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Great Wall Motors Company Limited〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History )〕 is a Chinese automobile manufacturer formed in 1984. The company is named after the Great Wall of China. As of 2010, it is China's largest sport utility vehicle (SUV) producer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Great Wall Motor in green car push in 2011 )〕 In the 2012 market beset by lower demand and curbs on road-going city cars,〔 *〕 Great Wall performed well. It rose by three places to rank as the seventh largest Chinese automaker and produced just over 675,000 units.〔For 2012 production and 9th-place ranking, see *For 10th place ranking as of 2011, see 〕 The export of cars for 2012 stood at 96,500 units.〔 ==History== Established in 1984, Great Wall initially manufactured only trucks, not producing a sedan car until 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=history )〕 The company has been a very successful producer of pickup trucks first reaching top position in the Chinese pickup market in 1998. By 2010, production of Great Wall pickups had reached 700,000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Milestone )〕 Making an initial public offering on the Hong Kong stock exchange on 15 December 2003, Great Wall was the first private Chinese auto manufacturer to become a public company. The company is considering listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange as well.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Great Wall, Lifan eye Shanghai listing )〕 Sales in 2010 were measured at less than 400,000 (near 2% market share) with exports a small portion of that figure at little more than 50,000,〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Global Times )〕 no increase from 2009 figures.〔 That same year saw the Great Wall Haval H series as the 2nd most-purchased SUV in China〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Top 10 Best-Selling Sedans and SUVs in 2010 )〕 although this figure may technically include two discrete models, the Great Wall Haval H3 and the Great Wall Haval H5. Manufacturing for 2011 resulted in 486,800 units, and output this year was the tenth largest of any vehicle maker in China. In 2012 it was reported that the company only allows workers one day off per week and new hires undergo months-long, military-style training. Great Wall started selling in Europe in 2006, offering small vans. A lot of 500 SUVs were shipped to Italy in 2006 as well. Great Wall products were first available in the Australian market in 2009,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=First look: Great Wall’s 2009 wares )〕 and the company was, as of 2010, the only Chinese car manufacturer to sell in the EU.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=With EU greenlight, Great Wall looks to expand )〕 European sales continue, with the 2011 opening of a factory in Bulgaria that assembles three different models from knock-down kits. As of June 2015 it ranks no. 8 amongst Chinese companies for notes receivable.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://chinastockfacts.com/data/601633.php )〕 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「Great Wall Motors」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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