off-road military IMPRESSIVE South Africa
FAW, which is one of the great powers of the Chinese auto industry booming, was a player in the SA truck market for nearly 20 years, he launched a range of light commercials and passenger cars by an organization separate and distinct part of the Imperial Group.
FAW trucks, however, is an autonomous society in which FAW of China has had a stake since 2000.
The first FAW LCV arrival on the shores SA is the people seats 7 Sirius door and a wagon derivative, both a competitive price to R159 995 and R149 995 respectively Initially, the Sirius will be powered by a gasoline engine 1, 3 liters, 1.5 liters with a version joining the beach later.
What really stands out is the very high level of standard equipment, which is the same for the 7 seats and van.
standard specification includes alloy wheels, including the spare wheel, air conditioning, two airbags, ABS, central locking remote control, the power steering, power windows, audio consists of a radio system with MP3 player and USB port, remote keyless entry, front and rear fog lamps, alarm immobilizer, headlight adjustment, child locks for the rear doors of the 7 seats and indicator repeaters LED the front of the vehicle and in the exterior mirrors.
Both Sirius models will be sold to the first retail 13 existing multi-franchised dealers and independent exit AMH in Witbank FAW LCV and passenger car CEO, Pedro Pereira, said that ideally he would like to develop the representation 22 dealers to cover all major centers.
The introduction of Sirius versatile models will be followed in early 2013 by the launching of the small V2 sedan, with a choice of 1,3 or 1.5 liter gasoline engine A sedan segment B will join the line by mid-year.
Sirius models are popular on the Chinese domestic market, but so far they have only been exported to the Middle East and North Africa South Africa is the first market of the RHD for Sirius.
A number of FAW models of commercial vehicles and passenger cars were presented at Johannesburg Motor Show in 2008, but they were all driving to the left hand at the time there was a pressure on the company to supply the domestic market Chinese LHD vehicles, while exports were put into the background, especially for countries that need behavior patterns right.
Sirius evaluation units were subjected to fear a local program to ensure the adequacy of the vehicle for the African market and the company was very satisfied with the results Some changes have been affected following this assessment, including design and mounting a retractable cover for the cargo space in the 7-position and mounting brackets for holding the seat belts for the rearmost seat when they are not in use.
Evaluation units have been very well accepted by the target market in search of customers too, with many of these people being surprised by the high level of standard equipment on both variants.
The FAW enthusiastic CEO said that he and his team are particularly impressed with the quality of Sirius, both in terms of finishing and FITNESS and materials, such as carpet.
Initially, the FAW Sirius will be available only with a gasoline engine of 1.3 liters, but, as mentioned above, the option of an engine of 1.5 liters will be available at a later date the one power output , 3-liter 67kW motor is at 6 min 000R, 120N m with the available torque at 4 min 000R fuel consumption 7,4l 100 km on the combined cycle is claimed.
The transmission is a five-speed manual gearbox and the drive is through the rear wheels.
Front suspension is independent MacPherson struts, while the solid rear axle has a multi-link suspension coil spring.
The load capacities for the two models are to 7 525 kg seats whose occupants and the load and for the van 545 kg panel including driver, passenger and load.
The van may tow an unbraked trailer 450 kg and the seats 7 is rated at 600 kg Cargo space in the van, which has an aluminum plate floor mounted FAW plant in China is 1 670mm long, 1270 mm wide and 1 070mm height.
Both models are covered by a 3 year factory warranty 100,000 km a year roadside assistance and 4 years 60 000 km service plan.
The Director General Pedro Pereira says there is a full range of spare parts and replacement stock with FAW technical support team in China based on the car head LCV and passenger FAW office in Boksburg.
FAW is one of the leading companies in the Chinese automotive industry In addition to producing its own vehicles, it has joint ventures with Volkswagen Audi, Mazda, Toyota and General Motors to produce vehicles for these major global players.
Passenger vehicles and commercial total sales of FAW Group in 2011 was over 2.6 million, and ranked 165th in the Fortune 500 Forbes The group employs over 130 000 people today.
FAW, which was founded in 1953 is already represented in over 100 countries and is currently expanding its export program with FAW Import and Export Corporation group exported more than 100,000 vehicles built or kit cars worldwide since his creation.
FAW demonstrates its commitment to South Africa with the construction of a manufacturing plant in the industrial development zone of Coega, near Port Elizabeth The plant will have an initial annual production of 5,000 trucks per year for passenger cars and illuminated advertising used in the production in the future.
The initial investment and the amount of expansion projects to over R600 million investment in building R200 million will more than 1 000 jobs during the construction phase and should be completed in December 2013.
In cars and light commercial vehicles of FAW passengers are very excited about the future that we know we'll get leading automotive quality products from China and offer first backup service class through a dealer network across the country to ensure effective motoring profitability and transportation solutions, concluded GM Pedro Pereira.
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