Bentung A 501 Revealed as Besturn B50

Besturn B50 sedan

By Brian Potter
April 15, 2008 5:18 PM
Filed Under: General

Just after recent spy photos, FAW has revealed their Mazda6 based sedan at the Beijing Motor Show, the Besturn (also Bentung) B50. The B50 gets a 1.6-liter powerplant to start with a hybrid engine to follow later. Since FAW manufactures in China the Prius on behalf of Toyota, surely a hybrid engine will be a natural next step for China's first auto manufacturer.

Source: ChinaCarTimes.com and Jalopnik.com

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FAW Bentung A 501 Spied

Comments

odysseus

April 15, 2008 5:57 PM

it seems that the chinese only build cars to make cash. they have absolutly no sense for what a good car should be. there is no style, no perfection, no history, no passion. nothing. i can't see the engineer who love cars more than his wife - i can only see the greedy chinese businessman.

xLumino

April 15, 2008 5:59 PM

will it be available outside China? The Car seems to be interesting. FAW has much more experience then other chinese brands and with Mazda-basics it might be an quality alternative. I like the reardesign... ;)

joelynn

April 15, 2008 6:03 PM

Yawn,I agree odysseus- no soul. Back is slightly interesting. Not really exciting in any way though.

ck314

April 15, 2008 6:23 PM

This is just a start. Over time more serious and attractive stuff should follow. Remember Hyundai back in the 80s.

pole_mccoy

April 15, 2008 8:12 PM

Boring

designerr

April 15, 2008 11:45 PM

its a really good start for china auto industry.maybe sombody hate its design but please let them to work more and more and more.

thylastbreath

April 16, 2008 4:04 AM

Does anyone else think this looks almost exactly like a Hyundai Elantra?

The_woo_factor

April 16, 2008 1:01 PM

very dull.... no style? such a budget piece of crap

DeRay

April 17, 2008 1:50 PM

I think it is a handsome vehicle. if you compare this to some of the cars on the american market like say a chevy malibu sedan from 2006 then yeah they are off to a good start.

sensei

April 27, 2008 6:43 PM

Post the crash testing footage and then they might be able to interest people....if it becomes the firts Chinese car to survive a crash and protect the occupants.

ben

July 16, 2009 9:35 AM

I just bought one and am very pleased. Very smooth ride.

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