Xinkai Auto Manufacture Corporation

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A Mercedes-Benz Police Car from the production of Xinkai Auto in the Hong Kong SAR
A Mercedes-Benz Ambulance from the production of Xinkai Auto in the Macau Special Administrative Region

The xinkai ( Chinese  新凯汽车 , Pinyin Xīnkǎi QI CHE ) is an automotive and commercial vehicle manufacturer with corporate headquarters in Gaobeidian , China . The company was founded in 1984.

description

In the 1980s, the company manufactured off-road vehicles based on the Beijing BJ212 . In 1994 the copy of the Suzuki Alto called Xinkai HXK 6360 was added.

Production of a Toyota 3400- style vehicle began in 2002, and the SRV in 2004 , similar to the Honda CR-V .

With a capacity of 200,000 vehicles per year, the production of 33,000 vehicles in 2005 and 35,000 in 2006 is known.

The manufacturer has an office in Gaobeidian and the production and assembly hall in Zhuozhou . The manufacturer has been working for Mercedes-Benz since 2004 and assembles the Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicle in the small town of Tai'an . The company produces the vehicle parts for the van itself and has set up its own factory building in Qinghe for this purpose . The company premises cover an area of ​​800,000 m² . The annual production capacity is a total of 200,000 units, 40,000 of which are Sprinter sister models (according to Prime Minister Kurt Beck ), with a workforce of 2,000. The production line for building the MB vehicles comes from the Düsseldorf plant .

With this production capacity, the company is represented internationally and, in addition to its home country, sells its vehicles successfully, especially in the Middle East . In 2003, Zhang Zhentang awarded the company the Bright Star because the manufacturer was the most outstanding company in Hebei Province for 10 years in a row . Xinkai car was also also one of the utilities for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing . In total, the company provided 36 vehicles converted into ambulances .

Model overview

literature

  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1769. (English)

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1769. (English)
  2. ^ D'Auto (Dutch, accessed January 10, 2016)
  3. ^ A b Catalog of the present Chinese motorcar production. Edition 2008. pp. 299–301. (English)