FAW V2 was launched in our market back in 2014 and in view of the fact ,it has gradually but progressively kept on building its occurrence in a market that’s largely dominated by Known as a derivative of 1st generation Toyota Vitz, the FAW V2 is in fact based on Toyota’s NBC (New Basic Car) platform.
The platform was licensed since FAW occurs to be a joint venture partner of Toyota in China and their self-developed cars are typically based on technology obtained from their combined venture partners. Do note that in China, FAW does have joint ventures with Volkswagen, GM and Mazda as well.
The First Impression:
There were a lot of ifs and buts about the local assembled V2 but a widespread perception was that the local assembled one will be inferior in quality compared to the imported one. But to be honest there is totally no dissimilarity among the local and imported V2.
Astonishingly there were no quality issues that are common with other local assembled cars such as misaligned lights, improper rubber fittings, bad finishing or rough paint issues. Apart from some very minor glitches, it seems as if it was put together with open-eyes and we hope FAW will be able to continue with this quality of workmanship in future as well.
The Added Features:
Features wise there is completely no dissimilarity between the local and imported V2. Luckily FAW hasn’t taken away anything, in fact it offers a couple of things more which the imported V2 missed. Such as the door rubbers, which help reduce the wind noise at high speeds, an issue which was faced by imported V2 owners. The local assembled V2 also comes equipped with mud flappers with FAW monogram, as well as new Metallic Grey and Cherry Red (Maroon) Metallic color. The front grill has been painted in Black which gives a slightly different personality to the car.
The Exterior:
