Beijing-Benz DaimlerChrysler Automotive Co Ltd (BBDC, in
ChineseChinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of languages mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
: 北京奔驰-戴姆勒·克莱斯勒汽车有限公司) is a 30-year
joint ventureA joint venture is an entity formed between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together. The parties agree to create a new entity by both contributing equity, and they then share in the revenues, expenses, and control of the enterprise...
established by
American MotorsAmerican Motors Corporation was an American automobile company formed by the 1954 merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company — at the time, it was the largest corporate merger in U.S. history....
(AMC) and
Beijing Automotive Industry Holding CorporationThe Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. Ltd. is the holding company of Chinese automobile and machine manufactor Beijing Automotive Import & Export Corporation . The company was founded around joint ventures with Western automobile manufactors, namely Jeep and Daimler-Benz...
. This joint venture is now part of Daimler and Chrysler, each with a 25 percent stake, and Beijing with a 50% stake.
The venture constructed a factory in
BeijingBeijing is a metropolis in northern China and the capital of the People's Republic of China...
in 2005 to assemble up to 25,000
Mercedes-BenzMercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. It is currently a division of the parent company, Daimler AG , after previously being owned by Daimler-Benz...
E-The Mercedes-Benz E-Class is a range of executive-size cars manufactured by Mercedes-Benz in various engine and body configurations. The E initially stood for Einspritzmotor, ; a new feature in volume production vehicles at the time that the E-Class first appeared, with the E as a suffix to the...
and
C-The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is a compact executive car produced by the Mercedes-Benz division of Daimler AG. First introduced in 1993 as a replacement for the 190 range, the C-Class was nicknamed the "Baby Benz" as it was the smallest model in the marque's lineup, until the 1997 arrival of the A-Class...
Class sedans per year. The factory commenced operations in the beginning of 2006.
Beijing-Benz DaimlerChrysler Automotive Co Ltd (BBDC, in
ChineseChinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of languages mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
: 北京奔驰-戴姆勒·克莱斯勒汽车有限公司) is a 30-year
joint ventureA joint venture is an entity formed between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together. The parties agree to create a new entity by both contributing equity, and they then share in the revenues, expenses, and control of the enterprise...
established by
American MotorsAmerican Motors Corporation was an American automobile company formed by the 1954 merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company — at the time, it was the largest corporate merger in U.S. history....
(AMC) and
Beijing Automotive Industry Holding CorporationThe Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. Ltd. is the holding company of Chinese automobile and machine manufactor Beijing Automotive Import & Export Corporation . The company was founded around joint ventures with Western automobile manufactors, namely Jeep and Daimler-Benz...
. This joint venture is now part of Daimler and Chrysler, each with a 25 percent stake, and Beijing with a 50% stake.
The venture constructed a factory in
BeijingBeijing is a metropolis in northern China and the capital of the People's Republic of China...
in 2005 to assemble up to 25,000
Mercedes-BenzMercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. It is currently a division of the parent company, Daimler AG , after previously being owned by Daimler-Benz...
E-The Mercedes-Benz E-Class is a range of executive-size cars manufactured by Mercedes-Benz in various engine and body configurations. The E initially stood for Einspritzmotor, ; a new feature in volume production vehicles at the time that the E-Class first appeared, with the E as a suffix to the...
and
C-The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is a compact executive car produced by the Mercedes-Benz division of Daimler AG. First introduced in 1993 as a replacement for the 190 range, the C-Class was nicknamed the "Baby Benz" as it was the smallest model in the marque's lineup, until the 1997 arrival of the A-Class...
Class sedans per year. The factory commenced operations in the beginning of 2006. A second new factory adjacent to it produces vehicles that were previously assembled by Beijing Jeep Company, the predecessor to the new joint venture.
JeepJeep is an automobile marque of Chrysler. It is the oldest off-road vehicle brand, with Land Rover coming in second. The original vehicle which first appeared as the prototype Bantam BRC became the primary light 4-wheel-drive vehicle of the US Army and allies during the World War II and postwar...
and
Mitsubishiis the fifth largest automaker in Japan and the fifteenth largest in the world by global unit sales. It is part of the Mitsubishi keiretsu, formerly the biggest industrial group in Japan, and was formed in 1970 from the automotive division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.Throughout its history it...
SUVs are assembled there.
History
Beijing Jeep Corporation (BJC, in Chinese: 北京吉普汽车有限公司) became China's first automotive
joint ventureA joint venture is an entity formed between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together. The parties agree to create a new entity by both contributing equity, and they then share in the revenues, expenses, and control of the enterprise...
when it was established in May 1983.
As the
People's Republic of ChinaThe People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately one-fifth of the world's population...
opened its doors to the West in the late 1970s,
American MotorsAmerican Motors Corporation was an American automobile company formed by the 1954 merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company — at the time, it was the largest corporate merger in U.S. history....
(AMC) began negotiations in 1979 to sell its vehicles in its vast domestic market and to use low-cost Chinese labor for its supply chain. The Chinese sought access to modern automotive technology, as well new
hard currencyHard currency or strong currency, in economics, refers to a globally traded currency that can serve as a reliable and stable store of value...
investment and income. The result was BJC in partnership with the Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Corporation, to produce AMC's
Jeep Cherokee (XJ)The Jeep Cherokee is a unibody compact SUV. It shared the name of the original full-size SJ model, but without a body-on-frame chassis, it actually set the stage for the modern SUV. Its innovative appearance and sales popularity spawned important imitators as other automakers began to notice that...
in
BeijingBeijing is a metropolis in northern China and the capital of the People's Republic of China...
. The Chinese government created a large-scale joint venture with AMC that seemed to make money and appeared to be successful.
The venture became a showcase that was often visited not only by communist Chinese leaders, but also by foreign politicians and business executives. Although there were many problems, AMC's joint venture was used to attract other business from abroad, as well as placate other foreign investors struggling to establish operations in China that they should blame themselves and not the difficult Chinese business environment..
Assembly of the Cherokee continued after Chrysler's buyout of AMC, as well as the
UAZ-469The UAZ-469 is an all-terrain vehicle manufactured by UAZ. It was used by the Red Army and other Warsaw Pact forces, as well as paramilitary units in Eastern Bloc countries. In the Soviet Union, it also saw widespread service in all state organizations that needed a robust off-road vehicle.The...
-based SUVs (BJ212).
The joint venture added the
Jeep Grand CherokeeThe Jeep Grand Cherokee is a mid-size UniFrame sport utility vehicle produced by the Jeep division of Chrysler. European Grand Cherokees are manufactured in Austria by Magna Steyr.- Development :...
, Mitsubishi Pajero Sport,
Mitsubishi OutlanderThe Mitsubishi Outlander is a compact crossover SUV manufactured by Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors. It was originally known as the Mitsubishi Airtrek when it was introduced in Japan in 2001, and was based on the Mitsubishi ASX concept vehicle exhibited at the 2001 North American International...
, and BJC-branded and locally developed models. Until the 1990s, the vehicles produced by the venture still utilized three-speed
manual transmissionA manual transmission, or manual gearbox is a type of transmission used in motor vehicle applications...
s. Production was limited for military consumption until the 1990s.
The factory was relocated and integrated into Beijing-Benz DaimlerChrysler Automotive in 2005.
Current
- BJ2022 Brave Warrior (military vehicle) http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/20/the-peoples-hummer-chinas-brave-warrior/
- Chrysler 300
The Chrysler 300 is a full-size sport/luxury sedan which was first shown at the 2003 New York Auto Show as a concept car and first introduced in the spring of 2004 as an early 2005 model, becoming North America's first mainstream rear-wheel drive sedan with a V6 engine since the 1995 Mazda...
C
- Jeep 4000/4700 (Jeep Grand Cherokee
The Jeep Grand Cherokee is a mid-size UniFrame sport utility vehicle produced by the Jeep division of Chrysler. European Grand Cherokees are manufactured in Austria by Magna Steyr.- Development :...
)
- Mercedes-Benz E-Class
The Mercedes-Benz E-Class is a range of executive-size cars manufactured by Mercedes-Benz in various engine and body configurations. The E initially stood for Einspritzmotor, ; a new feature in volume production vehicles at the time that the E-Class first appeared, with the E as a suffix to the...
- Mitsubishi Pajero Sport
- Mitsubishi Outlander
The Mitsubishi Outlander is a compact crossover SUV manufactured by Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors. It was originally known as the Mitsubishi Airtrek when it was introduced in Japan in 2001, and was based on the Mitsubishi ASX concept vehicle exhibited at the 2001 North American International...
Past
- BJ212/BJ2020 http://www.bj2020.com/
- Jeep 2500/2700 (based on the Jeep Cherokee (XJ)
The Jeep Cherokee is a unibody compact SUV. It shared the name of the original full-size SJ model, but without a body-on-frame chassis, it actually set the stage for the modern SUV. Its innovative appearance and sales popularity spawned important imitators as other automakers began to notice that...
) (the original vehicle produced by the JV from 1984 to 2005)
Future
- Chrysler Sebring
Not to be confused with Maserati Sebring, although Chrysler and Maserati did team up to produce the Chrysler TC before the Sebring came out.The Chrysler Sebring is a line of mid-size cars sold by Chrysler LLC...
- Mercedes-Benz C-Class
The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is a compact executive car produced by the Mercedes-Benz division of Daimler AG. First introduced in 1993 as a replacement for the 190 range, the C-Class was nicknamed the "Baby Benz" as it was the smallest model in the marque's lineup, until the 1997 arrival of the A-Class...
Concepts (from 2008 Beijing Auto Show)
- Beijing Auto 800
- Beijing Auto 700R
- Beijing Auto 700 (sedan)
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