English: Place: Liping, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province

Chinese name: 福田萨普 (fútián sàpǔ) Year of launch: ?

Beiqi Foton Motor, or simply Foton, was established in 1996 as a manufacturer of light and heavy-duty trucks, commercial vans and pick-ups, SUVs, agricultural tractors, and various other machinery. Foton is a subsidiary of BAIC. There are Foton Aumark, Foton Auman and Foton Ollin trucks, Foton Forland light trucks, Foton AUV buses, vans including the Foton Gratour, View, Toana, MP-X and MP-X Midi, pick-ups SUP and Tunland and SUVs Saga and Sauvana.

There used to be a staggering amount of Chinese carmakers producing some pick-up or SUV based on the 1988 Isuzu TF/Faster/Rodeo, with brands including Great Wall, Foton, Huanghai (Shuguang), ZX Auto (Zhongxing), Tianqi Meiya, Wanfeng, Xinkai, JMC (Jiangling), BAW, Changfeng, Foday (Fudi), Dongfeng, FAW, Jinbei, Higer, Gonow, JAC (Jianghuai) and the likes. Foton is one of the largest commercial car and truck manufacturers of China and backed by BAIC Group.