Jiefang J6

The Jiefang J6 is a heavy-duty truck built by FAW Jiefang, the truck business of China's FAW Group. Gasgoo reported in July 2007 that FAW would launch it in the middle of that month as the sixth generation of the Jiefang lineup, a model FAW developed on its own over seven years at a cost of tens of billions of yuan. The report describes it as using the world-class technologies FAW had gathered, including transmissions produced by FAW Eaton and axles built with Nissan Diesel technology. The launch was paired with the start of construction on a new truck production facility, funded with 1.45 billion yuan to improve welding, coating and assembly, which was expected to reach an annual capacity of 100,000 units. FAW treated the truck as significant to its effort to reshuffle China's heavy truck market.