Sanfu Motors
Sanfu Motors Industrial Co (also spelled San Fu or San-Fu ) was an automobile manufacturer in Taichung , Taiwan .
history
Sanfu Motors worked with several automobile manufacturers.
Vehicles produced included Subaru mopeds and utility vehicles . At least the commercial vehicles were sold with a Sanfu brand emblem. This cooperation is said to have been unsuccessful due to a lack of interest on the Japanese side.
For example, the Isuzu Bighorn was produced. It is not known whether the models were exported to Southeast Asia and the Middle East as planned. Part of the production was exported to the USA. Likewise, the assembly of the Subaru Domingo was agreed with Subaru in 1986 . At around the same time (1986), Renault successfully enforced that the cooperation with the GM subsidiary Isuzu was broken off. In contrast, the cooperation with Subaru has been proven for 1990.
The cooperation with Renault began in 1981 (or 1982). The models assembled and sold included the Renault 9 and 11 (from 1983), the Renault 19 , the Renault Express and the Renault Twingo . From 1998 the Renault Kangoo was also assembled. The production in Taiwan is said to have been of the highest quality compared to other foreign locations.
Under the model name Luxmore, Sanfu Motors produced and sold a Renault 9 with the interior and the rear of the Renault 19, which was powered by a 1.4 liter engine with 72 hp.
The Twingo models were exported to Japan. Sanfu Motors also planned to export to Colombia and Venezuela.
As of 1995, Sanfu Motors was 30% involved in founding Taiwan Isuzu Motors .
From 1997 to 1999, Sanfu Motors also manufactured the Hyundai Accent .
The business relationship with Renault ended in 2000 after Renault merged with Nissan. For its part, Nissan was involved in the Taiwanese manufacturer Yulon , which should now take over the local production of Renault models.
According to other sources, the company was dissolved in 1999. Production fell to 150 vehicles in 1999 and came to a complete standstill in the following year. The manufacturing facility was taken over by Formosa in 1999, according to another source .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Sanfu Motors Industrial Co , on Bloomberg.com.
- ↑ a b c d Renault et San Fu: la lune de miel , in: Taiwan Info from January 2, 1984.
- ↑ James R. McElroy, John Creamer, Clark M. Workman: The Internationalization of the Automobile Industry and Its Effects on the US Automobile Industry . Report on Investigation No. 332-188 Under Section 332 of the Tariff Act of 1930, Washington DC 1985, p. 119.
- ↑ Photos under Más fotos del furgón Sanfu , on RIpituc of March 20, 2016.
- ↑ Isuzu, San Fu to Produce 4-wheel Drives Together ( Memento of the original from November 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: Taiwan Info from September 22, 1986.
- ^ Brian C. Walters, Minivans from Japan . Determination of the Commission in Investigation No. 731-TA-522 (preliminary), Washington DC 1991, p. A-38.
- ↑ Sanfu To Export Trucks To US ( Memento of the original from November 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: Taiwan Today of May 6, 1984.
- ↑ Mitsubishi, Honda To Invest in ROC Auto Production ( Memento of the original dated November 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: Taiwan Info from March 17, 1986.
- ↑ GM, San Fu to Make Cars for Export ( Memento of the original from November 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: Taiwan Info from September 15, 1986.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Renault Luxmore: une R9 made in Taiwan! , on: Boîtier rouge of June 21, 2016.
- ^ Competing economies: America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim , Washington DC 1991, p. 329.
- ↑ a b Advanced Renault car to be made in Taiwan ( Memento of the original from November 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: Taiwan Today, June 6, 1982.
- ^ Taiwan-Renault Pact , in: New York Times of May 29, 1981.
- ↑ Des Renault seront fabriquées à Taiwan , in: Le Monde of May 29, 1981.
- ↑ Deborah Shen: Renault strengthens ties with its Taiwan partner ( Memento of the original from November 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: Taiwan Info from November 21, 1997.
- ^ Taiwan , in: Los Angeles Times, September 4, 1995
- ↑ a b Waclaw Pózar / Eligiusz Mazur (ed.), World of Cars 2005/2006, online ( memento of the original from October 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF, 21 MB).
- ↑ Jim Hwang: A Drive for Profit , in: Taiwan Today, August 1, 2002.
- ↑ Current Development of Taiwan Automobile Industry ( Memento of the original from November 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Presentation from 2013.
- ↑ Taiwan's Market recovers to 500,000: GM / DCX / VW enhances their business through new partnerships , in: Marklines 403 of September 7, 2005 (PDF).
