Baojun 630 launched in China – sales begin this month

Baojun 630 launched in China – sales begin this month

The announcement of the launch of the brand was made last November, with production of its first model beginning the same month. Now, five months on, GM’s newest car brand, Baojun, has officially launched the Baojun 630 into the market.

Aimed specifically at the Chinese market, the 1.5 litre Euro IV-compliant sedan – which sits on a Buick Excelle platform – has been designed to attract young drivers in the country’s second- and third-tier cities, primarily the middle-class crowd in its vast interior.

Baojun 630 launched in China – sales begin this month

Produced by GM and its partners Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation Group and Wuling Motors in Liuzhou, Guangxi, the Baojun 630 is set to address the growing demand across the country for affordable personal transportation, and will be attractively priced between US$10,000 and US$15,000.

Baojun, which means “treasured horse”, will start selling the 630 later this month. It has a network of 150 dedicated dealerships across the country, but the number of dealerships is expected to double by the end of the year, says GM.

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Comments

  • ericmaxman on Apr 20, 2011 at 1:56 pm

    damn, this actually looks good..save for the fact that, being a chinese car, crash test videos will be amusing, and pronouncing the name might be a tongue twister to some. Now, when’s the test drive report gonna come out? Hehe

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  • theboss on Apr 20, 2011 at 1:57 pm

    ummm…not bad and the price between RM31000 to 46500 very attractive. if this type of car and this kind of price sold in malaysia, macam durian runtuh to malaysian.

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  • confused on Apr 20, 2011 at 1:59 pm

    the front grill a bit like Kia’s K-series face..

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    • Ya ya ! Any car that have 2 light & 4 wheels look like Kia.

      Baojun 630 will kill off that Kia K2 for sure.

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  • looks good for a RM30k to RM 45k car. Better than Malaysia Saga!

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    • Unforgiven on Apr 20, 2011 at 4:34 pm

      I wonder why the price is almost the same as Proton Saga?
      Are they the same segment?

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      • Oopus on Apr 20, 2011 at 10:08 pm

        Since when the price charged in Malaysia has been in a position to be the benchmark of worldwide auto products? You think highly of P1&P2, dont u? Baojun 630 is in the same segment as Chevrolet Excelle is, A class.

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  • Rambo on Apr 20, 2011 at 2:18 pm

    Not bad,lucky no more small wheel archs…

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  • Rambo on Apr 20, 2011 at 2:19 pm

    Not bad looking, lucky no more small wheel arches

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  • qwerty on Apr 20, 2011 at 2:31 pm

    the size seems too big for a 1.5 engine

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  • T4VR-Ralph on Apr 20, 2011 at 3:01 pm

    ??Baojun (Treasured Horse) ? wow…
    FYI, BMW in chinese are ?? (read as Bao Ma?also literary means Treasured Horse!)

    They certainly hoping that the Germans do not understand any Chinese XD

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    • Longhitter on Apr 20, 2011 at 8:06 pm

      Some more 630 sounds like a BMW 630i. Baojun is nice but I will take Bao Ma any day.

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  • CamPor on Apr 20, 2011 at 3:23 pm

    better looking than the dugong…

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  • design.. errr ok ok only.. but the price! wow!

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  • Hyundairulz on Apr 20, 2011 at 4:09 pm

    Actually looks the front looks like T. Premio and the rear is by its own. But the shape look like dugong

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  • redboy on Apr 20, 2011 at 4:41 pm

    so now Protong want to compete with Chinese Car in other country? It will become just juara negara due to monopolize policy. Even the chinese will not punished their own people by implement such tax and monopolize policies to get $$ from their own people. So who is more republic then a republic country now! hahaha..

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  • Toyota fans on Apr 20, 2011 at 6:23 pm

    Simply better than our P1 Persona.

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    • Amarjie on Apr 20, 2011 at 8:03 pm

      Toyota Fans..?

      Have you drive any of these 2 Persona & Boujun model for you to come out with that statement..?

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      • Unforgiven on Apr 21, 2011 at 3:09 pm

        Fair enough, let’s put Persona & Boujun in the same tax structure, sell it here, then only we are able to give a fair comment, real man vs real man fight…

        Else, Proton is always there to tell how good others cars are…

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  • lancer201 on Apr 20, 2011 at 8:59 pm

    with this price range, in Malaysia, we could only choose either Saga or super thin Viva. Good job who ever had this idea of building Malaysian own car company..

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  • dannyl77 on Apr 20, 2011 at 11:13 pm

    Look Very Impressive this Made In China Product …. & a Very Nice Price Tag too , if Only it’s selling at this Price Tag in Malaysia…..

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  • Fluid on Apr 21, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    add a “ban” to the end will mean toilet smell which more or less describes the car… Bau Jamban

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    • Apa hal, asik ingat jamban saje, you ni kena food poisoning kah?

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