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Geely Yuanjing

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ55612390
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The Geely Yuanjing is a four-door compact sedan produced by the Chinese automaker Geely Auto under the Yuanjing or Vision product series. It is the first commercial car produced by Geely Automobiles. The car was first introduced in 2006. It carries the first CVVT engine designed and made in China. The car was named Geely Tiger, Biaowang and Luhu, but it was later renamed "Vision" (远景, Yuǎn jǐng).

The Yuanjing went on sale on May 18, 2007 after being adjusted by Magna Steyr.

The Geely Haijing (Englon Haijing) was based on the SMA Haijing, which was similar to the first generation Yuanjing. It features a 6-speed tiptronic transmission or 5-speed automatic transmission which is the same as the Yuanjing.

First generation (FC1; 2007-2013)

The first generation of Geely Yuanjing went on sale on May 18, 2007 after being adjusted by Magna Steyr. Originally named the Geely FC, the compact sedan was later renamed to Geely Yuanjing (Vision) sedan under the Yuanjing (Vision) product series as opposed to the Geely Emgrand (EC7) sedan of the Geely Emgrand product series (Previously a separate sub-brand of Geely).

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