And in the summer another Chinese automaker— FAW started deliveries of the Besturn B50 model to the Russian market.
As previously reported, the distributor of the brand was the company "Quingup", through the showrooms of which they began to sell passenger models FAW. The first ordered Besturn B50 customers received in August.
Options and prices FAW Besturn B50 (2019)
MT5 - 5-speed manual, AT6 - 6-speed automatic
Recall that the basis of the sedan F.A.W. Besturn B50 (2017-2018) lay down platform from Mazda 6 previous generation. At the same time, the design Chinese model does not copy any of the famous European or Japanese cars- it was developed by Italdesign Giugiaro studio specialists. The overall length of the novelty is 4,600 mm ( wheelbase 2675), width - 1785, height - 1435, trunk volume - 450 liters.
As a power unit for the FAV Besturn B50, the only 1.6-liter gasoline four-cylinder engine 103 hp (145 Nm), but it can be ordered as a pair with 5- step mechanics, and paired with a 6-band automatic.
The price of the new FAV Besturn B50 2019 in Russia starts from 590,000 rubles per car in basic configuration Modern. The equipment includes two airbags, ABS, air conditioning, front and rear power windows, a six-speaker audio system, a standard alarm and 15-inch alloy wheels.
The cost of a sedan top configuration Premium with a gun reaches 690,000 rubles. This version additionally has side airbags, leather interior, power sunroof, tire pressure sensor and cruise control.
The Chinese auto company FAW recently presented its updated version of the business class sedan called the FAW Besturn B50F. How do you understand we are talking about the finalization of the car of the same name, now received just a prefix at the end in the form of the letter F.
The official premiere fell on the Moscow international car show which took place in August this year. Of course, the car should soon enter the Russian market.
In the meantime, let's try to find out what's new in FAV Besturn V50F, what updates the manufacturer has pleased us with, and what to expect from the release of new items on the world market. Because it's not just some budget sedan, and a car with an eye on the business class, the requirements for it will be increased, and you can find fault with any little things. Such a class does not forgive mistakes. Let's see if FAV allowed them.
Exterior
Updating is a complex and time-consuming process. In fact, manufacturers needed to make the car more attractive, more interesting, more modern, better. At the same time, do not go beyond the original version, maintain the same dimensions, add some zest to the car, and also, if possible, improve specifications.
Looking ahead a little, let's say that Chinese engineers managed to achieve all of the above. Appearance became brighter, more interesting, new units appeared under the hood. But still, let's talk about everything in order.
Take a look at official photos and video materials showing the FAW Besturn B50F sedan. He has clearly changed.
The front end is completely new, with an attractive trim grille, new optics where there was a place for LED running lights, as well as cornering lights. Original bumper, air ducts, chrome inserts, rectangular classic fog lights, modified hood shape, other front fenders. As a result, the view turned out to be amazing, although somewhat reminiscent of the Subaru Legacy.
The side view opens the eyes to the powerful stampings located on the front wheel arches. The arches themselves have acquired an almost perfect radius, in which wheels and rims look good, starting from 16 inches. Less is not recommended. Original alloy wheels from the manufacturer will surely meet your needs. But if you want to put your FAV Besturn V50F on something more solid, you will have to buy it separately.
The task part received a new bumper, complemented by an impressive diffuser, as well as marker lights, now with LED content. Optimal size tailgate, good access to luggage compartment complement the image of the sedan.
We can say that the car turned out to be interesting, attractive, even somewhat daring with a clear trace of a sporty character.
Due to new bumpers and changes in the body, the dimensions have changed, but not significantly. As a result, the dimensions of the restyled version are as follows:
- length - 4615 millimeters;
- width - 1785 millimeters;
- height - 1435 millimeters;
- wheelbase - 2675 millimeters;
- ground clearance (clearance) - 160 millimeters.
Interior
Very often, when restyling, automakers do not touch the interior, or make minimal, literally point changes. In the case of the FAW Besturn B50F, everything is completely different, since the interior has changed dramatically.
The front end has been completely refurbished. Now there is a new multifunctional steering wheel, a modern instrument panel with red and white illumination, an original visor above the instrument panel, an attractive front panel and a rather bold center console with an excellent tunnel that divides the front part into the driver and front passenger area.
The large area of the center console allowed the audio system, climate equipment to be located there, so much so that no one interferes with each other.
The driver and front passenger seats have a pronounced lateral support, the materials used are quite high quality, the manufacturer didn’t save much here. Inside, there is both soft and hard plastic. Although there are no complaints about the latter.
Concerning back row, then here also dominate good materials. There is enough space for three adult passengers. Moreover, they will be free both at the top of the head and at the feet, and even long trips will not cause discomfort.
The luggage compartment will accommodate 450 liters of luggage. You can also lower the rear row backrests if no one is driving there, and thereby increase the luggage space by almost three times.
Equipment
Like it or not, but equipment very often plays a big role when choosing a car. Unfortunately, some leading automakers give too little in the base and ask too much for a surcharge. In the case of the FAW Besturn B50F, the situation is more attractive. Already in the database, the sedan can offer you:
- alloy wheels by 16 inches;
- front fog lights;
- external rear-view mirrors with electric drive and heating;
- sunroof and electric drive for it;
- power windows on all side doors;
- central locking;
- multifunction steering wheel;
- audio system with 6 speakers;
- on-board computer;
- air conditioning;
- two frontal airbags for driver and passenger;
- security alarm;
- rear parking sensors;
- BAS, EBD, ABS systems.
If you wish, you can order a car in a more expensive configuration, and then you will have:
- Cruise control;
- bluetooth port;
- leather interior;
- front side airbags;
- electric drive for adjusting the position of the driver's seat;
- Rear View Camera;
- TCS, TPMS systems.
Prices
There is no official information regarding the price of FAV Besturn V50F for the Russian market yet. But there is very little time left to wait for its appearance, since the novelty should appear on sale at the beginning of next year.
It is noteworthy that in Russia they wanted to start launching sales this summer, but something did not work out. Therefore, you will have to wait a bit for the announcement of the cost.
Specifications
The pre-styling version looked good, had a solid potential. Nevertheless, the impression was largely spoiled by not the most successful motor.
Buyers could only count on the FAW Besturn B50 with a 1.6-liter engine, 103 horsepower and 145 Nm of torque. This motor remained in stock for updated version. It is still equipped with a five-speed mechanics or six step automaton.
But now a new one is available power unit. Its working volume is 1.8 liters, it produces 138 Horse power and 172 Nm of torque. Complemented only by a six-speed automatic.
Conclusion
Well, updated sedan business class from the company FAV impresses. And very, very positive. He began to look better, began to ride better due to the new motor. And in general, it is perceived much more optimistic than its predecessor.
The manufacturer has done a great job, for which they can only be praised. However, the company will have to overcome the main rival in the global market - the reputation of Chinese cars. Alas, it is still not the most positive, many with concern pay attention to more affordable compared to Japanese, European and Korean cars, but they prefer the latter, considering them more reliable and better.
Not everyone understands that decent, solid, high-quality, reliable cars that meet stringent European requirements are already being produced in China. Yes, these brands are not yet well-known, they have not even come close to BMW, Audi, Toyota, etc. But there is time, and the Chinese auto industry will still be able to loudly declare itself. And such cars as the FAW Besturn B50F are a vivid confirmation of this.
We are known for their trucks, and this car FAW Besturn B50 is another representative of the "Celestial Empire". More about FAW (China First Automobile Works Group Company), or rather, it is even a Chinese auto corporation with a half-century history, but the Russian market has its own line passenger cars mobiles she just started to show last years. Design development Chinese car FAW Besturn B50 the Italian studio Italdesign Giugiaro was engaged, which presented the developed sedan body back in April 2008 at the Beijing Motor Show. The photo shows the FAW Besturn B50 from all angles.
The front of the "Chinese" Bestrun has a sly "look" with high headlights and unobtrusive elegant grille, which is emphasized by a massive bumper. The front fairing has a lower air intake opening and fog lights on inserts made of durable plastic. Two ribs are stamped along the body profile. The top rib runs through the line of the door handles, the bottom rib accentuates lower part doors. Generally car FAW Besturn B50- This is a modern sedan with a long hood, an oval roof, which creates a solid look for this car. Of course, the Italian designers, drawing the body for the Besturn B50, did not try to create a masterpiece, but on the whole it turned out quite original and pretty.
Salon FAW Besturn B50 accommodates five passengers large. The torpedo has a massive look with smoothly flowing lines into the center console, which in turn has blocks with an audio control system with CD, MP3, 6 speakers, and climate control. Dashboard with screen on-board computer has a fairly simple menu and red backlight. The steering wheel is multifunctional. The driver's seat is equipped with an electric drive and lumbar support roller adjustment in 8 directions, and the passenger seat is equipped with only mechanical adjustment.
Specifications FAW Besturn B50: External dimensions sedan: length - 4600 mm, width - 1785 mm, height - 1435 mm, wheelbase - 2675 mm. Trunk volume 450 liters D-class. Engine - 1.6 liters (103 hp), equipped with a 5-speed manual or 6-speed automatic transmission gears. Front suspension independent with stabilizer roll stability on double wishbones, rear suspension independent multi-link also with a stabilizer. Disc brakes with ABC and EBD. Steering with hydraulic booster. Vehicle weight 1300 kg.
In China auto Besturn B50 sold in three trim levels: Luxury, Premium, 3G. The difference between the configurations is only in the details, but even the basic equipment, for example Luxury, is generously stuffed by Chinese standards, it has cruise control, central locking, parking sensors, climate control, electric driver's seat, alarm, front and side airbags for the driver and passengers, adjustable steering column, power windows for all doors, leather interior, power door mirrors, CD/MP3 music, alloy wheels with 195/65R15 tires. Home price for Chinese car FAW Besturn B50 was announced from 499,000 rubles (103 hp 5 MCP).
Master put his hand
They compared it by inertia: Chinese means borrowed. Now is not the case: Besturn B50 was developed by the world design master Fabrizio Giugiaro. The same one that had a hand in the "multi-circulation" VW Golf ( latest generations), and to the unique Aston Martin Twenty-Twenty.
Besturn B50, like its manufacturer FAW, has just debuted on Russian market passenger cars (FAW trucks have been working hard in the country for a long time). After the closing of the Moscow Motor Show, an exhibition copy of the B50 was provided for long test the editors of "Za rulem.RF" - the first of the domestic specialized publications. The higher the responsibility entrusted to us to acquaint a wide audience with a car that falls into the popular price niche "from 400 to 600 thousand rubles."
Let's get into the skin potential buyer: we feel the car with our eyes, hands, body, we will drive around the city - in a word, we will draw the very first impressions at the stage when “they choose not with the mind, but with the heart”.
"Chinese" in the car is not immediately recognized. In the exterior we see what is characteristic of a certain European-Japanese type (as well as completely strangers wear common features, and cars are often similar). This is to the fact that hardly anyone will find obvious “under-” in the exterior - you will not notice them either in the concept of the form or in the compatibility of parts: stampings, lines of headlight blocks, decorative overlays, etc. However, it’s even embarrassing to stomp on the design from Giugiaro ... One definition: not bad.
Let's look into the salon through the doorways (but we don't sit down yet) - and again we will see the classics of our time. The craving for trendy elements is obvious. On the leather-wrapped steering wheel, there are buttons for controlling the audio system and cruise control, a set of paddle shifters that is standard today. Between the dials of the tachometer and speedometer there is a compact display (we will still evaluate what it will show). On the center console under the audio system display - air conditioning / heating knobs ...
And all the same, you peer with caution: well, for sure there is something “purely Chinese” here! ..
In what niche?
However, it's time for "their place". Well, here it is: well-tailored leather seat ... oh, and tough! Don't fall for this one. AT similar situations they persuade themselves: let's take this as a feature of the model or the style of the manufacturer, or even growing pains (once almost all Korean cars, and now ...). And then, the Chinese are noble healers, maybe they, knowing something special, did it on purpose?
The salon is spacious: to get to the inside handle of the right door, you have to bend over and stretch your hand. In place “behind you”, the knees touch the back of the driver's seat (if the helmsman is taller than average). Right-back, when you move a little front seat absolutely spacious. Advantage: high back sofa. Above the head is not exactly space, but the roof does not press. And the “panorama” of the cabin from this place looks European.
An armrest is dropped between the two rear riders. But the wall of the niche does not open - you can’t slip the skis through. In general, the car is not very adapted to the transportation of long loads. Which is understandable: in the classification adopted in China, it is classified as a business class. With our estimates, we will not let the B50 into the "business". However, one cannot but agree: this is far from “economy”.
One foot in high school
In all six trim levels (three each with “mechanics” and “automatic”), not the most weak motor at 103 hp; ABS, electrical distributor braking force(EBD), "assistant" at emergency braking. Kit active safety quite decent.
All glasses are athermal; climate control, air conditioning rear passengers; adjustable steering wheel position (height); trip computer, parking sensors (rear) with three-tier system warnings and indications on the interior rear-view mirror; Bluetooth and USB port. Electrically adjustable exterior mirrors, an immobilizer, alloy wheels and the like are natural components of a car that claims to be equal among equals on the market. But in what category?
We must agree with the definition Chinese manufacturer, which accepted the criteria of the Russian auto community: FAW Besturn B50 - a C-class car with class D elements.
... and in the mind - about the costs
From the gate - into the hour plug. She held on pretty well. A resident of a metropolis is still more comfortable with an “automatic” (and the B50 is a purely urban car).
On short accelerations and decelerations, the sound of the engine resembled the roar of the VAZ G8. (Involuntary association: FAW top manager Mr. Yang Feng said: our company is for China what AvtoVAZ is for Russia - the very first, with the largest volumes release.) The similarity of the units of the two machines is also confirmed by the long strokes of the gear lever.
The engine loves high speed - maximum power achieved at 6400 rpm. At the same time, acceleration is not the most impressive (for a curb weight of 1.35 tons, a hundred and a few forces are still not enough), but you will not be the last one from a traffic light.
What about fuel consumption? The technical specifications say average consumption 7.8 l / 100 km.
Under the fuel indicator icon is a horizontal scale with two "full" dashes (there are six in total). This means that there are approximately 40 liters in the tank (its total capacity is 58 liters). Let's see how the dashes will go out as the distance traveled.
And along the way...
Connoisseurs say that the FAW Besturn B50 was created on the basis of the first versions of the Mazda 6. The car is maneuverable, the steering wheel is sharp. Despite the fact that the suspension would be called quite rigid.
More about a couple of scattered observations in the first hundred run. Ground clearance small. When parking near the curb, be careful. Too careful parking sensors. For a meter - more than a meter to the obstacle begins to hysteria: not a step back! We'll have to "turn on" the eyes and the sense of size in order to fit more tightly.
Discouraged "krutilki"-regulators of the air conditioner: they are without limiters at the end points, and rotate them to infinity. There are also no notches on the wheels, and the indication is given on a rather narrow bottom line of the audio system display, which is already saturated with symbols. And you never know drivers with unimportant eyesight! .. This is purely in Chinese. But, most likely, the skill of adjusting blindly will come.
B50 in this configuration costs 559 thousand rubles. Is the price justified and what else will the operation of a Chinese car on Moscow roads show? More about this in the following publications about the FAW Besturn B50. There will be questions - ask!
Chinese car company FAW is known in Russia for its trucks. FAW Besturn B50 - another representative from China, will this car manage to gain a foothold in automotive market Russia will show time.
FAW (China First Automobile Works Group Company), a Chinese auto corporation with more than half a century of history, has been systematically introducing a line of its passenger cars to the Russian market in recent years.
The FAV Besturn B50 was designed by Italians from Italdesign Giugiaro, and the premiere of their sedan work took place back in April 2008 as part of the Beijing Motor Show. Let's look at the FAW Besturn B50 from all sides.
The front of the car with high headlights with a sly "look", a neat false radiator grille and a simple but massive bumper. The front fairing places on its surface a slot of the lower air intake and round foglights on inserts made of unpainted plastic. The profile of the "Chinese" - with adult vyshtampovki dilators wheel arches and two ribs. The top rib runs through the line of the door handles, the bottom splash adorns the bottom of the doors. The rest of the FAW Besturn B50 is the correct and calm sedan body style, which has a long sloping hood, a sloping roof and a roasted stern. The rear is simplicity itself: a straight trunk lid, a bumper. Several adorn the stern and pleasing to the eye rear lighting and arched stamping on the luggage compartment lid.
Representatives of the Italian school of auto design drew and created a nice body for the FAV Besturn B50, this is certainly not a masterpiece, but it looks original and does not smell like plagiarism.
The external dimensions of the FAW sedan are: length - 4600 mm, width - 1785 mm, height - 1435 mm, wheelbase - 2675 mm.
The interior of the FAW Besturn B50 welcomes its five passengers with a large and bright cabin. The front dashboard is massive, with smooth lines, the center console with the classic arrangement of music control units (in the base there is an audio system with CD MP3 and 6 speakers) and climate control (for all trim levels). Large multifunctional steering wheel. A simple instrument panel with an on-board computer screen has an adjustable red backlight. The driver's seat is electrically adjustable and adjustable in 8 directions with a variable lumbar support roller, the passenger seat is mechanically adjustable. There is nothing to say about the convenience of the seats, there are no “live” cars in Russia yet, but judging by the photo, the profile is correct, with developed lateral support. In the second row, passengers have enough legroom and the roof does not put pressure on their heads. A pillow with a flat profile, the central tunnel will interfere with the average passenger.
The trunk volume of 450 liters is an average figure for a European D-class car, in which FAW is going to “play” with its sedan, built on the platform of the first generation of the Japanese Mazda6.
What configurations for the FAV Besturn B50 will be offered in Russia is not yet known. In China, cars are sold in three fixed content: Luxury, Premium, 3G. The difference between them is in the details, but even the base Luxury is traditionally generously packaged by Chinese standards. There is climate control, leather interior, cruise control, parking sensors, power driver's seat, power windows for all doors, central locking, alarm, height-adjustable steering column, power mirrors, CD MP3 music, front and side airbags for the driver and passenger, alloy wheels with 195/65R15 tires.
Specifications FAV Besturn V50. As mentioned above, the platform donor for the Besturn B50 was the “trolley” on which the first generation Mazda6 stood. The motor, it seems, is also from Mazda - 1.6 liters (103 hp), aggregated with a 5-speed manual or 6-speed automatic. The front suspension is independent on double wishbones with a stabilizer bar, the rear multi-link is also independent with a stabilizer. Disc brakes with ABC EBD, power steering. The “Chinese” has a good platform, the motor is really weak for a car weighing 1300 kg.
talk about running characteristics FAW Besturn B50 with an eye on how the Mazda6 rides? It probably doesn't make sense, but we remember that the platform donor has excellent driving performance, sharp steering, practical and comfortable interior.
Options and prices. In 2016, the first generation FAW Besturn B50 sedan on the Russian market is offered in two trim levels: Modern and Delux. Already "in the base" this car is equipped with: parking sensors (rear), ABS system, front airbags, electric side mirrors and power windows, climate control, an audio system with steering wheel controls, 15″ alloy wheels.
AT maximum configuration Besturn B50 boasts: tire pressure sensors, leather interior, power front seats, additional airbags, cruise control, a more functional audio system, etc.
The price of the basic configuration FAV Besturn B50 - from 458 thousand rubles per car in 2013 model year(530 thousand rubles for a car of the 2014 model year). The cost of the Besturn B50 sedan in the maximum configuration is from ~ 484 thousand rubles. (or 550, respectively).
