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Wuling Motors

Wuling Motors

Chinese automobile manufacturer

Not to be confused with SAIC-GM-Wuling, the joint-venture with SAIC and GM, which also manufactures Wuling branded cars.
Not to be confused with Wuling Group or the current Guangxi Automobile Group, the parent company.

Wuling Motor Holdings., Ltd, (doing business as Wuling Motors; Chinese: 五菱汽车; pinyin: Wǔlíng Qìchē) is a Chinese manufacturer of automobiles, subsidiary of Guangxi Automotive Group.[2]

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They produce engines, and special purpose vehicles, namely mini electric cars, people movers, trucks and buses, and auto parts.[3]

History

Further information: Guangxi Automobile Group

Wuling microvans have been manufactured since 1982.[4] In 1986, Wuling's predecessor company, Liuzhou Automotive Industry Corporation, reached an agreement with Mitsubishi Motors to assemble the L100 type Mitsubishi Minicab.[5] This small van was sold as the Liuzhou Wuling LZ110.

The first Wuling vehicles to be exported were sent to Thailand in 1992.[4]


Products

Further information: Guangxi Automobile Group

Current models (as Wuling Industry/Wuling Motor)

Former models (as Liuzhou Wuling)

Motorcycle

  • Lingyang (羚羊)
  • A10Y
  • A10N
  • A11G
  • P20
  • A10G
  • A10Y
  • J10
  • J6
  • Jueying (绝影)

Electric bicycle

  • C1
  • C2

Golf cart

  • GOLF CAR (4 seat)
  • GOLF CAR (6 seat)
  • GOLF CAR (4+2 seat)
  • GOLF CAR (6+2 seat)

Sightseeing car

  • WULING WLQ5080 SIGHTSEEING CAR (8 seat)
  • WULING WLD2111 SIGHTSEEING CAR (8 seat)
  • WULING WLQ5110 SIGHTSEEING CAR (11 seat)
  • WULING WLQ5140 SIGHTSEEING CAR (14 seat)
  • WULING WLQL SIGHTSEEING CAR (23 seat)[9]

Subsidiaries and joint ventures

  • Liuzhou Wuling Motors United Development Co. Ltd.
  • Liuzhou Wuling Special-purpose Vehicle Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
  • Liuzhou Wuling Liuji Power Co. Ltd.
  • Wuling Engine, a division of Wuling Automobile which manufactures Wuling-branded engines for small autos and motorcycles. Some are in cooperation with companies such as Delphi.[10]
  • Liuzhou AAM, a joint venture between Wuling and American Axle & Manufacturing, manufacturing electric drive units, independent rear axles and driveheads.[11]

Wuling Automobile also manufactures generator sets under the "Longward" brand.[12]

Notes

    References

    1. [1]
      wuling.com.cn. 2023 https://www.wuling.com.cn. Retrieved 11 December 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
    2. [2]
      "企业概览 | 五菱汽车". www.wuling.com.hk. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
    3. [3]
      Company profile Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine on Wuling Motors website, 21 Sep 2020
    4. [4]
      "五菱英文版" [Export Business: Brief Introduction]. sgmw.com.cn (in Chinese). 2013. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Since the first WULING vehicle was exported to Thailand in 1992, WULING vehicle has been exported to more than 40 countries and regions like Centre & South America, Middle-east, Africa, and South-east Asia.
    5. [5]
      "Mitsubishi to assemble vans, trucks in China". Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Tokyo: 12. 1 March 1986.
    6. [6]
      "五菱 G050 纯电物流车 OTS 样车交付：仿 K-car 打造，续航 230km - IT之家". www.ithome.com. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
    7. [7]
      Feijter, Tycho de (2012-02-01). "History: The Wuling LZW 7100, a Citroen Visa made in China". CarNewsChina.com. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
    8. [8]
      Feijter, Tycho de (2012-01-24). "History: the Wuling LZW6370A minivan from China". CarNewsChina.com. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
    9. [9]
      "柳州五菱汽车工业有限公司--柳州五菱 | 五菱工业 | 五菱汽车". www.wulingauto.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
    10. [10]
      "发动机--柳州五菱汽车工业有限公司". www.wulingauto.com.cn. Archived from the original on 2009-08-08.
    11. [11]
      "AAM Supplies Electric Drive Unit for New Baojun E300 Plus in China". www.aam.com. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
    12. [12]
      "发电机组--柳州五菱汽车工业有限公司". www.wulingauto.com.cn. Archived from the original on 2009-08-08.
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