Changan Automobile

**Changan Automobile Co., Ltd.** **(CCAG)** is a Chinese automobile manufacturer, headquartered in Jiangbei, Chongqing**.** The company founded in 1862 as military supply factory, the Shanghai Foreign Gun Bureau. In 1959 factory was repurposed to manufacture Changjiang Type 46 jeep.

The company produces and sells vehicles under its own branding, such as Changan, Deepal, Avatr, Kaicene, as well as under foreign-branded joint ventures such as Changan Ford and Changan Mazda. In 2021, its own brands contributed 76% of its sales (1.75 million, including 1.2 million passenger vehicles). Its principal activity is the production of passenger cars, microvans, commercial vans and light trucks.

### Beginnings

In 1862, in Shanghai at the initiative of Li Hongzhang the **Shanghai Foreign Gun Bureau** was established, dealing with the import of weapons from foreign markets, which in the 1870s moved its headquarters to Suzhou, and then - to Nanjing. There, the name was changed to **Jialing Machinery Manufacturing Bureau**, where during the Sino-French War and First Sino-French War of 1884–1885, the plant specialized in producing military equipment for the Chinese army. Half a century later, as a result of the Second Sino-Japanese War the headquarters was once again moved away from the front lines, to Chongqing in central China. In the post-war period and the communist takeover, the enterprise retained its military equipment manufacturing character under a new name - 456. Central General Armaments Administration Plant. In the 1950s, thanks to parts obtained from captured military equipment, the Chongqing factory began small-scale production of copies of the American Willys. In 1957, it was replaced by a modified, original iteration called Changjiang 46, building about 1.4 thousand units of the vehicle until 1963, and then returned to the production of military equipment.

Following the social and political unrest resulting from the Cultural Revolution, the company began producing civilian cars for the first time in its history in the early 1980s. To this end, an agreement was reached with Japan's Suzuki to begin licensed production of the Carry microvan in 1984 as the Changan Minivan. In the 1990s, Changan's corporate structure began to be built, resulting in the formation of the first joint-venture Changan Suzuki in June 1993. In 1999, Changan launched production of its first modern model, again a twin licensed variation on another genre of Suzuki Carry - the Star microvan.

### Development

The first decade of the 21st century saw the development of Changan's business, both in its own car production sector and in cooperation with foreign partners. In 2001, another joint venture Changan Ford Mazda was concluded, and in 2006 the first passenger car developed from scratch by Changan debuted - the city hatchback Changan BenBen. In the second decade of the 21st century, the portfolio was intensively expanded, presenting new passenger models, as well as minivans and delivery vehicles separated into a separate brand Chana. Starting with the CS35 model introduced in 2012, the company came to build a wide range of SUVs and crossovers, which gradually dominated Changan's portfolio. In 2017, after the first experiments with the modified combustion model E30, the company also increased its spending on electrification of its model range. In 2018, Changan's annual sales exceeded 1 million units, and in 2023, thanks to further investments in hybrid and electric models, as well as the Avatr and Deepal brands that were created in the meantime, annual sales of vehicles with such a drive will exceed 470 thousand units.

In the meantime, in 2020, it began producing a car for a large, foreign car company for the needs of external markets for the first time. As a result of the partnership with Peugeot, the Landtrek pickup truck was created, a derivative of the Chinese model Kaicene F70 designed by Changan. In 2024, another major foreign manufacturer used Changan's technology, building the Mazda EZ-6 model, a derivative of the Chinese sedan Deepal SL03.

### Market reach

As early as the mid-2000s, Changan began expanding into its first overseas markets, in 2006, under its sister brand Chana, starting to export the Star microvan to Brazil and South Africa. In 2009, under the parent name Changan, the company expanded its reach to another South American country, Chile and the East Asia region starting with Malaysia. A year later, the company unified its naming convention on foreign markets, withdrawing from the Chana brand outside China. In the second decade of the 21st century, Changan continued to develop its global operations, starting distribution in key foreign markets in the following years: in 2013 in Russia, and in 2016 in the Middle East. After an unsuccessful debut in 2007, In 2020, Changan relaunched its sales in the Philippines, and a year later the range was expanded to include another large Latin American market - Mexico.

### Current models

|width="15%" class="unsortable"|Image|Models|Chinese name|Introduction|class="unsortable"|Generation|Vehicle description|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Changan Lumin|长安Lumin|2022|1st|City car, BEV|||
||Changan Eado|长安逸动|2012|3rd|Compact sedan, the third generation is renamed from Changan Lamore, ICE/BEV|||
||Changan Raeton Plus|长安锐程PLUS|2023|2nd|Mid-size sedan|||
||Changan UNI-V|长安UNI-V|2022|1st|Compact sedan, ICE/PHEV|||
||Changan CS35 Plus|长安CS35 PLUS|2018|1st|Subcompact SUV|||
||Changan CS55 Plus|长安CS55 PLUS|2017|2nd|Compact SUV|||
||Changan CS75 Plus/CS75|长安CS75 PLUS/长安CS75|2013|4th (CS75 Plus)|Compact SUV, ICE/PHEV|||
||Changan CS85 Coupe|长安CS85 Coupe|2019|1st|Mid-size coupe SUV|||
||Changan CS95|长安CS95|2017|1st|Mid-size SUV|||
||Changan UNI-K|长安UNI-K|2021|1st|Mid-size SUV, ICE/PHEV|||
||Changan UNI-T|长安UNI-T|2020|1st|Compact SUV, ICE/PHEV|||
||Changan UNI-Z|长安UNI-Z|2021|1st|Compact SUV, rebadged from Oshan Z6, ICE/PHEV|||
||Changan UNI-S|长安UNI-S|2017|2nd|Compact SUV|||
||Changan X5 Plus|长安X5 PLUS|2020|1st|Compact SUV, rebadged from Oshan X5|||
||Changan X7 Plus|长安X7 PLUS|2019|1st|Mid-size SUV, rebadged from Oshan X7|||
||Changan F70|长安F70|2019|1st|Mid-size pickup|||
||Changan Hunter|长安猎手|2024|1st|Mid-size pickup, ICE/PHEV(EREV)|||
||Changan Lantuozhe|长安览拓者|2023|1st|Mid-size pickup, ICE/PHEV|||

## Discontinued models

|width="15%" class="unsortable"|Image|Models|Production period|class="unsortable"|Generation|Vehicle description|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|----|Changan BenBen ----Changan BenBen E-Star|2013-2019 ----2020-2023|2nd|City car ----BEV variant|||
||Changan Alsvin|2009–2021 2017–present (export)|3rd|Subcompact sedan|||
||Changan Alsvin V3|2012-2017|1st|Subcompact sedan|||
||Changan Alsvin V7/ Eado DT|2014-2022|2nd|Subcompact sedan, renamed from Alsvin V7 to Eado DT|||
||Changan Eado XT/XT RS|2013-2020|2nd|Compact hatchback variant of Changan Eado|||
||Changan Raeton|2012-2019|1st|Mid-size sedan|||
|----|Changan Z-Shine/CX30 ----Changan CX30|2008-2012 ----2010-2012|1st|Compact sedan ----Compact hatchback variant|||
||Changan CS35|2012-2022|1st|Subcompact SUV|||
||Changan CS15|2016-2023|1st|Subcompact SUV|||
||Changan CX20|2010-2016|1st|MPV|||
||Changan CM7|2003-2015|1st|MPV|||
||Changan CM8|2004-2015|1st|MPV|||
||Changan Eulove|2013-2018|1st|MPV|||
||Changan Joice|2007-2009|1st|MPV|||
||Changan Linmax|2017-2020|1st|MPV|||

## Infobox (chinese)

- **child**: yes
- **s**: 重庆长安汽车股份有限公司
- **t**: 重慶長安汽車股份有限公司
- **p**: Chóngqìng Cháng'ān Qìchē Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī
- **l**: Chongqing Changan Automobile Joint-stock Limited Corporation
- **order**: st


## Infobox (company)

- **name**: Changan Automobile (Group) Co., Ltd.
- **type**: State-owned enterprise, State-owned
- **industry**: Automotive industry, Automotive
- **location city**: Chongqing
- **area served**: Worldwide
- **products**: Motor vehicles
- **production**: 2,553,052 units (2023)
- **parent**: China South Industries Group
- **location country**: China
- **homepage**: [http://www.globalchangan.com/ globalchangan.com]