SG Automotive Group Co Ltd (officially Liaoning Shuguang Automotive Group, Ltd) is a Chinese vehicle and component manufacturer headquartered in

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province. The company makes buses, light trucks,

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, SUVs and automotive components. Auto parts made by SG are used by other Chinese car makers including

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JAC Motors JAC Group (; officially Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp., Ltd.) is a Chinese automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

. Light trucks and buses are sold under the ''Huanghai'' (黄海, lit. "

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") brand name, whilst the ''Shuguang'' brand was used for SUVs in the early 2000s. Some SUVs sold under this brand may utilize Mitsubishi

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s as of 2011. The company makes fleet sales, and some products are purchased by the

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History

SG was founded in Liaoning in 1984 with RMB 70,000 as a manufacturer of axles for off-road vehicles. At the beginning of 2007, the parent company Shuguang Automobile Group wholly acquired Changzhou Changjiang Bus Manufacturing Co., Ltd., one of Dandong Huanghai's former competitors and the largest bus share in China before 2003, and changed its name to Changzhou Huanghai.2007中国客车“冤家”对对碰
，巴士网，2008年1月4日，于2010年7月10日查阅。 In August 2012, SG agreed to acquire a 56.19% stake in a Dandong-based special vehicle company from a Liaoning-based group company for RMB 80.9 million.

Operations

SG has component manufacturing facilities in

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. Other facilities include a bus-making factory in

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, which became operational in early 2010 and a location-unknown component-making facility 113,220 square meters in size that should have become operational in late 2012.

Products

Current

* 2007-present

Huanghai Plutus The Huanghai Plutus (大柴神) is a pickup truck produced and sold by Chinese automobile manufacturer SG Automotive under the Huanghai Auto brand since 2007. The first generation sold from 2007 to 2012 was a compact pickup truck, while the secon ...

(DD 1022) -

pickup truck A pickup truck or pickup is a Truck_classification#Table_of_US_GVWR_classifications, light or medium duty truck that has an enclosed cabin (truck), cabin, and a back end made up of a cargo bed that is enclosed by three low walls with no roof (th ...

- Copy of the

Chevrolet Colorado The Chevrolet Colorado (sharing mechanical commonality with the GMC Canyon) is a series of compact pickup trucks (mid-size since second generation) marketed by American automaker General Motors. They were introduced in 2004 to replace the Chevrol ...

* 2014-present

Huanghai N1 The Huanghai N1 is a mid-size Pickup truck produced and sold by SG Automotive (曙光汽车) under the Huanghai Auto (黄海) marque. Overview The Huanghai N1 pickup truck debuted during the 2014 Beijing Auto Show Beijing International Automot ...

** Huanghai N1S * 2015-present Huanghai N2 ** Huanghai N2S * 2016-present Huanghai Raytour (DD 504)-

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- Copy of the

Volkswagen Crafter The Volkswagen Crafter, introduced in 2006, is the largest three- to five-ton van produced and sold by the German automaker Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. The Crafter officially replaced the Volkswagen Transporter LT that was launched in 1975, ...

* 2017-present

Huanghai N3 The Huanghai N3 is a mid-size pickup truck produced and sold by SG Automotive (曙光汽车) under the Huanghai Auto (黄海) marque. Overview The Huanghai N3 pickup truck debuted in China during the 2017 Shanghai Auto Show Auto Shanghai ( ...

* 2019-present Huanghai N7 - copy of the

Chevrolet Silverado The Chevrolet Silverado is a range of trucks manufactured by General Motors under the Chevrolet brand. Introduced for the 1999 model year, the Silverado is the successor to the long-running Chevrolet C/K model line. Taking its name from the to ...

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Former

* DG 6471 B * DG 6400 *2009-2012 Huanghai Challenger (DD 6490P/DD 6491A/Shuguang Challenger) -

SUV A sport utility vehicle (SUV) is a car classification that combines elements of road-going passenger cars with features from off-road vehicles, such as raised ground clearance and four-wheel drive. There is no commonly agreed-upon definition ...

- rebadged

Gonow Gonow (officially Zhejiang Gonow Auto Co., Ltd.) () is a Chinese manufacturer of automobiles, commercial vehicles and SUV's headquartered in Taizhou, Zhejiang and a subsidiary of GAC Group. It markets its products under the brand name ''GAC Go ...

Jetstar/ Dadi Shuttle * Huanghai Faster NCV - CUV - Concept based on the Landscape V3 with the front end copied from the

Pontiac Torrent The Pontiac Torrent is a mid-size crossover SUV produced by General Motors for the 2006 to 2009 model years. A replacement for the Pontiac Aztek, Aztek, it was a mildly restyled version of the first-generation Chevrolet Equinox. The Torrent shar ...

previewing the

Huanghai Landscape V3 The Huanghai Landscape V3 or Huanghai Qisheng V3 (黄海旗胜V3), also known as the Huanghai NCV before production, is a mid-size crossover SUV produced and sold by SG Automotive (曙光汽车) under the Huanghai Auto (黄海) marque. Overview ...

. *2008-2012 Huanghai Landscape F1 (DD 6460D/DD 6460K/DD 6461A/DD 6470E) - CUV - Copy of

Kia Sorento The Kia Sorento () is a series of two-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive family SUVs manufactured by the South Korean manufacturer Kia since 2002 through four generations. Initially a compact SUV built on a body-on-frame chassis, the second-g ...

with a front fascia similar to the

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(DD 6472A/DD 6472B) - CUV - Copy of the

Toyota Harrier The is a five-passenger compact, later mid-size crossover SUV produced by Toyota since December 1997 in Japan, which was once exclusive to '' Toyopet Store'' Japanese dealerships. In export markets, the Harrier was rebadged as the Lexus RX ...

* DG 6480 Navigator/Dawn/Falcon *2006-2010 Huanghai Aurora (DD 6470/DD 6470H) - CUV - Copy of the

SsangYong Rexton The KGM Rexton, formerly SsangYong Rexton (Korean: 쌍용 렉스턴), is a mid-size SUV manufactured by South Korean manufacturer SsangYong Motor (currently KG Mobility) since late 2001. The name Rexton is derived from the Latin title ' rex' a ...

* DG 1020 "

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" or " Aolin" *

Huanghai Steed The Huanghai Plutus (大柴神) is a pickup truck produced and sold by China, Chinese automobile manufacturer SG Automotive under the Huanghai Auto brand since 2007. The first generation sold from 2007 to 2012 was a compact pickup truck, while th ...

(DD 1020) -

- Variant of the Plutus * Shuguang Conqueror (DG6472) - an updated luxury Huanghai Challenger * Shuguang Runway - a three-door Shuguang Conqueror * Huanghai Major (DD 1023) -

- Copy of the

Toyota Tacoma The Toyota Tacoma is a pickup truck manufactured by Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota since 1995. The first-generation Tacoma (model years 1995 through 2004) was classified as a compact pickup; subsequent models are classified as mid-size ...

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Export sales

SG has exported light trucks and buses to countries including Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Brazil.For small lot of light trucks sold in South Africa, see *For small lot of light trucks sold in Brazil, see *For small lots of buses sold in Saudi Arabia, see Some products, including the Plutus and the Steed, are assembled by

Effa Motors Effa Motors is a Uruguayan automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer with headquarters in San José de Mayo in southern Uruguay. The company was founded by Eduardo Effa in 2006 for the construction of the vehicles imported as CKD kits used ...

in Uruguay. Some of its production has been sold in Malaysia, where the Plutus pick-up was on sale as of late 2012.

References

External links

SG Automotive Group website
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