News ID: 3953
Publish Date : 23 March 2020 - 09:10

Learn more about the Chinese partner of SAIPA

Changan Automotive is a Chinese car company headquartered in Chongqing and Shanghai, China.
Khodrocar - Changan Motors is the largest venture company in the US by Ford, and is in both Ford bodybuilding and motoring industries, so Changan's products are sold through the US partner. Ford is one of the few car manufacturers in China that does not have a brand in China.

The underlying idea has been the policy of the Chinese government to enable the transfer of technical knowledge of the automotive industry to China and enhance China's engineering capability. Changan headquarters and design are currently located in Turin, Italy, and Michigan, in addition to Shanghai China.

Changan Automotive Company is one of the four largest Chinese carmakers and one of the largest carmaker brands in China, taking the lead in manufacturing and selling the Chinese brand regardless of the products it produces in collaboration with the major carmakers. Also, according to surveys by reputable companies such as Autohome in China, in 2015, among the Chinese brand-owned car makers, Changan Automotive has taken the lead among Chinese customers.

Changan Automobile is a Chinese car company owned by the Chinese government. Much of the company's products are passenger cars, small vans, utility vans and light trucks. The company sells its passenger cars with the Chanang brand, and sells its used and heavy-duty vehicles under the name Chana.

The company works closely with Ford, Mazda and Suzuki companies and manufactures and markets the vehicles in the Chinese market. Changan is one of the four largest car companies in China, producing more than 3 million vehicles in 2016 alone. That means they rank fourth in terms of production volume in China. Changan was China's second-best-selling brand with sales of more than 1.4 million vehicles in 2016.

To go back to 1862, we have to look back at Changan's history. When a Chinese politician and general named Li Hongzhong established a military equipment factory. The factory moved from Beijing to Chengqing in 1937. In 1959, after a contract with the government, the company began to change the nature of the car, renaming it Changking Changan. Their first car was called the Changjiang Type 46, China's first domestic car. Changan also started offering Suzuki-based small cars in those years.

Changan's business continued through the years, and the company soon became one of China's most popular automakers. Changan also bought two other Chinese car makers, Hafie and Change, in 2009. Hafai continues to operate under Changan, but Change later became a subdivision of another carmaker group, BICE.

Since 2010, Changan's control and management has been transferred to China's state-owned arms company, and it was in that year that Changan was able to become China's fourth largest automaker by producing 2.38 million vehicles. Changan changed its logo for passenger cars in 2010, although the company's flagship cars continue to be produced and marketed with the old red badge.

In 2011, Changan reduced its production of cars for economic reasons to 2 million vehicles a year. In 2012, Changan announced changes to its policies that more than 72% of its products will be passenger cars, although production of small vans, light trucks and vans continues to be popular in China.

With the growth of Changan, Changan Ford - Mazda, which was involved in the production of Mazda and Ford cars in China, became two separate companies - Changan Ford and Changan Mazda - which continue to manufacture these products on Chinese soil through the two companies.

Changan has recently entered the field of hybrid and electric cars. They are so determined that they will no longer produce gasoline and diesel cars by 2025.

Changan has two cars in Iran, Changan CS35 and Changan Ido. Changan Aidu was one of the imported cars and soon after it was no longer available, but its second-hand models are still traded in the used car market.

Changan CS35 is manufactured and assembled by Saipa and is an economic crossover. Saipa's model has a 1.6-liter four-cylinder 16-valve engine that can produce 123 hp and 160 Nm of torque.