Luoyang Lingkong Auto Works

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Luoyang Lingkong Auto Works
legal form
founding 1970
resolution 1999
Reason for dissolution Takeover by Yutong Group
Seat Luoyang , People's Republic of China
Branch Motor vehicles

Luoyang Lingkong Auto Works was a manufacturer of automobiles from the People's Republic of China .

Company history

The company People's Liberation Army No. Works 5408 from Luoyang began producing trucks and minibuses in 1970 . In the 1980s, off-road vehicles and in 1991 passenger cars were added. The brand names were Lingkong and Tianma . Ten vehicles have been delivered for 1991. The vehicles were also used as taxis . In 1995 car production ended. In 1999 it was taken over by the Yutong Group , which today operates as Luoyang CIMC Lingyu Automobile .

There is no known association with Baoding Tianma Automobile , which also uses the Tianma brand name .

Passenger cars

The models on offer were Lingkong KJ 6380 , Lingkong KJ 5010 and Tianma KJ 5010 . They were similar to models made by Daihatsu . Many parts came from Xiali . The choice was between versions with hatchback and stub tail , each four-door with a large tailgate. With a wheelbase of 246 cm, the vehicles were 380 cm long, 151 cm wide and 148 cm high. The curb weight was given as 920 kg. An engine of Dong'an with 797 cc displacement and 26 kW powered vehicles.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 909 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Erik van Ingen Schenau: Made in China, lost small cars of the 1990s. ( Memento of March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 2014. (English, accessed on March 12, 2016)