Tianjin Xiali N3

The Tianjin Xiali N3, type code TJ7102, was a small four- and five-door sedan built in Tianjin, China, from 2004 to 2015. Autocade describes it as a local development of the earlier TJ7 series, itself based on the Daihatsu Charade (G100), and dates its release to August 2004. The name N3 is said to denote the concepts of national, new and nice. The car had front-wheel drive and was offered with three-cylinder engines of 993 and 1051 cubic centimetres and four-cylinder engines of 1342 and 1425 cubic centimetres, including Tianjin's own 3GA2 engines based on Toyota originals and meeting Chinese emissions standards. It added airbags and power steering, with optional stability control, and targeted younger buyers. An N3+ upgrade followed in September 2005, N3+ models appeared from 2008 and there was a facelift in 2012. Production finished on December 18, 2015, when a 1.0 litre version of the X5 replaced it as Tianjin's entry-level model.