BESTUNE

Electric vehicles from the FAW Group

1953More than 70 years with the FAW Group

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BESTUNE is a brand of FAW (China FAW Group), the First Automobile Works, founded in 1953. FAW built modern China’s first truck and first car and has produced more than 64 million vehicles. Its group also includes the Hongqi and Jiefang brands.

Origin: China, 2006
Group: FAW
Line-up: Electric SUVs, MPV and city car
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The BESTUNE story

1953
FAW is founded
The foundation stone of the First Automobile Works is laid in Changchun, one of the key industrial projects of China’s first five-year plan.
1956
The first Jiefang truck
The plant starts production and builds modern China’s first truck, the Jiefang (“Liberation”).
1958
The first cars, including Hongqi
FAW builds the country’s first passenger car, the Dongfeng, followed by its first luxury saloon, the Hongqi (“Red Flag”).
2006
The brand is born
FAW launches its own passenger-car brand, Besturn (Benteng in Chinese), with the B70 saloon.
2018
Besturn becomes BESTUNE
The brand adopts the international name BESTUNE with a new identity. Its Chinese name, Benteng, stays the same.
2025
The electric push
BESTUNE launches its electrified Yueyi line: a fully electric SUV with up to 565 km of range, a plug-in hybrid SUV using FAW’s own BMP system and a flagship saloon. Its small Pony electric city car passes 100,000 sales, and the brand partners with Horizon Robotics on driver assistance.