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In 2006, the Besturn B70, which was developed and based on the Mazda 6, made its debut as the first model with the Besturn name.
The second model of the brand, the Besturn B50, made its debut in 2009.
In 2012, Bestune began to sell its vehicles in the Russian market with the B50 as the first model sold, debuting at the 2012 Moscow International Automobile Salon. It was reported to have a joint venture with Avtotor to manufacture the Besturn X80 in Russia in 2015. The Besturn X80 entered manufacture in Russia in April 2017, and FAW announced that it would sell at least two to three more models by 2018.
At the end of 2018, the manufacturer decided to rename Besturn's English name to Bestune. The Chinese name Benteng remained unchanged.
In December 2020, FAW Group announced the restructure of FAW Bestune and FAW Jiefang. Bestune was transferred from FAW Car to FAW Corporation Limited (FAW Group) and will operate independently as a wholly owned subsidiary of FAW Group. FAW Jiefang was set as listed in the capital market.
On 15 December 2022, Bestune announced the reveal of a new brand logo.
In December 2022, the FAW Group announced the transfer of 17.02% FAW Jiefang share to Bestune, providing financial support to Bestune.
Investment of Yueda Group and introduction of Yueyi
In September 2023, Bestune announced the completion of its capital increase project, the registered capital increased from CNY 6.0 billion to CNY 8.4 billion. Yueda Automotive Group, a subsidiary of state-owned Yueda Group, became the first external investor introduced to Bestune. FAW Corporation Limited (FAW Group), FAW Equity Investment, and Yueda Automotive Group hold stakes of 86.16%, 11.87%, and 1.97%, respectively.
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In September 2025, FAW Group, Yueda Automotive, Agricultural Bank of China, China Telecom, and Nanjing Horizon Information Technology jointly increased their capital investment in Bestune, raising a total of 8.55 billion yuan. Following the capital increase, the equity structure of Bestune changed. The combined shareholding of FAW and FAW Equity Investment in Bestune decreased from 86.1568% to 79.0394%. Yueda Automotive's shareholding increased from 1.9741% to 10.3358%, making it the second-largest shareholder. Nanjing Horizon, Agricultural Bank of China, and China Telecom hold 0.6044%, 6.0443%, and 3.0222% respectively.
In June 2026, at the Yueyi 08 launch event, FAW Group announced that FAW Yueyi has been upgraded to an independent new energy brand.
From Wikipedia’s article on Bestune, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4