Xinkai (officially Xinkai Auto Manufacture Corporation) () is a
Chinese car manufacturer
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headquartered in
Gaobeidian
Gaobeidian () is a county-level city in central Hebei province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Baoding Prefecture-level city. Gaobeidian has 4 subdistricts, 6 towns, and 4 townships, and a total of 442 villages. I ...
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Operations
The company includes the head office in Gaobeidian, a production and assembly line in
Zhuozhou, an auto parts manufacturing facility in
Qinghe, and an assembly line in
Tai'an
Tai'an () is a prefecture-level city in Western Shandong Province of the People's Republic of China. Centered on Mount Tai, the city borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the north, Zibo to the east, Linyi to the southeast, Liaocheng ...
.
The
Toyota Camry (XV10) was
rebadged
In the automotive industry, rebadging (also known as badge engineering, an intentionally ironic misnomer in that little or no actual engineering takes place) is a form of market segmentation used by automobile manufacturers around the world. T ...
as the Xinkai HXK6630, where finding a joint venture was difficult in the 1990s. then in 2004, Xinkai entered into an agreement with
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz (), commonly referred to simply as Mercedes and occasionally as Benz, is a German automotive brand that was founded in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG (a subsidiary of the Mercedes-Benz Group, established in 2019) is based in Stuttgart, ...
to assemble the
Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicle for the Chinese market. Xinkai's original trucks are also exported, mainly to Africa and to Latin America. The Xinkai HXK1021 EB pickup truck is sold in Chile as the
Autorrad Ruda. With a capacity of 200,000 vehicles per year, the production of 33,000 vehicles in 2005 and 35,000 in the following year 2006 is known.
[''Catalogue of the present Chinese motorcar production.'' Ausgabe 2008. S. 299–301.(englisch)]
Xinkai claims an annual production capacity of 60,000 units.
In 2018 Xinkai was bought by electric vehicles manufacture
Jimai New Energy Vehicles Co.ref>
Products
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Mercedes-Benz Ambulance ()
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Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicle ()
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Mercedes-Benz Police Car ()
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Xinkai Century Dragon Extended Version ()
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Xinkai Century Dragon Standard Edition ()
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Xinkai Coach Car ()
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Xinkai Falcon (Xinkai Lieying, 新凯 猎鹰)
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Xinkai Fashion Star ()
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Xinkai Victory (Xinkai Kai Sheng, 新凯 凯胜)
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Xinkai Light Truck ()
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Xinkai Rui Teng ()
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Xinkai Ruida Pickup () (also as the "Autorrad Ruda" in Chile)
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Xinkai Single Cabine Pickup ()
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Xinkai Star City ()
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Xinkai SRV
Gallery
File:Xinkai HXK6630 01 China 2018-03-20.jpg, Xinkai HXK6630 (a "license-built" Toyota Camry: imported fully built-up and fitted with Xinkai badging)
File:Xinkai Lieying HXK2021TPE.jpg, Xinkai Lieying HXK2021TPE, a copy of the Beijing BJ2024Z
File:Police Patrol Car AM6800.JPG, A ''Mercedes-Benz Police Car'' manufactured by Xinkai Auto in Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
(2nd Generation)
File:Xinkai Victory HXK6480 02 China 2016-04-08.jpg , Xinkai Victory (HXK6480)
File:Autorrad Ruda 2.2 Crew Cab 2009 (11214235664).jpg, Xinkai Ruida Pickup (Autorrad Ruda)
File:Autorrad Century 2.2L 2008 (11039672186).jpg, Xinkai pickup (Autorrad Century)
References
External links
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{{Automotive industry in the People's Republic of China
Car manufacturers of China
Chinese brands
Chinese companies established in 1984
Companies based in Hebei
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1984
Gaobeidian