Changan Ford Mazda
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Native name
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长安福特马自达汽车有限公司 |
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| Private joint venture | |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Successor |
Changan Ford Automobile Co., Ltd. Changan Mazda Automobile Co., Ltd. |
| Founded | 2001 (Chongqing) |
| Defunct | December 2012 |
| Headquarters | Chongqing, China |
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Area served
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China |
| Products | Automobiles |
| Owner |
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| Changan Ford Mazda | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 長安福特馬自達 | ||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 长安福特马自达 | ||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Cháng'ān Fútè Mǎzìdá |
| Wade–Giles | Ch'ang2-an1 Fu2-t'e4 Ma3-tzu4-ta2 |
Changan Ford Mazda (officially Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co., Ltd.) was an automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Chongqing, China and a joint venture between Changan Automobile, Ford Motor Company and Mazda. Its principal activity was the manufacture and sale of Ford and Mazda branded passenger cars in China.
In December 2012 the activities of Changan Ford Mazda were restructured and separated into two new joint ventures: Changan Ford Automobile Co., Ltd. and Changan Mazda Automobile Co., Ltd. Changan Ford was established as a 50:50 joint venture between Changan and Ford incorporated in Chongqing and assumed all of Changan Ford Mazda's Ford-related business. Changan Mazda was established as a 50:50 joint venture between Changan and Mazda incorporated in Nanjing and assumed all of Changan Ford Mazda's Mazda-related business.
Changan Ford Automobile Co., Ltd. was established in April 2001 as a 50-50 joint venture between Ford Motor Company and Changan Automobile. Operations began in 2003, with 20,000 Ford Fiestas produced in that year. Production was initially based upon knockdown kits, partially assembled vehicles imported to meet local assembly regulations. Capacity was increased to 50,000 vehicles in 2004 and to 150,000 soon after, and the Ford Mondeo and Ford Escape-based Maverick SUV also entered production.
In April 2005 it was announced that Changan Ford's Chongqing factory would begin assembling the Ford Focus model, and that Ford, Changan Automotive Group and Mazda would establish a new joint venture company, Chang'an Ford Mazda Engine, to build a new engine plant in Nanjing capable of producing 350,000 units annually.
In March 2006 it was announced that Changan Ford would begin producing Volvo automobiles later in that year, with the S40 saloon the first vehicle to enter production.
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