production has ended. [1]
In September 2005, FAW Hongta and FAW Baolong Light Vehicle joined forces to found the successor company FAW Baolong Light Vehicle. [2]
Initially, Baolong produced bullet-proof vehicles based on Mitsubishi V31 and V33, Ford Transit, Renault Trafic and a few other Mitsubishi models. [2]
In April 2004, Matra bought the rights to the Renault Espace III. [2]
Before the defunct in 2005, the lone passenger vehicle product is the Baolong Pegasus MPV. The Baolong Pegasus was later rebadged as the FAW Freewind.
year | production number | source |
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2001 | 650 | [3] |
2002 | 1348 | [3] |
2003 | 1400 | [3] |
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