Wuling Motors

Chinese automobile manufacturer

Wuling Motor Holdings., Ltd, (doing business as Wuling Motors; Chinese: 五菱汽车; pinyin: Wǔlíng Qìchē) is a Chinese manufacturer of automobiles, subsidiary of Guangxi Automotive Group.^[2]

They produce engines, and special purpose vehicles, namely mini electric cars, people movers, trucks and buses, and auto parts.^[3]

History

Wuling microvans have been manufactured since 1982.^[4] In 1986, Wuling's predecessor company, Liuzhou Automotive Industry Corporation, reached an agreement with Mitsubishi Motors to assemble the L100 type Mitsubishi Minicab.^[5] This small van was sold as the Liuzhou Wuling LZ110.

The first Wuling vehicles to be exported were sent to Thailand in 1992.^[4]

Products

Current models (as Wuling Industry/Wuling Motor)

• Wuling G050 (2023-present), minivan, also rebadged as ASF 2.0^[6]
• Wuling G100/EV50 (2020-present), light van, also rebadged as BYD V3, BAW Xiaohema
  • Wuling G100P/Dianka (2022-present), light truck
• Wuling G200P (2023-present), PHEV light truck
• Wuling EV80 (2022-present), medium van

• 
  Wuling EV50
• 
  Wuling Dianka

Former models (as Liuzhou Wuling)

• Wuling LZ110 (1984–1990), minivan, licensed built Mitsubishi Minicab
• Wuling LZW7100/ Wuling Visa (1991-1994), subcompact car, rebadged Citroen Visa^[7]
• Wuling LZ6370A (1998-2003), microvan, rebadged Daihatsu Zebra, production transferred to SGMW after its established.^[8]
  • Wuling LZW6370Ei, pickup variant
• Wuling Xingwang/ Dragon (1990–2009), microvan, production transferred to SGMW after its established
• Wuling LZW6381/ Wuling Hongtu (2007-2012), microvan, production transferred to SGMW after its established

• 
  Wuling Dragon
• 
  Wuling LZW6370
• 
  Wuling LZ110
• 
  Wuling Hongtu

Motorcycle

• Lingyang (羚羊)
• A10Y
• A10N
• A11G
• P20
• A10G
• A10Y
• J10
• J6
• Jueying (绝影)

Electric bicycle

• C1
• C2

Golf cart

• GOLF CAR (4 seat)
• GOLF CAR (6 seat)
• GOLF CAR (4+2 seat)
• GOLF CAR (6+2 seat)

Sightseeing car

• WULING WLQ5080 SIGHTSEEING CAR (8 seat)
• WULING WLD2111 SIGHTSEEING CAR (8 seat)
• WULING WLQ5110 SIGHTSEEING CAR (11 seat)
• WULING WLQ5140 SIGHTSEEING CAR (14 seat)
• WULING WLQL SIGHTSEEING CAR (23 seat)^[9]

Subsidiaries and joint ventures

• Liuzhou Wuling Motors United Development Co. Ltd.
• Liuzhou Wuling Special-purpose Vehicle Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
• Liuzhou Wuling Liuji Power Co. Ltd.
• Wuling Engine, a division of Wuling Automobile which manufactures Wuling-branded engines for small autos and motorcycles. Some are in cooperation with companies such as Delphi.^[10]
• Liuzhou AAM, a joint venture between Wuling and American Axle & Manufacturing, manufacturing electric drive units, independent rear axles and driveheads.^[11]

Wuling Automobile also manufactures generator sets under the "Longward" brand.^[12]

Notes

References

1. wuling.com.cn. 2023 https://www.wuling.com.cn. Retrieved 11 December 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. "企业概览 | 五菱汽车". www.wuling.com.hk. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
3. Company profile Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine on Wuling Motors website, 21 Sep 2020
4. "五菱英文版" [Export Business: Brief Introduction]. sgmw.com.cn (in Chinese). 2013. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Since the first WULING vehicle was exported to Thailand in 1992, WULING vehicle has been exported to more than 40 countries and regions like Centre & South America, Middle-east, Africa, and South-east Asia.
5. "Mitsubishi to assemble vans, trucks in China". Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Tokyo: 12. 1 March 1986.
6. "五菱 G050 纯电物流车 OTS 样车交付：仿 K-car 打造，续航 230km - IT之家". www.ithome.com. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
7. Feijter, Tycho de (2012-02-01). "History: The Wuling LZW 7100, a Citroen Visa made in China". CarNewsChina.com. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
8. Feijter, Tycho de (2012-01-24). "History: the Wuling LZW6370A minivan from China". CarNewsChina.com. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
9. "柳州五菱汽车工业有限公司--柳州五菱 | 五菱工业 | 五菱汽车". www.wulingauto.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
10. "发动机--柳州五菱汽车工业有限公司". www.wulingauto.com.cn. Archived from the original on 2009-08-08.
11. "AAM Supplies Electric Drive Unit for New Baojun E300 Plus in China". www.aam.com. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
12. "发电机组--柳州五菱汽车工业有限公司". www.wulingauto.com.cn. Archived from the original on 2009-08-08.

External links

• Official website