Shuanghuan Auto (officially Shijiazhuang Shuanghuan Automobile Co., Ltd.) (双环汽车) was a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in

Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang (; ; Mandarin: ), formerly known as Shimen and romanized as Shihkiachwang, is the capital and most populous city of China’s North China's Hebei Province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about southwest of Beijin ...

, Hebei Province, founded by Zhao Zhigang. It was established in April 1988 and acquired the state-owned automobile manufacturer

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in 2002. On 29 February 2016, China's

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the Chinese government, established in March 2008, is the state agency of the People's Republic of China responsible for regulation and development of the postal service, Internet, wireless ...

shut down Shuanghuan and 12 other automobile manufacturers that did not meet mandatory production evaluations for two consecutive years. The logo suspects to heavily copy the

SsangYong The SsangYong Motor Company ( ko, 쌍용자동차 주식회사) is a South Korea–based automobile manufacturer. It traces its origins back to a manufacturer established in 1954. The name SsangYong appeared in 1988, after its acquisition by the ...

badge (1992-2000).

Products

Shuanghuan Laifu Shuanghuan Auto (officially Shijiazhuang Shuanghuan Automobile Co., Ltd.) (双环汽车) was a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, founded by Zhao Zhigang. It was established in April 1988 and acquired t ...

/ Shuanghuan Laiwang (来福/来旺) (HBJ6460) (1998–2003) *

Shuanghuan Laibao The Shuanghuan Laibao (来宝) or Shuanghuan Laibao S-RV is a midsize SUV based on the Honda CR-V manufactured by Shuanghuan from 2003 to 2010, with the chassis based on the chassis of Shuanghuan Laiwang, which was designed based on the chassis ...

(来宝) (1988–1998)/ Shuanghuan Rabo S-RV (1999–2010) *Shuanghuan Jiaolian (1998–2002) * Shuanghuan SCEO/CEO (2004–2011) * Shuanghuan Noble/Bubble (2004–2016) * Shuanghuan SHZJ213 (1994–1997) File:Shuanghuan HBJ6460 MPV 01 China 2017-03-30.jpg, Shuanghuan Laiwang (HBJ6460) File:Shuanghuan Laibao S-RV 01 China 2012-08-09.JPG, Shuanghuan Laibao S-RV (Rabo S-RV) File:Shuanghuan CEO China 2012-04-22.JPG, Shuanghuan CEO File:Red Noble S6.JPG, Red Noble S6 Shuanghuan and

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had a partnership for the production of electric cars. Jointly produced vehicles included: *

Wheego Whip The Wheego Whip was an early-2010s limited-production all-electric city car developed by Wheego Technologies, made from the bodyshell of the Shuanghuan Noble. A total of approximately 300 units were sold through 2013, when production ceased. H ...

File:Wheego Whip all electric WAS 2010 9052.JPG, Wheego Whip

Criticism

Shuanghuan was criticized and threatened with legal action for copying the Smart Fortwo and the

BMW X5 The BMW X5 is a mid-size luxury SUV produced by BMW. The X5 made its debut in 1999 as the E53 model. It was BMW's first SUV. At launch, it featured all-wheel drive and was available with either a manual or automatic gearbox. The second generatio ...

, along with the

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. In Germany legal action was taken by BMW which resulted in a ban on sales of the Shuanghuan SCEO.

References

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