The BAW BJ212 Is Like A Willys Jeep You Can Buy In 2021

We decided to invite our friend Elliot from the China Driver channel to drive one of his dream cars, the BJ212!
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[@vincentlu36]

Omg, this Jeep is still around and still in production for sale. I remembered being a small kid back in China this was a military or police vehicle which people called it the Jeep yes ThE Jeep. Came to America over 30 years and this definitely brings back some old memories. It's is insane like Toyota is still producing FJ40 now

[@Banom7a]

you can still buy the Russian UAZ-469 version brand new too lmao

[@Zuiko1025]

Yes, I also have one in Shenzhen, military green, bought in 2019 and still playing very happy.

[@AutoReport1]

UAZ may have built them longest and may still do, but the original was the GAZ-69. There were local versions in other eastern Bloc countries as well.

[@HeinzWilhelmGuderian]

some of my fav chinese ytubers combined

[@6rain875]

Based on the owner's cosmetic "upgrades," the sound system should only play: 1. An Audiobook of the Quotations from the Chairman 2. Red Sun in the Sky (on loop, full volume, with no way to stop it)

[@MozrowDrops]

+100 social credit

[@fahadmars2022]

I laughed so hard throughout the video 😂. Amazing video as always

[@keithforbes8482]

I love this car and totally want one! Raw character is sadly missing from most modern cars! BTW, the wandering is an easy suspension fix by increasing the front caster angle.

[@chabacano09]

Hi, hello, I also love rough 4x4, do you mean with caster angle?

[@vladimirgalichenko5424]

Как человек водивший уаз скажу, что кастор не единственное что влияет на управляемость этого авто. Смешно то что ни Китай ни Россия не улучшили рулевой механизм.

[@keithforbes8482]

Perhaps you are correct about loose steering linkages - however, an increase in castor is an essential first step towards corrective measures. If you tighten up the linkages without increasing the castor, the wandering problem absolutely does not go away. Please ask me how I know..@@vladimirgalichenko5424

[@rickwwld]

Thank you for this one. I remember that I commented in another video of yours, and suggested you guys to have a go in this bad boy. But I really didn’t expect it to happen. However you did test it! It’s wonderful for everyone outside China to see it.

[@davidli811]

I saw your performance in that funny mobile game ad... Good work mate! XD

[@chriswang6180]

This is my favourate video from you!

[@user-lj6wo2qd9u]

I have the same one🙂 It's very cool.🤓

[@Stephenb033]

Ethan’s laugh at 17:17 is just brilliant

[@yaoxiao7955]

I had this car myself,i loved it,the most coolest car,full of charactors.

[@songlining]

Only 280 likes?!! This is so much underrated!

[@deathless3518]

Nice episode love it!! ❤️ I used to drive a Toyota Tacoma off road back in the early 2000s and the suspension on those weren’t that great either. I’ve come to the conclusion that off-roading will always have that aspect of being shaken like a baby by a British nanny

[@p47rr]

It’s 2023. And you still can’t buy one here in the USA.😢

[@Brick-Life]

Amazing car!

[@vorlon81]

Nice to see my 2 Fav Car Guys Doing a Collab Together. 🤗🤗

[@diegoinshenzhen8447]

Quiet the review! I recently tried out the 2019 BJ 212 and wow it's a beast of a climber. Will be picking it within the month! There's some nice offroad trails down in Guangdong you guys should definitely get involved

[@evsteve5825]

Good video, top 2 vehicle youtubers in China?

[@jasonjaafar]

Is Ethan wearing a Vostok Amphibia? It looks like a Vostok Amphibia. Respect increases!

[@Wheelsboy]

Correct! Ethan figured it fit nicely with the BJ212's connection to Russia's UAZ.

[@jasonjaafar]

I see that Ethan is a man with exquisite horological taste. Salut!

[@eastworld5974]

Nice video guys. I just bought this car. 2500cc 1999 model. How much milage do you get on the gallon ? For me i am getting 11km/litre. I think it's good for the engine size. Please let me know. Thanks.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

I can't believe how tiny those doors are ! 😲

[@Supernaut2000]

It needs a 20 foot tall whip antenna on the rear to be official and badass!

[@jaffarbaqi]

It looks like it would topple over with the slightest weight shift.

[@pdsnpsnldlqnop3330]

No mention of Fully Charged?

[@Tastewithnewdrinks]

Awesome😍

[@jonzaremba]

Wheels boys to men

[@kansasboi8742]

Can you try out the BAW hummer?????

[@DZ-cm5xw]

Love it, just can’t get one in US.

[@huseyinmehmetaltun2046]

it is very look a like 4 door toyota fj40 i would liked to experience its offroad performance

[@gioacosta7]

Any part suppliers for these?

[@Neojhun]

Poor guy let you borrow his car, ended up Roasting him.

[@hutchcraftcp]

It needs a 3 meter long Chinese Flag on a pole fitted to the rear bumper... like Jeeps and bubba trucks in the USA. The steering wheel looks like a late seventies Stock AMC Jeep wheel

[@dt8101]

FACT: despite having lived in China for more than 10 years, Elliot still cannot speak Chinese. Meanwhile, Ethan is very fluent in Chinese. He has a channel on bilibili where he uploads videos in Chinese.

[@PrinceRagus]

So what?

[@user-lilfanzeidebaba]

funny car, the used ones in China should be around $5000, which can givr you a 1965 retro driving experience😅😂

[@ianrichardson3228]

The used ones are sold to the scrap dealers!

[@user-lj6wo2qd9u]

@@ianrichardson3228 😂

[@ianrichardson3228]

Shear Luxury! Compared with a Land-Rover... ...designed in 1947. And never improved upon.

[@user-eq5le7dt3r]

Please find and test drive a 2021 with stock 1.5T or 2.4T Mitsubishi engine. The power is much better.

[@daqliu]

❤❤❤

[@kenwu6174]

13:05 camera operator:" Fxxk my job."

[@martinstaybusy9771]

Looks like UAZ and Škoda Babeta

[@mrnoname240]

hahaha I want one!

[@asr8504]

Anyone know Japanese automobile youtube channel

[@jfbaro2]

Please, is there any compact EV offroad car in China? Kind of a Chinese EV Jimny. Thanks for the great videos!

[@swegmastur614]

Aren't bigger tires + lift illegal in china?

[@TV-it6gs]

违法。。。。

[@rickwwld]

As long as it’s stock configuration.

[@fletcherriverwood8964]

2021 is the final year of the old model, this vehicle was produced since 1965, and they annouced the new model will be available in 2022

[@LetsBuildaWillysJeep]

Still can’t beat a classic 1947 Willys Jeep!

[@69Dartman]

My first car was a 42 Ford GPW Jeep. The suspension on it rode better on or off road better then that and it uses ancient technology but did have modern style tube shocks. and the flathead 4 only had 60hp so at least the engine has a lot more power. My guess is the suspension has been badly modified and the shocks are too hard plus the steering box and other components are worn out or it badly needs a alignment, but who knows, maybe it truly is that bad. I'd say try to find one with everything stock and see if it's any different. Looks like a Russian copy of a Toyota Land cruiser with extra door.

[@OMGYEveryNameIsUsed]

This car is known as Industry Junk in China. The first thing you need is finding a fix shop after driving it off the store.

[@Snakebloke]

I love the look of it, for sure, but this would need some _SERIOUS_ modification to make it something I'd ever drive lol

[@ccggsguxxc7393]

Hardly a car, more like a rough but reliable tool

[@user-bp1bz1kj1e]

哈哈哈😁😁😁😁

[@astep8889]

papa mao

[@kumbackquatsta]

a 4x4 where everything about it is a feature

[@123fourfive5]

This is a real ex military vehicle?

[@user-lj6wo2qd9u]

Yes

[@mudman189]

we Chinese call it industrial garbage

[@yanchan9711]

唉，多好的车品牌，搞成这

[@frankbasile3662]

Why industrial garbage,..if the suspension was corrected it would be a good 4x4 for the price

[@tianshuruan9048]

@@frankbasile3662 the biggest problem is the price. The new production jeep in that manner doesn't worth 10k dollars

[@iiiii5256]

@@frankbasile3662 reliability man, build quality sucks and always something to go wrong. You have to constantly fuck around with it all the time and it keeps you busy. It's like the British sports cars of old, very characterful and fun but poorly built and always broken. But to make up for the poor reliability it is very cheap to buy, and parts are cheap also. It's also very simple to work on yourself and it is very characterful, it's like buying a new classic car in 2022. Plus this is more like a toy instead of transportation so reliability is not a big deal.

[@alvaroarq]

this car is for adults, .... not for kids

[@ETr4d3]

everytime im in China and i dont shave for more than 2 days, people start pointing at me.

[@frankbasile3662]

Can Chinese men grow facial hair?

[@mateojimenez1722]

Esa lamina que divide el maletero es una pendejada limita la capacidad de carga absurdamente. Lo vi en un baw en el salon internacional del automóvil en Bogotá Colombia como en 2012 y me pareció absurdo.

[@kangaroojackhere]

I thought this was a 4X4 ... but all it was doing was driving on man made roads. BOO

[@partrickw.gg.8541]

No one should ever review anything from BAIC 👋 The worse product is always yet to come

[@highland96]

Interesting car, interesting history. I wouldn’t be surprised if this thing was overshadowed by western SUVs such as the land cruiser or the patrol of this era considering it was produced around Mao’s Great Leap backwards. China has come far thanks to western investment in the 80s - imagine the capabilities of the country without the shackles of a dictatorship. I hope ADV China make a video on the cars. Other than I love the Channel guys, would love to see more Chinese cars

[@JasonC683]

china has come far exactly because it hasnt engaged in the "forever wars" like the US. America wasted trillions of dollars and achieved nothing. This car was produced 20 years after Mao's great leap, that was 50s and 60s, this is 80s and 90s.

[@thanglian7]

@@JasonC683 Based on his previous comments. He's a troll.

[@highland96]

@@JasonC683 I think you missed the point where Wheelsboy mentioned production of the SUV began in 1965 - when wumaos are faced with criticism of their oppressive government, they often forget or ignore facts. Considering the effects of Communist regimes and using the death toll of the Great Leap Backwards which was 15 - 55 million, I would understand why Western powers would want to stop the spread of the ideology. Besides despite engaging in forever wars because of despotic regimes, Western powers produced vehicles that where bought by the world. Hopefully, the same can happen with Chinese cars just without the CCP. The CCP hindered China's production with the Great Leap Backwards but Western investment pulled China out of poverty the CCP put it in.

[@mingyuanliu2285]

@@highland96 wow, with a total population of 400 million at the time you are accusing our gov simply wiped out more than 10% of the population at ease? You did realize the growth rate was still quite high at the time and the industrial indexes such as steel/electricity/petrol productions were even growing at a higher rate right?

[@mingyuanliu2285]

@@highland96 those ten years played a vital role in building the backbone of our country today. The following sino-us pacts in the 70s-80s were just exchanges of interest between each country. You'd be so damn wrong if you believe the west didn't get ludicrous profit out of it.

[@sergmony9012]

НИХ. Я НИЧЕГО НЕ ПОНЯТНО НО ОЧЕНЬ ИНТЕРЕСНО

[@ccggsguxxc7393]

Hardly a car, more like a rough but reliable tool