Chang'an Automobile Group
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| State-owned | |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1962 (Chongqing) |
| Headquarters | Chongqing, China |
| Products | Motor vehicles |
| Subsidiaries | Changan UK R&D Centre Ltd. |
| Website | changan.com.cn |
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| Simplified Chinese | 重庆长安汽车股份有限公司 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 重慶長安汽車股份有限公司 | ||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Chóngqìng Cháng'ān Qìchē Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī |
Changan Automobile (Group) Co., Ltd. is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Chongqing, China, and a state-owned enterprise. Its principal activity is the production of passenger cars, microvans, commercial vans and light trucks.
Changan designs, develops, manufactures, and sells passenger cars sold under the Changan brand and commercial vehicles sold under the Chana brand. It operates joint ventures with Ford (Changan Ford), Groupe PSA (Changan PSA), Mazda (Changan Mazda) and Suzuki (Changan Suzuki) which respectively produce Ford, DS Automobiles, Mazda and Suzuki branded passenger cars for the Chinese market. It also has a joint venture with Jiangling Motors (JMC), Jiangling Motor Holding, which produces SUVs sold under the Landwind marque.
Changan is considered to be one of the "Big Four" Chinese automakers, and manufacture of 1.9 million units in 2012 saw the company rank fourth among China's automakers by production volume. A subsidiary of Changan, Chongqing Changan Automobile Company (: 000625), is listed on the (but is also state controlled).
Chang'an claims its early origins can be traced back to 1862 when Li Hongzhang set up the Shanghai Foreign Gun Bureau. How this company and today's Chang'an are linked is not clear, but the firm may be alluding to the fact that, like this famous historical figure, it seeks Western techniques to achieve its goals.
In the late 1950s a predecessor company, Chang'an Factory, assembled a jeep sold under the brand name Yangtze River. By the end of the 1980s, the company was producing pint-sized trucks and vans for commercial purposes.
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