Chinese Car Brands
- Dongfeng manufactures cars and commercial vehicles, passenger transport, auto parts, consumables, production equipment for the engineering industry.
- FAW Founded: 1953 Founder: Government of China FAW Group Corporation (short for First Automobile Works) is also a state-owned manufacturer in China, which mainly specializes in auto parts, light and medium buses, and heavy-duty trucks.
- The company is among the “big four” Chinese automakers, namely Dongfeng Motor, FAW, and Chang’an Motors.
- Large Chinese Automakers Apart from the Big Four, there are eight more companies, which share almost all the automaking market in the country.
- The main specialization of the JAC brand is the production of commercial vehicles, including buses.
- Great Wall Founded: 1984 Great Wall is the name of the large Chinese automaking company, which was established in 1976, and in just 22 years, after its entry into the market has become the largest manufacturer of pickup trucks and commercial vehicles in Asia.
- In 1997, the company began to actively promote its products on world markets, opening many branches in different countries around the world and began producing industrial vehicles for Chinese companies.
- However, in 2001, having the license to manufacture complete units for the assembly of automobile brands such as Toyota and Mitsubishi, the company released its first car.
- Nanjing Automobile Corporation Founded: 1947 The state-owned Nanjing Automobile Corporation is China’s oldest automobile manufacturer.
- The brand, which was established in 2002, and released its first car (SUV X6) in 2006, specializes in the development and manufacture of passenger cars and SUVs and considers the local Chinese market to be its key market.
- The young company specializes in the production of small affordable vehicles.
- The company was founded in 1947, and the first truck was produced in 1958.
- With the help of the main plants and operating branches, it manages to produce vehicles of six categories: trucks of different payloads, SUVs, cars, small cars, and buses.
- Today, the company specializes not only in the production of buses but also in trucks.
- The brand was established in 2013 and released its first model in the same year.
- The company didn’t need much time to start actively developing and released its first car in the same year.
- Arcfox Founded: 2017 Founder: Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Arcfox is an electric car brand, established in 2017 by the BAIC Group, the fifth-largest company in the Chinese car industry.
- Defunct Car Brands In comparison to other world leaders in the automaking industry, China’s list of defunct car brands is really short.
- The brand was specialized in the production of crossovers and SUVs, but also had cars of other classes in its portfolio.
- Interesting, that the brand tried itself in the production of sedans and SUVs too, but none of the “passenger car experiments” succeeded.
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