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ChangAn
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Country
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China
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Parent
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Independent
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Subsidiaries
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Changan
Suzuki - 51%
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| Changan
Ford Mazda - 50% |
Jiangling
(JMC)
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Hafei
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| Changhe |
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Brands
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ChangAn, Chana, Hafei, Changhe
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| Location |
Headquarters and R&D
center: Chongqing
Main
assembly plants: Chongqing, Nanjing
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Sales figures
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Group sales:
2010: 2,378,800 units (excluding Hafei and Changhe: 1,901,800 units)
2009: 1,425,777 units (production)
2008: 861,377 units
2007: 857,700 units
2010 domestic sales by models:
Ford Focus: 172,270 units
Ford Fiesta: 75,198 units
Ford Mondeo: 51,586 units
Mazda 3: 68,616 units
Mazda 2: 19,311 units
Suzuki SX4: 65,651 units
Suzuki Swift: 50,989 units
Suzuki Alto: 41,729 units
Suzuki Swift (old): 41,644 units
Volvo S80: 11,553 units
Volvo S40: 5,537 units
Alsvin: 103,980 units
Benni Mini: 56,392 units
Benni: 17,578 units
Z-Shine: 4,603 units
CX20: 4,372 units
CX30: 3,089 units
Changhe Suzuki Wagon R: 71,738 units
Changhe Suzuki Liana: 3,921 units
Hafei
Lobo: 17,433 units
Hafei
Lobo Saima
(Mitsubishi Dingo): 3,222 units
Hafei
Lobo Saibao:
1,231 units
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| Introduction |
ChangAn is one of the big 4 Chinese car manufacturers. Like
most other car
makers in China, it started producing civilian cars through forming
joint-ventures with foreign car makers, firstly Suzuki, then Ford and
Mazda. It also acquired Jiangling Motors, a commercial
vehicle and SUV maker in China. In recent years, it started producing
its own designs with the help of Western engineering consultants.
ChangAn is yet to build a state-of-the-art R&D facility. |
Brief History
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According to ChangAn, its history can be traced back to an
arsenal founded in 1862, when China was still in Qing Dynasty. Through
the years, ChangAn had been a military-owned enterprize producing
machine tools and military goods. However, when China started economic
reform in the late 1970s, it could no longer rely on government subsidy
for survival. In the mid-1980s, it introduced Suzuki's minivans and
trucks for production locally. This relationship was upgraded to a
joint-venture, ChangAn Suzuki, in 1993, which introduced Suzuki Alto. 8
years later, it formed another joint-venture with Ford group to produce
Ford, Volvo and Mazda models. By the mid-2000s, its annual production
exceeded 600,000 units a year, placing it in the top 5 of Chinese car
makers.
 Z-Shine (2008)
In the late 2000s, ChangAn started employing European engineering
consultants to develop its own cars, such as Benni (minicar), Alsvin
(B-segment), CV8 / Z-shine (C-segment) and Joice (MPV). The next stage
would be to build its own R&D capability.
In late 2009, under the guidance of the central government ChangAn
acquired the automotive operations of AVIC, Hafei and Changhe.
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