SG Automotive Group Co Ltd (officially Liaoning Shuguang Automotive Group, Ltd) is a Chinese vehicle and component manufacturer headquartered in
Dandong,
Liaoning province. The company makes buses,
light trucks,
semi-trailer trucks
A semi-trailer truck, also known as a semitruck, (or semi, eighteen-wheeler, big rig, tractor-trailer or, by synecdoche, a semitrailer) is the combination of a tractor unit and one or more semi-trailers to carry freight. A semi-trailer a ...
, SUVs and automotive components.
[ Auto parts made by SG are used by other Chinese car makers including ]Brilliance Auto
Huachen Automotive Group Holdings Co. Ltd., known for its brand name Brilliance Auto Group, was a Chinese multinational automobile manufacturer holding company headquartered in Shenyang. Its products include automobiles, microvans, and automotive ...
, Chery
Chery Automobile Co. Ltd., trading as Chery and sometimes known by the pinyin transcription of its Chinese name, ''Qirui'' (), is a Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wuhu, Anhui, China. Founded in 1997, it is curr ...
, and JAC Motors.Yellow Sea
The Yellow Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula, and can be considered the northwestern part of the East China Sea. It is one of four seas named after common colour ter ...
") brand name, whilst the ''Shuguang'' brand was used for SUVs in the early 2000s.engine
An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy.
Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power ...
s as of 2011. The company makes fleet sales, and some products are purchased by the Chinese State.
History
SG was founded in Liaoning in 1984 with RMB 70,000 as a manufacturer of axles for off-road vehicles.
In August 2012, SG agreed to acquire a 56.19% stake in a Dandong-based special vehicle company from a Liaoning-based group company for RMB 80.9 million.
Operations
SG has component manufacturing facilities in Wuhu
Wuhu () is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui province, China. Sitting on the southeast bank of the Yangtze River, Wuhu borders Xuancheng to the southeast, Chizhou and Tongling to the southwest, Hefei city to the northwest, Ma'ansh ...
, Anhui
Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...
, and Shenyang, Liaoning.[ Other facilities include a bus-making factory in ]Changzhou
Changzhou ( Changzhounese: ''Zaon Tsei'', ) is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province, China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling and Jinling. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provin ...
, Changzhou Changjiang Bus, which became operational in early 2010 and a location-unknown component-making facility 113,220 square meters in size that should have become operational in late 2012.
Products
Current
* Huanghai Major
The Huanghai Major (小柴神) is a compact pickup truck manufactured in the China by the Chinese automobile manufacturer SG Automotive
SG Automotive Group Co Ltd (officially Liaoning Shuguang Automotive Group, Ltd) is a Chinese vehicle and com ...
(DD 1023) - pickup truck - Copy of the Toyota Tacoma
* 2007-present Huanghai Plutus
The Huanghai Plutus (大柴神) is a pickup truck produced and sold by Chinese automobile manufacturer SG Automotive under the Huanghai Auto marque since 2007. The first generation sold from 2007 to 2012 is a compact pickup truck, while the se ...
(DD 1022) - pickup truck - Copy of the Chevrolet Colorado
The Chevrolet Colorado, and its counterpart, the GMC Canyon, are series of compact and later mid-sized pickup trucks marketed by American automaker General Motors. They were introduced in 2004 to replace the Chevrolet S-10 and GMC S-15/Sonoma co ...
* 2014-present Huanghai N1
The Huanghai N1 is a mid-size Pickup truck produced and sold by SG Automotive (曙光汽车) under the Huanghai Auto (黄海) marque.
Overview
The Huanghai N1 pickup truck debuted during the 2014 Beijing Auto Show
Beijing International Automoti ...
** Huanghai N1S
* 2015-present Huanghai N2
The Huanghai N2 is a mid-size Pickup truck produced and sold by SG Automotive (曙光汽车) under the Huanghai Auto
SG Automotive Group Co Ltd (officially Liaoning Shuguang Automotive Group, Ltd) is a Chinese vehicle and component manufacturer ...
** Huanghai N2S
* 2016-present Huanghai Raytour (DD 504)- van - Copy of the Volkswagen Crafter
The Volkswagen Crafter, introduced in 2006, is the largest three- to five-ton van produced and sold by the German automaker Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. The Crafter officially replaced the Volkswagen Transporter LT that was launched in 1975, ...
* 2017-present Huanghai N3
* 2019-present Huanghai N7 - copy of the Chevrolet Silverado
File:Huanghai Raytour China 2016-03-28.jpg, Huanghai Raytour
File:Huanghai N1 China 2015-04-10.jpg, Huanghai N1
File:Huanghai N1S China 2018-03-20.jpg, Huanghai N1S
File:Huanghai N2 2 China 2016-04-07.jpg, Huanghai N2
File:Huanghai N3A China 2018-03-20.jpg, Huanghai N3A
Former
* DG 6471 B
* DG 6400
*2009-2012 Huanghai Challenger (DD 6490P/DD 6491A/Shuguang Challenger) - SUV
A sport utility vehicle (SUV) is a car classification that combines elements of road-going passenger cars with features from off-road vehicles, such as raised ground clearance and four-wheel drive.
There is no commonly agreed-upon definiti ...
- rebadged Gonow
Gonow (officially Zhejiang Gonow Auto Co., Ltd.) () is a Chinese manufacturer of automobiles, commercial vehicles and SUV's headquartered in Taizhou, Zhejiang and a subsidiary of GAC Group. It markets its products under the brand name ''GAC Go ...
Jetstar/Dadi
Dadi may refer to:
Places
* Dadi (community development block), Jharkhand, India
* Dadi, China, part of the Fujian tulou World Heritage site
* Dadi, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
* Dadi, the old name of the town of Amfikleia in ...
Shuttle
* Huanghai Faster NCV - CUV - Concept based on the Landscape V3 with the front end copied from the Pontiac Torrent previewing the Huanghai Landscape V3.
*2008-2012 Huanghai Landscape F1
The Huanghai Landscape F1 or Huanghai Qisheng F1 (黄海 旗胜F1) is a mid-size SUV produced and sold by SG Automotive (曙光汽车) under the Huanghai Auto (黄海) marque.
Huanghai Qisheng CUV
The Huanghai Landscape F1 was originally reve ...
(DD 6460D/DD 6460K/DD 6461A/DD 6470E) - CUV - Copy of Kia Sorento
The Kia Sorento ( ko, 기아 쏘렌토, translit=Gia Sorento) is a mid-size crossover SUV (formerly a body-on-frame SUV until 2009) produced since 2002 by South Korean manufacturer Kia.
First generation (BL; 2002)
2002–2006
Debuted i ...
with a front fascia similar to the Mercedes-Benz M-Class
Mercedes-Benz (), commonly referred to as Mercedes and sometimes as Benz, is a German luxury and commercial vehicle automotive brand established in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG (a Mercedes-Benz Group subsidiary established in 2019) is headquartere ...
* Huanghai Landscape V3 (DD 6472A/DD 6472B) - CUV - Copy of the Toyota Harrier
* DG 6480 Navigator/Dawn/Falcon
*2006-2010 Huanghai Aurora (DD 6470/DD 6470H) - CUV - Copy of the SsangYong Rexton
The SsangYong Rexton ( Korean: 쌍용 렉스턴) is a mid-size SUV manufactured by SsangYong Motor since late 2001. The name Rexton is derived from the Latin title ' rex' and the English word 'tone', which is intended to mean "the ruler's tone ...
* DG 1020 "Antilope
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South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical
Geography (from Greek: , ''geog ...
" or " Aolin"
* Huanghai Steed (DD 1020) - pickup truck - Variant of the Plutus
* Shuguang Conqueror (DG6472) - an updated luxury Huanghai Challenger
* Shuguang Runway - a three-door Shuguang ConquerorTaklamakan
The Taklimakan or Taklamakan Desert (; zh, s=塔克拉玛干沙漠, p=Tǎkèlāmǎgān Shāmò, Xiao'erjing: , dng, Такәламаган Шамә; ug, تەكلىماكان قۇملۇقى, Täklimakan qumluqi; also spelled Taklimakan and Te ...
File:Huanghai Aurora 2.2 4WD 2010 (13500855093).jpg, Huanghai Aurora
File:Huanghai Challenger China 2014-04-24.jpg, Huanghai Challenger
File:Huanghai DD1023 02 China 2017-03-19.jpg, Huanghai DD1023
Export sales
SG has exported light trucks and buses to countries including Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Brazil.[For small lot of light trucks sold in South Africa, see
*For small lot of light trucks sold in Brazil, see
*For small lots of buses sold in Saudi Arabia, see ] Some products, including the Plutus and the Steed, are assembled by Effa Motors
Effa Motors is an Uruguayan automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer with headquarters in San José de Mayo in southern Uruguay. The company was founded by Eduardo Effa in 2006 for the construction of the vehicles imported as CKD kits use ...
in Uruguay.
Some of its production has been sold in Malaysia, where the Plutus pick-up was on sale as of late 2012.
References
External links
SG Automotive Group website
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