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Beijing Auto Show 2008 LIVE: Beijing Auto Works B60 jeep

210408, Beijing Auto Show. Beijing Auto Works (BAW) showed the long expected civilian version of the military BJ2036 and it is called the B60.

The 2036 is the sucessor of the iconic Beijing Jeep 2023 series that was first made in joint venture with AMC/Chrysler and later by BAW alone.

The 2023 series is still in wide use in the Chinese army and has been exported to many countries around the world including to Netherlands where I am from.

BAW started building the 2036 a few years ago, it's military sensitive so it's not exactly sure when, and the civilian market almost begged for them.

So here it is. The civilian version has a 4 cilinder 2.7 liter petrol engine with 110kw and 235nm, top speed is 150km/h and 0-100km takes 23 seconds. Not too fast but who cares, it's all about the looks and it will problably be very cheap, I think (hope) around 12.000 dollar.

I want one too, it will look nice next to my '98 Beijing Jeep Cherokee...