SG Automotive Group Co Ltd (officially Liaoning Shuguang Automotive Group, Ltd) is a Chinese vehicle and component manufacturer headquartered in

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province. The company makes buses, light trucks, semi-trailer trucks, SUVs and automotive components. Auto parts made by SG are used by other Chinese car makers including

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JAC Motors JAC Motors (; officially Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

. Light trucks and buses are sold under the ''Huanghai'' (黄海, lit. "

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") brand name, whilst the ''Shuguang'' brand was used for SUVs in the early 2000s. Some SUVs sold under this brand may utilize Mitsubishi

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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

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. Other facilities include a bus-making factory in

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, 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 (DD 1023) -

pickup truck A pickup truck or pickup is a light-duty truck that has an enclosed cabin, and a back end made up of a cargo bed that is enclosed by three low walls with no roof (this cargo bed back end sometimes consists of a tailgate and removable covering) ...

- Copy of the

Toyota Tacoma The Toyota Tacoma is a pickup truck manufactured by the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota since 1995. The first-generation Tacoma (model years 1995 through 2004) was classified as a compact pickup. The second generation (model years 2005 t ...

* 2007-present Huanghai Plutus (DD 1022) -

- Copy of the

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* 2014-present Huanghai N1 ** Huanghai N1S * 2015-present Huanghai N2 ** Huanghai N2S * 2016-present

Huanghai Raytour The Huanghai Raytour (瑞途) is a light commercial vehicle (van) produced and sold by SG Automotive (曙光汽车) under the Huanghai Auto (黄海) marque from China. The Huanghai Raytour was introduced in China in 2016 with prices ranging from ...

(DD 504)-

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- Copy of the Volkswagen Crafter * 2017-present

Huanghai N3 The Huanghai N3 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 N3 pickup truck debuted in China during the 2017 Shanghai Auto Show Auto Shanghai () ...

* 2019-present

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- copy of the

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Former

* DG 6471 B * DG 6400 *2009-2012

Huanghai Challenger The Huanghai Challenger (挑战者SUV) or Shuguang Challenger is a mid-size SUV manufactured by Huanghai Auto of SG Automotive (曙光汽车) from 2009 to 2012. Huanghai Challenger, Huanghai Navigator, Huanghai Dawn, and Huanghai Falcon The ...

(DD 6490P/DD 6491A/Shuguang Challenger) - SUV - rebadged

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Jetstar/ Dadi 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 (DD 6460D/DD 6460K/DD 6461A/DD 6470E) - CUV - Copy of

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with a front fascia similar to the Mercedes-Benz M-Class * 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 * DG 1020 "

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" or " Aolin" * Huanghai Steed (DD 1020) -

- Variant of the Plutus * Shuguang Conqueror (DG6472) - an updated luxury

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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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