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| Wuling Motors | |
Native name | 五菱汽车集团控股有限公司 |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Predecessor | Liuzhou Wuling Automobile |
| Founded | 1982; 43 years ago (1982) |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Electric vehicles,trucks,buses,engines |
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| Website | wuling.com |
Wuling Motor Holdings., Ltd, (doing business asWuling Motors;Chinese:五菱汽车;pinyin:Wǔlíng Qìchē) is a Chinese manufacturer ofautomobiles, subsidiary ofGuangxi Automotive Group.[2] The company produce engines, and special purpose vehicles, namely mini electric cars, people movers, trucks and buses, and auto parts.[3] Its eponymous brand, Wuling, is shared with theSAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture.
The Wuling car brand was established in 1982 by Liuzhou Wuling Automobile, with a focus on the growing demand for small delivery vehicles in the domestic Chinese market during the 1980s. After completing a trial production series in 1982, Wuling commenced full-scale production of its first model, theLZ110, in 1984.[4] This vehicle was developed under a licensing agreement withMitsubishi Motors, making it a twin design to the third-generationMitsubishi Minicab.[5]
Building on Mitsubishi's technology, Wuling introduced a successor to the LZ110 in 1990, named theDragon.[6] Presented as a more modern model, the Dragon was a deeply updated version of the LZ110. In 1998, Wuling launched theLZW6370, a model developed under a licensing agreement with another Japanese manufacturerDaihatsu and based on theDaihatsu Zebra.[7]
In 2002, Wuling entered into a partnership withSAIC Motor andGeneral Motors to form ajoint venture calledSAIC-GM-Wuling. This joint venture was headquartered inLiuzhou, Guangxi, China, and became responsible for manufacturing all subsequent Wuling brand models.[8][9][10]
In 2007, the Wuling Group gained greater independence and established a new division specializing in trucks and custom-built vehicles. This division operated under the Wuling brand and logo, similar to Wuling's Red Label. In 2015, the Wuling Group underwent a major corporate restructuring, becoming a corporation and rebranding itself asGuangxi Automobile Group.[8]
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Wuling Automobile also manufactures generator sets under the "Longward" brand.[17]
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