Xiali TJ730

The Xiali TJ730, formally the Tianjin Xiali TJ730, was the first Charade-based car that Tianjin FAW built in China. It was based on the first generation G11 Charade, it was a hatchback, and it was built from knock-down kits between 1986 and 1988, so it was a Chinese-assembled Daihatsu rather than a locally engineered design. In 1988 it was replaced by the Xiali TJ7100, which was based on the later G100 Charade and carried the name through the 1990s. Tianjin FAW is the FAW Group subsidiary whose cheap and economical Xiali cars became a familiar sight as taxicabs in Chinese towns, and the TJ730 is the first model of that line.