Hunan Jiangnan Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (), commonly known as Jiangnan Automobile () is a Chinese

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manufacturing company established in 2001 and majority owned by

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from 2007 onwards, headquartered in

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. It went bankrupt, entered reorganisation in 2021 and was relaunched in 2022.

History

The company was officially established in 2001 by the Jiangnan Machinery Group, a subsidiary of the

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acquired a stake in Jiangnan Automobile between 2006 and 2007, reorganising it in March 2007. Zotye took a 70% controlling stake while the Jiangnan Machinery Group kept a minority 30%. The aim of the Zotye acquisition was to get various production permits from the government. The company's production, initially focused on assembling

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-based vehicles, was relaunched in April 2007, later also adding

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-based models. Jiangnan Automobile assembled mostly Zotye-badged cars such as the Jiangnan TT, the Zotye Z100, the

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, the Zotye 5008, the M300, the Zotye Z200HB, the Zotye Yun 100 and others. In November 2021, the company filed for "bankruptcy and reorganisation" as part of a wider restructuring by parent Zotye in order to try stopping its own bankruptcy and liquidation. It was re-established by the end of that year, after Jiangsu Shenshang, the new owner of Zotye, completed its reorganisation process. In February 2023, news about an upcoming electric microcar by Jiangnan surfaced called the Jiangnan U2. The Jiangnan U2 vehicle body is heavily based on the Ruixiang HOEN O2 or originally, Qingchengshidai. According to the

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, in 2012 Jiangnan Automobile was ranked as the 40th manufacturer of

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s by number produced, with 117,051.

Products

Current Models

* Jiangnan U2 File:2023 Jiangnan U2 (front).jpg, Jiangnan U2

Former Models

* Jiangnan Alto * Jiangnan TT File:Jiangnan Alto 001.jpg, Jiangnan Alto File:Jiangnan TT front in motion 8.12.18.jpg, Jiangnan TT

References

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