Dorcen was a Chinese car marque introduced in September 2018 and owned by Dorcen Motor Co., Ltd. The marque vehicles were produced at facilities formerly owned by JMCG's JMCGL and Zotye Domy. The brand filed for bankruptcy in 2021.

History

In May 2014, a company called Dancheng (Dorcen) Motor Co., Ltd. was established in

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, Changzhou, based on a

Zotye Zotye Auto (; officially Zotye International Automobile Trading Co., Ltd.) was a privately owned Chinese automobile manufacturer based in Yongkang, Zhejiang, China. It was owned by Zotye Holding Group and was established in 2005 and known for it ...

facility aimed at producing Domy-badged vehicles. The founder was Wu Hao, a son of a former Zotye chief. A Changzhou production base for the Dorcen company and Zotye was completed in 2015. In May 2017, Jiangsu Jintan Changdanghu New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (Jintan Auto Group), the holding company of Dorcen Motor Co., Ltd., reorganised

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-based JMCGL, a JMCG subsidiary focused on the production of Qiling-badged pickups and minivans. In January 2018, JMCGL officially changed its name to Jiangxi Dorcen Motor Company. JMCG got a 19% of its shares, Fuzhou High-tech Zone Development Investment Group a 14% and Dorcen Motor Co., Ltd. a controlling 67%. In September 2018, Dorcen Motor Co., Ltd. unveiled its new marque, Dorcen, with three models: the electric city car E20 (based on the Zotye Domy Sesam), the mid-sized crossover G70S (based on the Zotye Domy X7) and the G60S compact crossover (a self-developed model). The G70S was immediately put on sale and the E20 later that year. A second Fuzhou plant for the assembly of the G60/G60S crossover was completed in December 2018.

Facilities

Dorcen had plants for assembly in

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and

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. The Jiangsu plant, established in 2015 by Zotye and the Jintan Auto Group, was located in the Jintan District of Changzhou. Dorcen had two plants in Jiangxi: the former JMCGL one, aimed at producing pickups and minivans, and the Jiangxi Dorcen Automotive Technology Industrial Park, established in December 2018. As of 2022, Dorcen's former plant in Jiangxi was operated by BYD. Dorcen Logo

Products

Dorcen mainly sold crossovers based on Zotye Domy and Hanteng products. Dorcen also sold products from the related Qiling () pickup marque (T5 and T7). In June 2018, Jiangxi Dorcen unveiled a Qiling-badged light, forward control truck named as the H300, based on the

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. An upcoming Chinese market product for Qiling, the T15 pickup, was unveiled at the 2019 Shanghai Motor Show. Qiling products introduced after Dorcen Motor Co., Ltd. acquisition may be identified by the JDMC (standing for Jiangxi Dorcen Motor Company) badging. Products from Dorcen are listed below:

Dorcen

* Dorcen E20- Electric city car * Dorcen G60/G60E- Compact crossover * Dorcen G60S- Compact crossover * Dorcen G70S- Mid-size crossover

Qiling (JDMC)

* Qiling T5 (pickup) * Qiling T7 (pickup) * Qiling T100 (pickup) * Qiling H300 (light truck) * Qiling T15 (pickup, upcoming) File:Dorcen E20 001.jpg, Dorcen E20 File:Dorcen G60 01 China 2019-03-25.jpg, Dorcen G60 File:Dorcen G60E 001.jpg, Dorcen G60E File:Dorcen G60S 001.jpg, Dorcen G60S File:Dorcen G70S 01 China 2019-03-14.jpg, Dorcen G70S File:JMCGL Qiling T7 China 2017-03-23.jpg, Qiling T7 File:JMCGL Qiling T100 Shishi 01 2022-10-15.jpg, Qiling T100 File:JDMC Qiling T15 001.jpg, Qiling T15

References

External links

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