Europestar (, ) is a Chinese automotive sub-brand of the British
Lotus Group plc. The brand is the result of the
joint-venture
A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acce ...
with the Chinese
Jinhua Youngman Vehicle Co., Ltd.Lotus engineered Europestar Persona launches at Guangzhou Auto Show
Motor1 The brand was also known as Qingnian Kuaile (, ) or en, Youngman
Youngman (officially China Youngman Automobile Group Co., Ltd.) () was a Chinese manufacturer of buses and trucks located in Jinhua, Zhejiang province. The company was founded in 2001 by Pang Qingnian and also used to manufacture automobiles ...
(Lotus).
The vehicles are manufactured in the prefecture-level city of Jinhua
, alternately romanized as Kinhwa, is a prefecture-level city in central Zhejiang province in eastern China. It borders the provincial capital of Hangzhou to the northwest, Quzhou to the southwest, Lishui to the south, Taizhou to the east, ...
. The brand name is only used for export models. The Chinese homeland units are branded as Lotus Cars (, ). The actual British sports cars of the Lotus brand are imported by the company and retain its UK original logo. In addition, the sport models are marketed under the differentiated heading of Lotus Sports Cars (, ).
The RCR (based on the Proton Gen-2
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) and Jingyue (a Proton Persona
The Proton Persona is a series of compact and subcompact cars produced by Malaysian automobile manufacturer Proton.
The first generation Proton Persona (C90) refers to the export name given to the Proton Wira. The first use of the 'Proton Perso ...
) were shown under the new respective names of Lotus L3 5-door and L3 4-door at the 2010 Beijing Auto Show. At the same time the larger L5 sedan and liftback, developed by Lotus Group, had its premier.
Model Overview
Image:Youngman Lotus L3 hatch China 2012-05-02.jpg, since 2008
莲花 L3 两厢 (莲花竞速)
Lotus L3 Hatchback (JingSu, RCR)
Europestar L3 Hatchback
Image:Youngman Lotus L3 sedan 01 Auto Chongqing 2012-06-07.jpg, since 2008
莲花 L3 三厢 (莲花竞悦)
Lotus L3 Sedan (JingYue)
Europestar L3 Sedan
File:2011 Youngman Lotus L5.jpg, since 2010
莲花 L5
Lotus L5
Europestar L5
References
External links
Official website of Youngman Lotus & Europestar
Car manufacturers of China
Youngman
Lotus Cars
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2008
Luxury motor vehicle manufacturers
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