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Changhe, officially Jiangxi Changhe Automobile Co Ltd, is a Chinese automobile manufacturer based in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China.〔(Profile of the Enterprise ) Changhe Official Site (Archive.org cache)〕 Currently a majority-owned subsidiary of BAIC, Changhe is engaged in a joint venture with Suzuki Motor Corporation of Japan,〔 and some of the products it manufactures carry the Suzuki brand. Making passenger cars and microvans, small trucks and vans for commercial purposes,〔 Changhe has an estimated 200,000 (227,000〔Newest development plan for Changhe Auto. globaltimes.cn, May 17, 2010〕 to 260,000〔) units/year production capacity as of 2010.〔 Production capacity figures may consider engines and vehicles as discrete. ==History== Until recently a subsidiary of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC),〔 Changhe is currently owned by BAIC Group and the Jiangxi Provincial State-owned Enterprise Assets Operation (Holdings) Co.〔 Changhe was well established by 1973, the year in which trial production of buses began.〔 Originally only making buses, production of a small passenger vehicle (the Suzuki Carry ST90V) began in 1982 and began a long relationship with the Japanese automaker. Currently, Changhe companies make both Suzuki and Changhe-branded vehicles. In 1995,〔 Suzuki and Changhe joined forces to form a joint venture company, Jiangxi Changhe-Suzuki Automobile Co Ltd.〔(Overseas Network: Asia ) Suzuki Official Site〕 This JV does not make all the Suzuki-branded automobiles sold on the Chinese market as some are produced by the Japanese company's other Chinese joint venture, Changan Suzuki. Imported models are marketed by Suzuki Motor (China) Investment Co Ltd.〔(Suzuki announces exhibits for Auto Shanghai 2007 (page 2/2) ) Suzuki Global News, April 20, 2007〕 Suzuki may currently be unhappy with its Chinese partners. Despite being an early entrant in the Chinese auto market, this Japanese company has lackluster sales in the country.〔(Suzuki, VW, SAIC likely to create three-way JV in China ) globaltimes.cn, July/26/2010〕 Suzuki's efforts to change the situation by merging its two joint ventures—since Chinese business law does not allow any foreign company more than two—have so far been stymied by its Chinese partners, who instead hope Suzuki will improve their situation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://auto.globaltimes.cn/auto-china/industry/2011-03/549386.html )〕 The Chinese State may also not want new foreign-Chinese joint auto-making ventures at this time.〔(Why the Saab-Hawtai deal is likely to fail ) chinacartimes.com, May 9, 2011 at 5:23 pm〕 An effort to sell the entire Suzuki model range at unified dealerships fell through in 2008.〔(Suzuki meets setback in merging its China sales ) gasgoo.com, November 03, 2008〕 (This may have been tried again in 2010.)〔(Milestone merger reshapes Suzuki ) Yu Qiao (China Daily), 2010-03-2〕 Changhe-Suzuki's first products were various versions of the Suzuki Carry micro-buses and trucks. Current micro-bus products include the Suzuki Wagon R (called the Big Dipper and in ) and the newer Suzuki Landy (). In 2006 Changhe themselves introduced the new microvan CH6390 Freedom (also called Friend), which has Suzuki underpinnings but a Changhe-designed body. While microbuses continue to be a core product, several recently introduced small cars have expanded the company's product line. These include the subcompact Changhe Ideal, first seen in October 2003, a self-developed car albeit with styling by Bertone and some Suzuki technology.〔 The Suzuki Liana () is also offered.〔(Suzuki announces exhibits for Beijing International Automotive Exhibition ) Suzuki Global News, 23 April 2010〕 While lower end Changhes depend on common, Chinese-built engines also used by a variety of other local brands, Changhe builds the Suzuki K12B and K14B engines for use in higher end versions. These have seen use in a variety of products of Changhe's, including the Suzuki Wagon R, Liana, and Landy, as well as the Changhe Freedom and Ideal. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Changhe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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