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Native name | 一汽奔腾汽车股份有限公司 |
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| Formerly | Besturn (2006–2018) |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 2006; 19 years ago (2006) |
| Headquarters | , China |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Automobiles |
| Parent |
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| Website | https://benteng.faw.cn/(in Chinese) |
FAW Bestune Automobile Co., Ltd., commonly referred to asBestune (Chinese:一汽奔腾;pinyin:Yīqì Bēnténg), formerly known asBesturn, is an automotive marque owned by the Chinese automakerFAW Group.[1]
Bestune currently[when?] produces budget passenger vehicles for the FAW Group.[citation needed]
In 2006, theBesturn B70, which was developed based onMazda 6, made its debut as the first model of Besturn brand.[2]
The second model of the brand,Besturn B50 made its debut in 2009.[3][4]
In 2012, Bestune began to sell its vehicles in theRussian market with the B50 as the first model sold,[5][6] which debuted at the 2012Moscow International Automobile Salon.[7] It was reported to have a joint venture withAvtotor to manufacture Besturn X80 in Russia in 2015.[8] The Besturn X80 started manufacture in Russia in April 2017 and FAW announced that it would sell at least two to three more models by 2018.[9]
At the end of 2018, the manufacturer decided to rename Besturn's English name to Bestune.[10] The Chinese nameBenteng remained unchanged.
In December 2020,FAW Group announced the restructure of FAW Bestune andFAW Jiefang. The Bestune was transferred fromFAW Car to FAW Corporation Limited (FAW Group) and will operate independently as a wholly owned subsidiary ofFAW Group. FAW Jiefang was set to listed in the capital market.[11]
On 15 December 2022, Bestune announced the release of a new product brand logo.[12]
In December 2022, theFAW Group announced the transfer of 17.02%FAW Jiefang share to Bestune, providing financial support to Bestune.[13]
In September 2023, Bestune announced the completion of its capital increase project, the registered capital increased from CNY 6.0 billion to CNY 8.4 billion. WithYueda Automotive Group, a subsidiary of state-ownedYueda Group, became the first external investor introduced to Bestune. FAW Corporation Limited (FAW Group), FAW Equity Investment, and Yueda Automotive Group hold stakes of 86.16%, 11.87%, and 1.97%, respectively.[14]
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Below are tables showing sales of Bestune models from the last couple of years.[15]
| Year | Sales |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 9,118 |
| 2022 | 19,111 |
| Year | Sales |
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| 2019 | 3,956 |
| 2020 | 13,054 |
| 2021 | 6,268 |
| 2022 | 2,184 |
| Year | Sales |
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| 2018 | 10,757 |
| 2019 | 45,908 |
| 2020 | 28,344 |
| 2021 | 14,300 |
| 2022 | 10,247 |
| Year | Sales |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 4,999 |
| 2020 | 3,812 |
| 2021 | 7,860 |
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