Beijing Hyundai Motor
An equally owned joint venture and subsidiary of Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co Ltd and Hyundai Motor Company, Beijing Hyundai Motor Company (BHMC, simplified Chinese: 北京现代; traditional Chinese: 北京現代) was established in 2002 and manufactures in Shunyi District, a satellite city of Beijing.[1] Its Hyundai-branded automobiles are sold on the Chinese market. These vehicles may differ significantly from those sold elsewhere under the same names.
2010 saw the company sell 700,000 vehicles.[2] Were it not a subsidiary these sales figures would have placed it as the sixth or seventh most-productive Chinese automaker. It did make the third most-purchased model in 2010 in China, the Elantra.[3]
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[edit] History
The company may initially have imported components rather than relying on local suppliers.[4]
[edit] China specific models
At least three Hyundai models are solely sold on the Chinese market. The BT01, indigenously designed; Lingxiang (Chinese: 领翔), an interior-and-feature localized Sonata NF; and Yuedong, a localized version of the Elantra.[5] All are tailored to Chinese tastes.
[edit] China specific brand
Cheaper[6] products will soon be sold under a new, China-only brand name, Shouwang.[7] Its first model is based on an older Hyundai Elantra.[8]
[edit] Production bases and facilities
As of 2009, the company has at least three production bases as well as an R&D center, all of which are probably in the Linhe Industrial Development Zone of the Shunyi District, a satellite city of Beijing.[9] Two of these produce automobiles and the other, engines.[9]
Its first automobile production base was completed in 2003 and the second in April 2008.[10] Construction on a third Beijing base begun in late 2010 should be complete in the second half of 2012.[11] At least one of these facilities is 17 km from Shunyi Yangzhen.[12]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ For ownership and company information, see BEIJING HYUNDAI OPENS NEW PLANT, ADDS NEW MODEL Hyundai Official Site, 2008-04-11
- For year established and production base location, see Industrial tourism to Beijing Hyundai Auto Co. Ltd Press Release, Information Center of Shunyi District Government, 2009-4-12
- ^ Hyundai sells 1M cars in China joongangdaily.com, January 03, 2011
- ^ Top 10 Best-Selling Sedans and SUVs in 2010 chinaautoweb.com, January 14, 2011
- ^ Doing Business in Beijing By China Knowledge Press Pte Ltd, Page 263 (2nd Ed., "2004 Edition"- 2005)
- ^ For the BT01, see HYUNDAI REVEALS THREE NEW MODELS AT SHANGHAI AUTO SHOW Hyundai Official Site, 2009-04-20
- For the Lingxiang see, Hyundai Motor World: Hyundai Motor Participates in Auto Guangzhou 2008; Ling Xiang (领翔), the NF Sonata model for China, is unveiled for the first time at Auto Guangzhou 2008 Hyundai Official Site, First Quarter 2009, Vol.17 No.62
- For the Yuedong, see BEIJING HYUNDAI OPENS NEW PLANT, ADDS NEW MODEL Hyundai Official Site, 2008-04-11
- ^ "Hyundai to launch new sub brand in November". Chinacartimes. OCTOBER 12, 2011. http://www.chinacartimes.com/2011/10/12/hyundai-to-launch-new-sub-brand-in-november/. Retrieved 02/02/2012.
- ^ "Short Torque". China Daily. 2011-11-28. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-11/28/content_14171266.htm.
- ^ "Hyundai’s first Shou Wang sedan is old Elantra". Chinacartimes. JANUARY 12, 201. http://www.chinacartimes.com/2012/01/12/hyundais-shou-wang-sedan-elantra/. Retrieved 02/02/2012.
- ^ a b Industrial tourism to Beijing Hyundai Auto Co. Ltd Press Release, Information Center of Shunyi District Government, 2009-4-12
- ^ For first production base, see Beijing Auto Manufacturing Base Press Release, Information Center of Shunyi District Government, 2009-4-10
- For second production base, see BEIJING HYUNDAI OPENS NEW PLANT, ADDS NEW MODEL Hyundai Official Site, 2008-04-11
- ^ "Short Torque: Hyundai's third facility", China Daily: 19, 2010-12-06, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2010-12/06/content_11654942.htm
- ^ Part Overview Beijing Hainachuan Automotive Parts Co., Ltd.
