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: Brilliance Automotive will introduce the production version of this FRV hatchback at the 2008 Beijing Auto Show.
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: Brilliance FRV was shown as a concept at Shanghai last year.
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: The Chinese automaker has built a dedicated assembly line for the FRV in China and targets making it a major product in its lineup.
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: Brilliance FRV has a 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine that makes 106 horsepower.
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: The Brilliance FRV is also bound for Europe, where it will sell as the BS2, late this year or in early 2009.
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: Could the Brilliance FRV have a future in North America? Time will tell.
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2008 Beijing Auto Show Preview: Brilliance FRV

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SHENYANG, China — The newest model from China's Brilliance Automotive, the compact FRV hatchback, rolled off the assembly this week and will make its public debut later this month at the 2008 Beijing Auto Show.

The FRV was first unveiled as a concept at last year's Shanghai auto show. Brilliance reportedly spent $140 million to develop the car under the internal code name A1 and has constructed a $90 million assembly line at its manufacturing facility here in Manchuria to build it. Initial annual capacity is 100,000 units, which could make the FRV the company's best-selling model.

Prices in China will start at less than $10,000. The FRV will be marketed in Europe in late 2008 or early 2009, rebadged as the Brilliance BS2.

Power is supplied by a 106-horsepower 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine. The FRV measures about 165 inches long overall, about a foot longer than a Chevrolet Aveo 5.

What this means to you: The FRV could be part of the product portfolio that Brilliance hopes eventually to bring to North America. — Hu Lei, Correspondent