SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile (上汽通用五菱汽车股份有限公司) is a
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...
between General Motors and
Shanghai Automotive Industry CorporationThe Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation is a Chinese automobile manufacturer which ranks the third among the "Big Five" Chinese automakers .SAIC partnered with General Motors to form Shanghai GM,...
(SAIC) of China and Wuling Automobile Co., Ltd. Based at the
LiuzhouLiuzhou is a prefecture-level city in north-central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in southern China. Population: 1.4 million. Area: 5,250 km².-Geography:...
,
GuangxiThis article is about a region of China. For the sociological concept, see Guānxi.Guangxi is a Zhuang autonomous region of the People's Republic of China....
small van factory, it is the manufacturer of vehicles sold in China under the
WulingWuling may refer to:* Wuling District, in Changde, Hunan, China* Wuling Range, located in Central China, covering the area from West Hunan to East Guizhou and Chongqing* Wulingyuan, a scenic and historic interest area in Hunan Province, China...
marqueA marque is a brand name, especially in the automobile industry. For example, Chevrolet and Buick are marques of their maker, General Motors . A company may have many marques: GM has used more than a dozen in the North American market alone.-Differentiation:There are huge economies of scale in...
and specializes in
truckA truck or lorry is a motor vehicle - more specifically a commercial vehicle commonly used for transporting goods and materials. Some light trucks/lorries are similar in size to a passenger automobile...
s and
vanA van is a kind of vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people. It is usually a box-shaped vehicle on four wheels, about the same width and length as a large automobile, but taller and usually higher off the ground, also referred to as a light commercial vehicle or LCV...
sales in the poorer interior of the country.
Sales in 2005 were 337,188 units, up 43.4 percent from 2004.
Microvans
- Wuling Rongguang
- Wuling Hongtu
- Wuling Xingwang
- Wuling Single and Double Pickup
- Wuling Dragon LZW 1010
Wuling Dragon LZW 1010 was a Microvan made by Wuling Automobile Company Limited, a Chinese car maker before 1998.The Dragon LZW1010 is a copy of the Mitsubishi Minicab platform and was manufactured up to 1998....
(to 1998)
- Dragon LZW6320 (to 1998)
- Wuling Dragon
Wuling Dragon is a Microvan made by SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile, a Chinese joint venture with General Motors of the United States.The Dragon is a copy of the Daewoo Damas/Labo platform and has been manufactured since 1998....
(from 1998)
- Wuling City Breeze (under a Daihatsu Zebra licence) - minivan
- Wuling Windside
- Wuling Light
- Wuling Sunshine
City car
The
Daewoo MatizThe Daewoo Matiz is a city car produced by the South Korean automaker GM Daewoo that has been marketed worldwide since 1998. Available solely as a five-door hatchback with two engine configurations, and replacing the Daewoo Tico, the Matiz was originally designed by Italdesign Giugiaro and has been...
is also sold by Wuling as The
Chevrolet SparkThe Chevrolet Spark is an upcoming city car to be sold worldwide. It is the winning design for production amongst a trio of small concept cars first presented in 2007...
Le Chi.
Engines
According to a BBC article posted on May 17, 2007, the Wuling Sunshine small minivan had a record sales number of 460,000 in 2006.
SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile (上汽通用五菱汽车股份有限公司) is a
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...
between General Motors and
Shanghai Automotive Industry CorporationThe Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation is a Chinese automobile manufacturer which ranks the third among the "Big Five" Chinese automakers .SAIC partnered with General Motors to form Shanghai GM,...
(SAIC) of China and Wuling Automobile Co., Ltd. Based at the
LiuzhouLiuzhou is a prefecture-level city in north-central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in southern China. Population: 1.4 million. Area: 5,250 km².-Geography:...
,
GuangxiThis article is about a region of China. For the sociological concept, see Guānxi.Guangxi is a Zhuang autonomous region of the People's Republic of China....
small van factory, it is the manufacturer of vehicles sold in China under the
WulingWuling may refer to:* Wuling District, in Changde, Hunan, China* Wuling Range, located in Central China, covering the area from West Hunan to East Guizhou and Chongqing* Wulingyuan, a scenic and historic interest area in Hunan Province, China...
marqueA marque is a brand name, especially in the automobile industry. For example, Chevrolet and Buick are marques of their maker, General Motors . A company may have many marques: GM has used more than a dozen in the North American market alone.-Differentiation:There are huge economies of scale in...
and specializes in
truckA truck or lorry is a motor vehicle - more specifically a commercial vehicle commonly used for transporting goods and materials. Some light trucks/lorries are similar in size to a passenger automobile...
s and
vanA van is a kind of vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people. It is usually a box-shaped vehicle on four wheels, about the same width and length as a large automobile, but taller and usually higher off the ground, also referred to as a light commercial vehicle or LCV...
sales in the poorer interior of the country.
Sales in 2005 were 337,188 units, up 43.4 percent from 2004.
Models
Microvans
- Wuling Rongguang
- Wuling Hongtu
- Wuling Xingwang
- Wuling Single and Double Pickup
- Wuling Dragon LZW 1010
Wuling Dragon LZW 1010 was a Microvan made by Wuling Automobile Company Limited, a Chinese car maker before 1998.The Dragon LZW1010 is a copy of the Mitsubishi Minicab platform and was manufactured up to 1998....
(to 1998)
- Dragon LZW6320 (to 1998)
- Wuling Dragon
Wuling Dragon is a Microvan made by SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile, a Chinese joint venture with General Motors of the United States.The Dragon is a copy of the Daewoo Damas/Labo platform and has been manufactured since 1998....
(from 1998)
- Wuling City Breeze (under a Daihatsu Zebra licence) - minivan
- Wuling Windside
- Wuling Light
- Wuling Sunshine
City car
The
Daewoo MatizThe Daewoo Matiz is a city car produced by the South Korean automaker GM Daewoo that has been marketed worldwide since 1998. Available solely as a five-door hatchback with two engine configurations, and replacing the Daewoo Tico, the Matiz was originally designed by Italdesign Giugiaro and has been...
is also sold by Wuling as The
Chevrolet SparkThe Chevrolet Spark is an upcoming city car to be sold worldwide. It is the winning design for production amongst a trio of small concept cars first presented in 2007...
Le Chi.
Engines
According to a BBC article posted on May 17, 2007, the Wuling Sunshine small minivan had a record sales number of 460,000 in 2006. The Wuling Sunshine small van is equipped with a 0.8 liter engine, built using traditional assembly line method, and priced at $3,700 USD each.
According to Auto-reporter.net, Wuling is the second largest producer of motor vehicles in China after Volkswagen.
Etsong
The
Etsong Automobile Co is a small scale manufacturing concern that comes under the SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile part of SAIC. Based in
Qingdao' , best known in the West by its postal map spelling Tsingtao, is a major city in eastern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Yantai to the northeast, Weifang to the west and Rizhao to the southwest. Lying across the Shandong Peninsula while looking out to the Yellow Sea,...
, China, the factory was initially set up by Chinese tobacco company and then owned by the
First Automobile WorksChina FAW Group Corporation is a state-owned enterprise and China's first automobile manufacturer. It is a maker of light, medium, and heavy-duty trucks, automobiles, municipal and touring buses, custom bus chassis, mini-vehicles and auto parts...
before moving over to the SAIC group in 2005.
First built in the year 2000 the factory builds a number of
Austin MaestroThe Austin Maestro is a compact-sized 5-door hatchback car that was produced from 1983 to 1994, initially by the Austin Rover subsidiary of British Leyland , and from 1988 onwards by successor organisation Rover Group. The car was produced at the former Morris plant in Cowley, Oxford. It was...
/
MontegoThe Austin Montego is a British mid-size saloon car that was produced by the Austin Rover subsidiary of British Leyland , and its successors, from 1984 until 1994. The Montego was the replacement for the Morris Ital, to give British Leyland a modern competitor for the Ford Sierra and Vauxhall...
hybrids under the Etsong Lubao and Etsong Lande nameplates.
Models
Mid-size car
- Lande CA1020
- Lande CA6440
Hatchback
- Lubao CA6410
- Lubao CA6410
Export
Wuling mini-trucks were exported in limited numbers to the United States from 2004 to 2005. SGMW USA, a Cobra Motors company, imported and distributed the vehicles. Those trucks were limited to off-road use (i.e. private property), and were primarily marketed as industrial and commercial vehicles.
Current markets for Wulings are:
- Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area. With a billion people in 61 territories, it accounts for about 14.8% of the...
- Southeast Asia
Manila
Bangkok
Ho Chi Minh City
Kuala Lumpur
Singapore
Yangon
Bandung
Hanoi
Surabaya
Taichung
Kaohsiung
Medan|-|}...
- Central America
Managua
Guatemala City
San Salvador
San Pedro Sula
Panama City
San José, Costa Rica
Santa Ana, El Salvador
León
San Miguel|-|}...
- South America
South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere...
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