Chang'an Automobile Co., Ltd. is a Chinese

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automobile manufacturer headquartered in Jiangbei,

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.China rolls out own hybrid car
reuters.com, Sat December 15, 2007 1:44am EST Founded in 1862, it is China’s oldest automobile maker. It is currently the smallest of the " Big Four" state-owned car manufacturers of China, namely:

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, and Changan Automobile, with car sales of 5.37 million, 3.50 million, 3.28 million and 2.30 million in 2021 respectively. The company produces and sells vehicles under its own branding, such as Changan, Oshan, Kaicene, as well as under foreign-branded joint ventures such as Changan-Ford and Changan-Mazda. In 2021, domestic branded cars took over 76% of sales (1.75m, 1.2m passenger vehicles). Its principal activity is the production of passenger cars,

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s, commercial vans and light trucks. It is China's second most popular car brand, with 1.4 million Changan cars sold in 2016. A subsidiary of Changan, Chongqing Changan Automobile Company (), is listed on the

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(but is also state controlled).

History

Changan's early origins can be traced back to 1862 when

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set up a military supply factory, the Shanghai Foreign Gun Bureau. It is China’s oldest automobile maker. In 1937, during the

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, the factory was moved to Chongqing when Shanghai was invaded and bombed. In 1959 a predecessor entity, Chongqing Chang'an Arsenal, under contract to the government, began auto manufacturing and built Changjiang Type 46 vehicle which was the first production vehicle of China. Changan introduced minicar by licensing from Suzuki. In 2009, Changan acquired two smaller domestic automakers,

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and Changhe. In 2013, Changhe was transferred to

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provincial government for restructuring, and later became a majority-owned subsidiary of another Chinese automaker

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. As of 2010, China Weaponry Equipment is the

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of this state-owned automaker,Milestone merger reshapes Suzuki
chinadaily.com.cn, 2010-03-29 09:26 and that year Chang'an became the fourth most-productive car manufacturer in the Chinese automobile industry by selling 2.38 million units. The company also released a new logo for its consumer offerings in 2010 while commercial production retains the former red-arch brand.China's Changan unveils new car logo in brand drive
reuters.com, Sun October 31, 2010 11:55am EDT Although it only allowed the company to achieve fourth place among domestic automakers in terms of production, Changan made over 2 million whole vehicles in 2011. In 2012, it was reported that 72% of production was dedicated to passenger vehicles, but this count likely conflates private offerings and

s, tiny commercial trucks and vans that are popular in China. In November 2012, Changan Ford Mazda Automobile was divided into two new joint venture companies: Changan Ford and Changan Mazda. Changan plans to cease production of vehicles powered solely by internal-combustion engines by 2025. The automaker will only sell plug-in hybrid vehicles and all-electric vehicles from 2025 as a result. The company stated that this is because

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announced that it has passed legislation that will ban new ICE-powered vehicles by the mid 2030s, due to high air pollution and due to China's reiterated commitment in the United Nations Paris Agreement as the automaker wants remain compliant with the government's automotive emission standards. The automaker is joining

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, Hongqi,

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, and several other automakers in planning on ceasing production of ICE-powered vehicles in the coming years. Changan said it plans to launch 21

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s in the 2021–2025 period, increasing its sales of that kind of vehicles to over 1 million units.

Brands and products

Changan produces and markets vehicles primarily under three brands: * Changan for premium SUVs and passenger cars * Shenlan for electric vehicles * Oshan (frequently

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as Auchan, Ossan, or Oushan) for mid-level SUVs and MPVs * Kaicene for the commercial vehicles, light trucks, and MPVs Changan also develops premium electric vehicles under the Shenlan brand from 2022, with the first vehicle of the brand being the SL03, codenamed C385 during development phase. The group previously launched another premium electric vehicle brand in conjunction with Huawei and CATL called Avatr in the end of 2021.

Changan

Current models

Changan BenBen The Changan BenBen ( zh, s=长安奔奔, hp=cháng ān bēn bēn) or sometimes Changan Benni is a 5-door city car hatchback produced by Changan Automobile. BenBen I The first generation Changan BenBen was also called the BenBen i. Price s ...

/ BenBen EV *

Changan CS15 The Changan CS15 is a subcompact crossover produced by Changan Automobile positioned under the similar-sized Changan CS35. Overview The Changan CS15 debuted on the 2015 Guangzhou Auto Show with prices ranging from 53,900 yuan to 75,400 yuan a ...

/ CS15 EV * Changan CS35 * Changan CS35 Plus *

Changan CS55 The Changan CS55 is a compact crossover SUV produced by the Chinese manufacturer Changan Automobile under the Changan marque since 2017. It debuted on the 2017 Shanghai Auto Show and was launched on the Chinese auto market later in 2017. The manu ...

* Changan CS55 Plus * Changan CS75 * Changan CS75 Plus *

Changan CS85 The Changan CS85 Coupe is a fastback mid-size SUV produced by Changan Automobile. Overview The Changan CS85 Coupe was revealed during the 2019 Guangzhou Auto Show and was launched in China right after in March 2019. The CS85 mid-size CUV si ...

* Changan CS95 * Changan UNI-T * Changan UNI-K *

Changan UNI-V The Changan UNI-V is a compact car produced by Chinese auto manufacturer Changan Chang'an (; ) is the traditional name of Xi'an. The site had been settled since Neolithic times, during which the Yangshao culture was established in Banpo, in ...

* Changan Alsvin * Eado DT * Eado / Eado Blue / Eado EV * Eado XT / Eado XT RS *

Changan Linmax The Changan Linmax or Changan Lingxuan (凌轩) is a 7-seater compact MPV produced by Changan Automobile. Overview The Changan Linmax was launched on the Chinese car market in May 2017 with prices starting from 67,900 yuan and ending at 80,900 ...

* Changan Lumin * Changan Raeton CC File:Changan BenBen E-Star 001.jpg, Chang'an Ben Ben (BenBen E-Star) File:2018 Chang'an Alsvin (front).jpg, Chang'an Alsvin (Third Generation) File:Changan Eado DT 001.jpg, Chang'an Eado DT (Alsvin V7 facelift) File:Chang'an Eado II 01 China 2018-03-28.jpg, Chang'an Eado File:Chang'an Eado XT II 01 China 2019-03-14.jpg, Chang'an Eado XT File:Changan Eado Plus 004.jpg, Chang'an Eado Plus (Eado facelift) File:Changan Linmax 001.jpg, Chang'an Linmax File:Changan Raeton CC facelift 001.jpg, Chang'an Raeton CC File:Changan UNI-T 005.jpg, Chang'an UNI-T File:Changan UNI-K 001.jpg , Chang'an UNI-K File:Changan UNI-V IMG01.jpg, Chang'an UNI-V File:Chang'an CS15 facelift 02 China 2019-03-25.jpg, Chang'an CS15 File:Changan CS35 Plus facelift IMG005.jpg , Chang'an CS35 Plus File:Changan CS55 Plus 001.jpg, Chang'an CS55 Plus File:2019 Chang'an CS75 Plus (front).jpg, Chang'an CS75 Plus File:Chang'an CS85 01 China 2019-03-20.jpg, Chang'an CS85 Coupe File:Changan CS95 facelift 001.jpg, Chang'an CS95

Former models

* Alsvin Hatchback * Alsvin Sedan *

Alsvin V3 The Changan Alsvin V3 is a subcompact sedan produced by Chinese auto maker Changan Automobile. Overview Previewed by the Changan B501 concept, the production version Alsvin V3 subcompact sedan debuted at the 2011 Guangzhou Auto Show. Later act ...

Alsvin V5 The Changan Alsvin or Changan Yuexiang () is a subcompact sedan produced by Chinese auto maker Changan Automobile. A slightly redesigned facelift called the Alsvin V5 was launched in 2014 as a more premium trim of the Changan Alsvin and posit ...

* Benni Love (Extended production version of the first-generation Benni) * Benni Mini (Extended production version of the second-generation Benni) * CX20 (Now built by Youngman Lotus) * CV7 * CX30 Hatchback (CV8) * CX30 Sedan (CV8) * E30 EV * Changan SC6320G/ Changan SC1011 (rebadged Suzuki Carry vans and trucks) * Joice (Jiexun) * Joice HEV ( Hybrid electric version of the Joice, out of production within one year of market launch) * Z-Shine * CM5 (Rebadged Chana Star) * CM6 (长安运通) * CM7 (长安镭蒙) * CM8 *

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Changan Shenlan

Vehicles using Changan EPA NEV platform, separated into EPA0, EPA1 and EPA2. Five initial models will be released, 1 based on EPA0 and 4 based on EPA1.

Current models

* Shenlan SL03 - D segment sedan based on Changan EPA1 NEV platform. * Shenlan S7 - D segment crossover SUV based on Changan EPA1 NEV platform.

Changan Oshan

Current models

* Oshan COS1° * Oshan COS1° GT * Oshan COS3° * Oshan COS5° *

Oshan X5 The Oshan X5 is a 5-seater compact crossover produced by Changan Automobile under the Oshan brand (known as Oushan in some markets). Overview The X5 debuted on the 2020 July Chengdu Motor Show and was launched on the Chinese auto market in No ...

* Oshan Z6 * Oshan X7 * Oshan

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* Oshan

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* Oshan X70A * Oshan CX70 * Oshan CX70T *

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Changan Kaicene

Current models

* Raesor (Ruixing) ES30 * Raesor (Ruixing) S50 * Raesor (Ruixing) S50T * Raesor (Ruixing) M60 / Raesor (Ruixing) EM60 * Raesor (Ruixing) M70 * Raesor (Ruixing) M80 (Changan G10)/ Raesor (Ruixing) EM80 * Raesor (Ruixing) M90 * Star 3 * Star 5 * Star Truck/ Star truck EV * Star Truck C-type/ Star truck L1 * Star 9/ Star 9 EV * Shenji T10/ Shenji T10 EV * Shenji T20 * Shenji T30 * F30 * F70 * A800 * A600 (Originally Changan Oushang) *

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Former models

* Ruiline * Shenqi T20 / Q20 *Shenji F50 * Kaicene Zunxing * Chana Star *

Chana Star 2 The Kaicene Star , originally Chana Star or more commonly known as the Changan Star () is a series of kei truck and microvan built and sold by Changan Automobile under the Chana brand since 1999. The Changan Star series was later repositioned ...

* Chana Star 7 (Formerly Taurustar) * Chana Star 9 (Formerly Chana Star 4500) *

Chana Star S460 The Chana Star S460 () is a microvan produced by Changan Automobile under the Chana sub-brand. Overview The Chana Star S460 was released by Changan Automobile in 2008. The Chana Star S460 microvan is powered by two engines, including an 82&nbs ...

* Changan Zunxing

Sales

Joint ventures

Like most major Chinese automakers, Changan partners with Western and Japanese companies to produce and sell the products of these foreign firms in China. It also partners with other companies within China to augment manufacturer capacity and share development costs. Changan currently participates in the following joint ventures:

Changan Ford (2001–present)

In 2001, Chang'an Ford was formed and initially built Ford-branded passenger vehicles from

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kits. Making Chinese-market versions of Ford consumer offerings, its 2010 dealer network was thought to include many

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s in second- and third-tier Chinese cities such as Chongqing. So-called second- and third-tier cities are large and medium-sized cities not among the top four in terms of population and contribution to

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Changan Mazda (2012–present)

Changan Kuayue

Chongqing Kuayue Automobile is a co-operative venture between Changan and Chongqing Kuayue Group specializing in commercial vehicle production. The group builds commercial vehicles for Changan primarily under the Kuayue and Kaicene brands.

Current models

* Kuayue D5 * Kuayue T3 * Kuayue Chana V3 / V3 Electric *

Kuayue Chana V5 The Kuayue Chana V5 () is a microvan produced by Chongqing Kuayue Automobile Co.,Ltd of Changan Automobile under the Kuayue sub-brand. Overview The model was originally sold under the Xinbao series of Chana as the Xinbao V5 (长安新豹V5) a ...

* Kuayue X1 * Kuayue X3 * Kuayue X5

Former models

* Kuayue Xinbao Mini * Kuayue Xunlong

Avatr Technology

Avatr Technology is a replacement for the Changan- Nio New Energy Automotive Technology joint-venture (with Nio), with battery provider

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and

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involved instead. In November 2021, the firm revealed an electric SUV called the

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Jiangling Motors

Jiangling Motor Holding Co. Ltd. (), also known by the initialism JMH, was a joint venture established in October 2004 and controlled equally by Changan and

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. To create Jiangling Motor Holding Changan invested money and in exchange JMCG transferred its Jiangling Motors Corporation (JMC) equity to the venture. Jiangling Motor Holding was the largest shareholder of JMC, with a 41.03% stake as of March 2018. JMH also owned the

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marque. In April 2019, it was announced that JMCG and Changan planned to split JMH into two separate companies: one keeping the same name and other tentatively called Jiangling Investment. Jiangling Investment would hold the 41.03% JMC stake and some liabilities and would still be equally owned by Changan and JMCG. The new JMH would own the rest of the former JMH assets (including Landwind) and it would issue 100% more shares to be sold to investors, leaving JMCG and Changan with a 25% stake each. Jiangling Investment was formally established in May 2019, completing the split of the former JMH. In June 2019, it was announced that the investor for the new JMH was the car manufacturer Aiways. Aiways acquired a 50% of the new JMH with the aim of securing production permits for

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Former

Changan PSA

Changan and the French car manufacturer

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agreed in 2010 to set up a 50/50 passenger car and light commercial vehicle-making

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. Named CAPSA, it was the PSA Group's second joint venture company in China, after Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën Automobile, and its first with Chang'an. Centering on a newly built production base in Shenzhen, it was estimated that initial production capacity for the project will be 200,000 units/year. Manufacturing commenced in 2014, with China specific

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DS models; the

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LS first and then the DS 6WR. The venture was dissolved in 2020.

Changan Suzuki

Technical and commercial cooperation with

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, beginning in 1983, saw Changan assembling inexpensive commercial trucks (originally the Suzuki Carry ST90 as the Chang'an SC112) under license into the 2000s. The two companies formed Chongqing Chang'an Suzuki Automobile Co in 1993,Chana History
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, and more recently the

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. In parallel with its Suzuki joint venture, Changan also continued to build small trucks and vans for commercial use based on the 1999 Suzuki Carry license, but independently developed vehicles are quickly replacing them. These small cars carry the Changan

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although Suzuki technology is used in their design and manufacture. On 4 September 2018, Suzuki transferred its 50 percent stake in Changan Suzuki to Chang'an Automobile Group, ending 25 years of joint venture. Under the plan, Chang'an would continue to make and sell Suzuki-branded cars in China under license. In 2021, Changan Suzuki was renamed to Chongqing Lingyao Automobile.

Production and research facilities

Domestic

Changan has four major production bases (in the City of Chongqing,

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, and

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), eleven automobile production bases, and two engine production bases in

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for a more-current total of 21 vehicle-making bases including newer sites in

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, and

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Anhui

A planned 300,000 units/year capacity mini-vehicle production base in

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, should see completion in 2011. Production capacity figures may consider engines and vehicles as discrete.

Beijing

An existing R&D center in

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will soon be joined by a passenger car production base in

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, which will become operational in 2012.

Chongqing

Chang'an has numerous sites in the city of Chongqing. A Chang'an-Ford plant and another, planned Chang'an-Ford plant (which may produce engines) are joined by a Chongqing-based R&D center and an industrial park in Yubei,

Hebei

An industrial park in

may continue to be Chang'an controlled.

Heilongjiang

A Harbin,

, R&D center, is now a Chang'an asset. It may have been owned by

prior.

Jiangsu

A Chang'an-Ford plant and an industrial park in

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, may comprise Chang'an operations in this province.

Jiangxi

A planned Chang'an commercial vehicle production base in

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, capital of

, will produce JMC and Ford-branded vehiclesFord posts 40% sales increase in 2010
chinacartimes.com, January 7, 2011 and join an R&D center as a second facility in this province. The latter facility may be a former Changhe asset.

Shanghai

Chang'an has an R&D center in this coastal city.

International

The company maintains four factories in international markets and several overseas R&D centers. Chang'an had an assembly plant in Poteau, Oklahoma, piecing together products sold under the Tiger Truck brand from 2007 to 2010. The Changan CS35 is built in

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region of Russia since 2016. Also Changan vans and pickup trucks were assembled at Ganja Auto Plant in Ganja city, Azerbaijan in 2005.

Karachi

Changan has built a production facility in Karachi Pakistan. A joint venture with

Master Motors Master Motors ( ur, ) is a Pakistani bus and truck manufacturer, based in Karachi, Pakistan since 2002. Master Motors is the authorized assembler and manufacturer of Changan, Daimler Fuso, Foton, Iveco Trucks & Yutong vehicles in Pakistan. ...

with an investment of US$100 million. This plant will make right hand drive passenger vehicles for Pakistan as well other right hand drive markets. First Made in Pakistan unit of Changan rolled out on 2 May 2019. With a manufacturing capacity of 30,000 cars per year this facility will be Changan's first to produce right hand drive cars.

R&D centers

Chang'an has over 7,000 engineers and researcher working in R&D facilities in

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and Harbin,

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, Italy, and

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, Japan. It set up two more in 2011. These are located in

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(originally was set up in

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), United Kingdom, and

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, United States. The Detroit center opened in early 2011, and its office was moved from Nottingham to Birmingham 2015.

References

External links

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Global Changan

China’s Changan and Master Motor to set up auto plant in Karachi
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