Changhe

Jiangxi Changhe Automobile Co Ltd
Company typeSubsidiary
Founded1970 (1970)[1]
HeadquartersJingdezhen, Jiangxi, China[1]
Area served
China
ParentBAIC (70%[2]),
Jiangxi Provincial State-owned Enterprise Assets Operation (Holdings) Co. (30%)[2]
Websitechangheauto.com
Jiangxi Changhe Automobile Co Ltd
Simplified Chinese江西昌河汽车有限责任公司
Traditional Chinese江西昌河汽車有限責任公司

Changhe, officially Jiangxi Changhe Automobile Co Ltd, is a Chinese automobile manufacturer based in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China.[1]

Currently a majority-owned subsidiary of a large, state-owned automaker, BAIC,[2] Changhe was previously engaged in a joint venture with Suzuki Motor Corporation of Japan,[3] and some of the products it manufactures carry the Suzuki brand.

It may be[citation needed] a partner in the lesser of the two Suzuki joint ventures in China, and in the span of six years from 2008-2014 Changhe underwent a series of ownership changes and mergers that saw it transform from a subsidiary of a sedentary maker of military aircraft to a neglected division of a struggling, second-rate automaker (Chang'an) already overburdened with excess production lines for Suzuki microvans at a time when consumers in third- and fourth-tier cities were snapping up cheap and cheerful sedans and hatchbacks. As of 2014, Changhe's prospects look brighter having been merged with a different state-owned automaker (BAIC) serving first-tier cities but looking to expand into the faster growing interior of the country.

Making cars and microvans, small trucks and vans for commercial purposes,[3] Changhe has an estimated 200,000 (227,000 to 260,000[1]) units/year production capacity as of 2010.[3] Production capacity figures may consider engines and vehicles as discrete.

  1. ^ a b c d Profile of the Enterprise Changhe Official Site (Archive.org cache)
  2. ^ a b c "BAIC takes majority stake in Changhe Auto". China Daily. 26 November 2013.
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference cn1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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