Etsong (Qingdao) Vehicle Manufacturing

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Etsong (Qingdao) Vehicle Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
legal form Co. Ltd.
founding 1997
resolution 2002
Seat Qingdao , People's Republic of China
Branch Automobiles

Etsong (Qingdao) Vehicle Manufacturing was a manufacturer of automobiles from the People's Republic of China .

Company history

The company was founded in 1997. The seat was in Qingdao . The Chinese tobacco company Etsong and Rover were involved . Construction of a factory began in March 1998 and was completed in late 2000. In December 2000 the first two prototypes were produced. Series production ran from 2001 to 2003. The brand name was Etsong . Sales were bad.

China FAW Group took over the project and continued production under its own brand name from 2003. Then the Sichuan Auto Industry Group tried this project.

The factory was bought by SAIC General Motors in 2005 .

vehicles

Etsong had acquired the rights to the Austin Maestro and Austin Montego from Rover . However, engines were not among them. Therefore a Toyota engine was used. It was a four-cylinder engine with a capacity of 1342 cm³ and an output of 63 kW.

The maestro were actually made as a model Lubao as a five-door hatchback with code QE 6400 and as a panel van on this basis as QE 6440 . The QE in the code stands for the manufacturer and the 6 for omnibus . This means that Etsong only had a license to manufacture buses. 400 and 440 denote the vehicle length in centimeters.

The Montego was also planned as a four-door sedan with notchback and as a five-door station wagon and the Maestro as a pick-up . A production of these variants by Etsong is not guaranteed.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Times from Munster, Indiana · 258 from June 3, 2005 (English, accessed May 9, 2020)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Keith Adams: The cars: Etsong Lubao QE6400 / QE6440 (2001-2003) from April 6, 2019 (English, accessed May 9, 2020)
  3. ↑ a b Keith Adams: The cars: FAW Lubao CA6410 / 7410 (2003-2006) from April 6, 2019 (English, accessed May 9, 2020)
  4. ↑ Alexander Boucke: The cars: Yema SQJ6450 (2006) from April 5, 2019 (English, accessed May 9, 2020)
  5. ↑ GM to build $ 387m engine plans in China from June 2, 2005. (accessed May 9, 2020)
  6. ↑ GM to open two new Chinese plants from June 2, 2005 (accessed May 9, 2020)