Wuling (car brand)

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Wuling Sunshine

Wuling is a car brand from the People's Republic of China .

Company history

The company Liuzhou Tractor Works was in 1958 Liuzhou founded. In 1982 the production of motor vehicles began . Initially, pick-ups were produced , followed by trucks and vans from 1984 . The brand name was Liuzhou , at least for the first pick-ups . In 1988 the name was changed to Liuzhou Mini-Auto Works and Liuzhou Small Auto Works . In 1989 or 1991 the brand name Wuling was introduced with the first small car . SAIC Motor took over 75.9% of the shares in January 2001 and renamed the company SAIC Wuling Automobile .

In June 2002, SAIC Wuling Automobile and General Motors formed the joint company SAIC GM Wuling . This company also markets the vehicles as Wuling .

vehicles

Brand name Liuzhou

The first pick-up was the Liuzhou LZ 120 .

Brand name Wuling

The pick-up Wuling LZ 110 based on a license from Mitsubishi has been handed down.

The first small car was the Wuling LZW 7100 , which was produced until 1996. The vehicle with the body of the Citroën Visa was 3725 mm long. A three-cylinder engine from Xiali called 376 Q with 993 cm³ displacement and 47 HP power propelled the vehicles. About 1000 vehicles were made of this.

The Wuling LZW 6320 and Wuling LZW 6430 introduced in 1990 were based on the Mitsubishi Minicab .

In 2002 the Wuling Sunshine was presented. This minivan is very successful. In 2011, around 943,000 vehicles were sold.

Zaptruck

For the US company ZAP , Wuling manufactured the Zaptruck XL, a small delivery truck with an electric drive based on the LZW 6370.

Production and registration numbers

The figures for the Wuling brand differ widely. Pick-ups are not included.

year Car production figures source Number of car registrations in China
2000 58,334
2001 68.026
2002 88,827
2003 129,662
2004 184,339
2005 313,249
2006 480.168
2007 552.865
2012 1,212,277
2013 448.484 or 530.050
2014 1.404.797 or 751.028
2015 678.938
2016 667.629
2017 537.782
2018 476,539
2019 374.878

literature

Web links

Commons : Wuling (car brand)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1766 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Erik van Ingen Schenau: Catalog of the present Chinese motor production. ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Edition 2008. (English)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Eligiusz Mazur: 2005 · 2006. One of the largest car directories in the world. World of Cars. Worldwide catalog. Encyclopedia of today's car industry. ( online ; English)
  4. ↑ Holger Wittich: No world domination yet for VW On auto-motor-und-sport.de from December 29, 2011 (accessed on February 13, 2016)
  5. ^ ZAP Distributing Electric Vehicles From Wuling Motors Of China at www.smallvehicleresource.com.
  6. ↑ a b c d e Wacław Pożar (General Director): World Cars. 2006 · 2007. Media Connection, Warsaw 2006, ISSN  1734-2945 , p. 412.
  7. ↑ 2012 China Passenger Car Sales by Brand on China Auto Web January 20, 2013. (accessed February 13, 2016)
  8. ↑ 2013 Passenger Vehicle Sales by Brand on China Auto Web January 15, 2014. (accessed February 13, 2016)
  9. ↑ a b c d e f g Wuling Sales Data & Trends for the Chinese Automotive Market (accessed on May 10, 2020)
  10. ↑ 2014 Passenger Car Sales by Brand on China Auto Web from January 12, 2015. (accessed February 13, 2016)