Beijing Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. is an automobile manufacturing company headquartered in Shunyi, Beijing, China, and a

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. Established in 2002, it manufactures in Shunyi District, a satellite city of Beijing, producing Hyundai-branded automobiles for the Chinese market. In 2016, the company was reported as selling nearly 1.8 million vehicles.

History

In May 2002, Hyundai Motor and the Beijing Automotive Group signed a memorandum of understanding with the aim of creating a joint venture based around an existing Beijing factory. Hyundai begun to improve the plant's installations, and on 18 October 2002 an equally owned joint venture between the two companies was established. While it was not the first arrangement between a foreign and a domestic automaker, Beijing Hyundai was the first to be approved by the Chinese government after its entry into the

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. The joint venture initially expanded its production output through importation of key parts from South Korea and the creation of an integrated, Korean-owned supply network inside China. As of 2012, average per year production since 2003 stands at roughly 370,000 vehicles, but yearly output has continued to grow over the lifetime of the project. 2014 saw the company sell 1,120,000 vehicles.

Products

At least four Hyundai models have been solely sold on the Chinese market. These are: BT01, indigenously designed; Lingxiang (), an interior-and-feature localized Sonata NF; Elantra Yuedong, a localized version of the Elantra; and Verna, a city car. All are tailored to Chinese tastes. The 5th generation Elantra is sold in China as the Langdong, but little localization is likely to have occurred. Current products available exclusively in China includes

Current production

File:Hyundai Celesta front 8.16.18.jpg, 2017–present
现代悦动
Hyundai Celesta File:Beijing Hyundai Custo at the 2021 Chengdu Auto Show 001.jpg, 2021–present
现代Custo
Hyundai Custo File:Hyundai Elantra VII 001.jpg, 2021–present
现代伊兰特CN7
Hyundai Elantra CN7 File:Hyundai Elantra Lingdong China 2017-04-06.jpg, 2016–present
现代伊兰特领动AD
Hyundai Elantra Lingdong AD File:Hyundai Encino 01 China 2018-03-20.jpg, 2017–present
现代昂希诺
Hyundai Encino File:Hyundai ix25 II IMG001.jpg, 2019–present
现代ix25
Hyundai ix25 File:Hyundai ix35 II facelift 005.jpg, 2017–present
现代ix35
Hyundai ix35 File:Hyundai Lafesta 02 China 2019-04-04.jpg, 2018–present
现代菲斯塔
Hyundai Lafesta File:Hyundai Mistra II IMG001.jpg, 2021–present
现代名图
Hyundai Mistra II File:Hyundai Santa Fe TM CN 001 China 2019-04-04.jpg, 2019–present
现代圣达菲TM
Hyundai Santa Fe TM File:2020 Hyundai Sonata Limited 1.6T, front 1.21.20.jpg, 2020–present
现代索纳塔DN8
Hyundai Sonata DN8 File:Hyundai Tucson Chinese facelift 001.jpg, 2019–present
现代途胜TL
Hyundai Tucson TL File:Hyundai Verna (China) 01 (cropped).jpg, 2019–present
现代瑞纳
Hyundai Verna HC

Former production

File:Hyundai Accent MC sedan facelift 02 China 2014-04-16.jpg, 2006–2010
现代雅绅特MC
Hyundai Accent MC File:Hyundai Elantra XD CN facelift II 01 China 2017-03-30.jpg, 2003–2011
现代伊兰特XD
Hyundai Elantra XD File:Hyundai Elantra Yuedong facelift 01 China 2012-06-02.jpg, 2008–2017
现代伊兰特悦动HD
Hyundai Elantra Yuedong HD File:Hyundai ix35 LM China 2012-07-29.jpg, 2010–2013
现代ix35
Hyundai ix35 File:Hyundai ix35 LM CN facelift 01 China 2014-04-15.jpg, 2013–2017
现代ix35
Hyundai ix35 File:Hyundai Elantra Langdong 01 China 2013-03-04.jpg, 2012–2018
现代伊兰特朗动MD
Hyundai Elantra Langdong MD File:Hyundai Moinca China 2013-03-04.jpg, 2009–2017
现代名驭
Hyundai Moinca File:Hyundai Santa Fe DM China 2014-04-25.jpg, 2012–2019
现代圣达菲DM
Hyundai Santa Fe DM File:Hyundai Sonata EF facelift China 2015-04-08.jpg, 2002–2004
现代索纳塔EF
Hyundai Sonata EF File:Hyundai Sonata NF China 2014-04-14.JPG, 2005–2008
现代索纳塔NF
Hyundai Sonata NF File:Hyundai Sonata NFC China 2012-07-29.JPG, 2008–2011
现代索纳塔菱翔
Hyundai Sonata Lingxiang NFC File:Hyundai Sonata YF China 2012-04-15.jpg, 2011–2015
现代索纳塔YF
Hyundai Sonata YF File:Hyundai Sonata LF facelift China 2018-03-28.jpg, 2015–2020
现代索纳塔LF
Hyundai Sonata LF File:Hyundai Tucson JM CN facelift China 2015-04-10.jpg, 2005–2015
现代途胜JM
Hyundai Tucson JM File:Hyundai Tucson TL 3 China 2016-03-30.jpg, 2015–2018
现代途胜TL
Hyundai Tucson TL File:Hyundai Verna RC sedan China 2012-05-05.jpg, 2010–2013
现代雅绅特RC
Hyundai Verna RC I File:Hyundai Verna RC sedan facelift China 2014-04-24.jpg, 2014–2018
现代雅绅特RC
Hyundai Verna RC II File:Hyundai Reina 01 China 2018-03-20.jpg, 2017–2021
现代瑞纳
Hyundai Reina

Current Imported

File:2020 Hyundai Palisade SEL, front 3.2.20.jpg, 2020–present
现代帕里斯帝
Hyundai Palisade File:Genesis G80 IAA 2021 1X7A0229.jpg, 2021–present
捷恩斯 G80
Genesis G80 File:2021 Genesis GV80, front 2.26.21.jpg, 2021–present
捷恩斯 GV80
Genesis GV80 File:Genesis G70 IAA 2021 1X7A0227.jpg, 2021–present
捷恩斯 G70
Genesis G70

Former Imported

File:Hyundai Azera HG China 2016-04-15.jpg, 2006–2015
现代雅尊
Hyundai Azera File:Hyundai Coupé GK facelift II China 2016-04-01.jpg, 2004–2006
现代酷派
Hyundai Coupe File:Hyundai Equus VI 01 China 2016-04-19.jpg, 2004–2014
现代雅科仕
Hyundai Equus File:Hyundai Genesis DH 01 China 2016-04-15.jpg, 2015
现代捷恩斯
Hyundai Genesis File:Hyundai Grand Santa Fe China 2016-04-15.jpg, 2013–2017
现代Grand Santa Fe
Hyundai Grand Santa Fe File:Hyundai H-1 TQ China 2015-04-20.jpg, 2011
现代H-1
Hyundai H-1 File:Hyundai Matrix facelift rear China 2012-06-16.jpg, 2005
现代美佳
Hyundai Matrix File:Hyundai Rohens 01 China 2014-04-14.jpg, 2008–2012
现代劳恩斯
Hyundai Rohens File:Hyundai Rohens Coupe facelift 02 China 2018-03-26.jpg, 2009–2012
现代劳恩斯酷派
Hyundai Rohens Coupe File:Hyundai Santa Fe CM China 2014-04-24.jpg, 2006–2012
现代圣达菲 (进口)
Hyundai Santa Fe CM (imported) File:Hyundai Santa Fe DM China 2015-04-10.jpg, 2013
现代圣达菲 (进口)
Hyundai Santa Fe DM (imported) File:Hyundai Sonata Hybrid -- 03-28-2012.JPG, 2014
现代索纳塔Hybrid
Hyundai Sonata Hybrid File:Hyundai Tucson JM CN facelift China 2014-04-16.jpg, 2005
现代途胜 (进口)
Hyundai Tucson (imported) File:Hyundai Veloster FS Turbo China 2016-04-15.jpg, 2011–2015
现代Veloster
Hyundai Veloster File:Hyundai Veracruz 2 China 2015-04-08.jpg, 2007–2012
现代维拉克斯
Hyundai Veracruz File:2003_Hyundai_Grandeur_(XG).jpg, 2004
现代XG250
Hyundai XG250

Shouwang brand

Cheaper products may be sold under a new, China-only brand name, Shouwang. A concept vehicle was shown at car shows in China in 2011 and 2012, but the brand does not appear to have been launched.

Production bases and facilities

As of 2013, the company has at least three production bases as well as an R&D center, all of which are probably in the Linhe Industrial Development Zone of the Shunyi District, a satellite city of

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.Industrial tourism to Beijing Hyundai Auto Co. Ltd
Press Release, Information Center of Shunyi District Government, 2009-4-12 Two of these produce automobiles and the other, engines. Its first automobile production base was completed in 2003 and the second in April 2008. Construction on a third Beijing base begun in late 2010 should be complete in the second half of 2012. At least one of these facilities is 17 km from Shunyi Yangzhen. A new site outside Beijing was inaugurated in 2016, and this

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location was producing a small city car, the Accent, as of 2017. In 2017, Beijing Hyundai opened its

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plant, Which produces the Reina subcompact sedan until 2021.

References

External links

Beijing Hyundai Motor Official Site

Genesis Motor China Official Site

Picture of a Beijing Hyundai building
{{Automotive industry in China BAIC Group joint ventures

Car manufacturers of China Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2002 Chinese companies established in 2002 Shunyi District Chinese-foreign joint-venture companies