Coming to the United Kingdom
The new
Seventy years after the BJ212 first left Beijing, the all-purpose 4x4 that carried two million people across the world’s toughest terrain is coming to the UK. Diesel or petrol. Built tough since 1951.
Beijing Auto Works
Founded in 1951, BAW was the second large-scale automotive enterprise in new China. Since the original BJ212, its off-roaders have worked in the most challenging terrain on earth.
Two million 4x4s.
One reputation.
The new 212 is already on sale across Asia and the Middle East. Growing demand has brought the 2.0T Diesel and 2.0T GDi Petrol to Europe, offering a higher specification at a very competitive price. The UK is next.
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Built tough
Choose your 212
Same bones.
Different heart.
212 T01 Diesel
The one that goes deeper.
- 170 hp
- Power
- 415 Nm
- Torque
- 850 mm
- Wading
- 100%
- Gradient
Off-road geometry
Numbers that
mean something.
Front and rear drive axles are stamped and welded as one piece under a non-load-bearing body. The result is a set of figures most SUVs can only quote from their brochure’s fine print.
- 235mm
- Ground clearance
- 850mm
- Wading depth
- 100%
- Max gradient
Finishes
Pick your
camouflage.
Also available in Dark Blue and Light Grey. Interiors in Black, Brown or Grey.
Inside
Toughness,
upholstered.
Quilted leather, heated and ventilated front seats, and a steering wheel that feels like it belongs in something twice the price. Every control is where your hand expects it, so the track ahead is the only thing you think about.
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Drive modes
360°
Surround view
Field notes
Budapest to
the Gobi.
The 212 has been driven across Europe, through the Caucasus, over the Cappadocian plateau and deep into the deserts of northern China. The photographs on this site came back from those drives.
Anytime, anyplace, anywhere
Where it’s been.
Not a studio backdrop among them. Every frame was taken on the road, on the way somewhere.
Service record
Forged in war.
Refined in the field.
Before it was a name on a tailgate, the 212 was an army vehicle. The original was built for soldiers, not showrooms, and it spent decades proving the point.
- 1965Drafted
- The BJ212 was engineered to a military brief: a light 4x4 that a crew could fix with hand tools, drive across anything and start every morning.
- DecadesIn uniform
- It became the standard light utility vehicle of China’s armed forces, serving on desert borders, high plateaus and jungle tracks.
- TodayDemobbed
- Body-on-frame, live axles, locking differentials and 850 mm of wading depth. The new 212 keeps what the army asked for and adds the cabin it never did.
BJ212 · 1965
Heritage
Seventy years
of getting there.
Beijing Auto Works has designed, developed and manufactured all-terrain 4x4s since 1951. The BJ212 became the vehicle that helped build a nation. The new 212 carries that name, and that responsibility.
The full storyDealer enquiries
Put a 212
on your forecourt.
We are appointing franchised dealers across the UK ahead of launch. If you would like to represent BAW, or simply want to know more about the 212, tell us a little about yourself.
Talk to us directly.
Email the team and we will come back to you within two working days.
sales@bawauto.co.uk