Engineering:Dongfanghong BJ760
| Dongfanghong BJ760 | |
|---|---|
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Beijing Automobile Works |
| Production | 1961-1969 |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Luxury car |
| Body style | 2-door sedan 2-door pickup |
| Layout | FR layout |
| Related | GAZ-21 Volga Beijing BJ212 |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 2.6L M-21 I4 (GAZ-21/22) |
| Transmission | 2-4 speed automatic |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,700 mm (110 in) |
| Length | 4,810 mm (189 in) |
| Width | 1,800 mm (71 in) |
| Height | 1,610 mm (63 in) |
| |uk|Kerb|Curb}} weight | 2,159–2,289 kg (4,760–5,046 lb) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Beijing CB4 |
| Successor | Beijing BJ750 (sedan models) Beijing BJ212 (pickup models) |
The Dongfanghong BJ760 is a luxury vehicle produced by Beijing Automobile Works from 1961 to 1969, as a replacement for the slightly larger Beijing CB4 limousine. The BJ760 was based on the Soviet GAZ-21 Volga sedan,[1] which replaced the GAZ-M20 Pobeda and was getting very successful in the USSR.
The BJ760 was also not very successful, at least compared to the Shanghai SH760 sedan, however, it managed to stay in production for much more longer than it's predecessor, with much more vehicles produced (over 240).[1] A pickup truck version was built in 1964, and was planned to stay in production until 1972, but all these plans were canceled when the production of the Beijing BJ212 utility vehicles started.
The BJ760 was more or less just a re-badge of the Volga, on which it was based on, and it shares the ZMZ engine,[1] however during the later 1960s, the engine started getting produced locally in the Chinese factories.[1] The engine was also later used in the Beijing BJ212 utility vehicles but received some changes and modernizations to fit in the now legendary off-roader.[1]
When the vehicle was still on the prototype stage, it had received the name Xinghuo, which means Spark in Chinese, however, the name was later changed during its development.[1] During 1971, the company started developing the Beijing BJ750, which lasted in production until 1982, and was partly inspired in design by Japanese cars of the era - namely the Toyota Crown and the Nissan Cedric.
The name Dongfanghong was later used for the Chinese-built version of the FSO Polonez vehicle.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "The Beijing Auto Works Dongfanghong BJ760 Is A Beautiful Chinese-Russian Sedan". https://chinacarhistory.com/2017/09/29/the-beijing-auto-works-dongfanghong-bj760-is-a-beautiful-chinese-russian-sedan/.
- ↑ "History Updated: were the Dongfanghong Yituo cars copies of the FSO Polonez?". https://carnewschina.com/2012/05/12/history-updated-were-the-dongfanghong-yituo-cars-copies-of-the-fso-polonez/.
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