Changan Automobile

Changan Automobile Co., Ltd.Chana > Contact Us > Dealer Application Chana Official Site (Web Archive) (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.

 History 
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.

 Products 

 Current models 
ImageModelsChinese nameIntroductionGenerationVehicle descriptionCity carlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2024_Changan_Lumin_L_DC.jpg|framelessChangan Lumin长安Lumin20221stCity car, BEVSedanlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_Lamore,_front_1.jpg|framelessChangan Eado长安逸动20123rdCompact sedan, the third generation is renamed from Changan Lamore, ICE/BEVlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_Raeton_Plus_001.jpg|framelessChangan Raeton Plus长安锐程PLUS20232ndMid-size sedanlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_UNI-V_facelift_002.jpg|framelessChangan UNI-V长安UNI-V20221stCompact sedan, ICE/PHEVSUVlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_CS35_Plus_facelift_IMG007.jpg|framelessChangan CS35 Plus长安CS35 PLUS20181stSubcompact SUVlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_CS55_Plus_II_IMG003.jpg|framelessChangan CS55 Plus长安CS55 PLUS20172ndCompact SUVlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_CS75_Plus_II_003.jpg|framelessChangan CS75 Plus/CS75长安CS75 PLUS/长安CS7520134th (CS75 Plus)Compact SUV, ICE/PHEVlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_CS85_Coupe_006.jpg|framelessChangan CS85 Coupe长安CS85 Coupe20191stMid-size coupe SUVlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_CS95_IMG001.jpg|framelessChangan CS95长安CS9520171stMid-size SUVlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_UNI-K_iDD_IMG001.jpg|framelessChangan UNI-K长安UNI-K20211stMid-size SUV, ICE/PHEVlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_UNI-T_IMG04.jpg|framelessChangan UNI-T长安UNI-T20201stCompact SUV, ICE/PHEVlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_UNI-Z_001.jpg|framelessChangan UNI-Z长安UNI-Z20211stCompact SUV, rebadged from Oshan Z6, ICE/PHEVlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_CS55_Plus_II_IMG003.jpg|framelessChangan UNI-S长安UNI-S20172ndCompact SUVlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oshan_X5_Plus_003.jpg|framelessChangan X5 Plus长安X5 PLUS20201stCompact SUV, rebadged from Oshan X5link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oshan_X7_Plus_IMG003.jpg|framelessChangan X7 Plus长安X7 PLUS20191stMid-size SUV, rebadged from Oshan X7Pickup trucklink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_Hunter_1.9_CRDi_Luxury_2021.jpg|framelessChangan F70长安F7020191stMid-size pickuplink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_Hunter_facelift_001.jpg|framelessChangan Hunter长安猎手20241stMid-size pickup, ICE/PHEV(EREV)link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_Lantuozhe_EV_001.jpg|framelessChangan Lantuozhe长安览拓者20231stMid-size pickup, ICE/PHEV

 Discontinued models 
ImageModelsProduction periodGenerationVehicle descriptionCity carlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_Benni_front.jpg|frameless
link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_Ben_Ben_E-Star_001.jpg|framelessChangan BenBen
Changan BenBen E-Star2013-2019
2020-20232ndCity car
BEV variantSedanlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_Alsvin_II_003.jpg|framelessChangan Alsvin2009–2021  2017–present (export)3rdSubcompact sedanlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chang'an_Alsvin_V3_facelift_China_2016-04-03.jpg|framelessChangan Alsvin V32012-20171stSubcompact sedanlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_Eado_DT_001.jpg|framelessChangan Alsvin V7/ Eado DT2014-20222ndSubcompact sedan, renamed from Alsvin V7 to Eado DTlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chang'an_Eado_XT_II_01_China_2019-03-14.jpg|framelessChangan Eado XT/XT RS2013-20202ndCompact hatchback variant of Changan Eadolink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_Raeton_003.jpg|framelessChangan Raeton2012-20191stMid-size sedanlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chang'an_CX30_sedan_2_--_Auto_Chongqing_--_2012-06-07.jpg|frameless
link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ChanganCX30front.jpg|framelessChangan Z-Shine/CX30
Changan CX302008-2012
2010-20121stCompact sedan
Compact hatchback variantSUVlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chang'an_CS35_01_China_2014-04-16.jpg|framelessChangan CS352012-20221stSubcompact SUVlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_CS15_Plus_IMG001.jpg|framelessChangan CS152016-20231stSubcompact SUVMPVlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chang'an_CX20_facelift_China_2014-04-16.jpg|framelessChangan CX202010-20161stMPVlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2004_Chang'an_Leimeng_(Raimondi),_front_8.8.18.jpg|framelessChangan CM72003-20151stMPVlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chana_CM8_01_China_2016-04-08.jpg|framelessChangan CM82004-20151stMPVlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2014_Chang'an_(Chana)_Eulove,_front_8.3.18.jpg|framelessChangan Eulove2013-20181stMPVlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chang'an_Jiexun_China_2012-06-07.jpg|framelessChangan Joice2007-20091stMPVlink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Changan_Linmax_006.jpg|framelessChangan Linmax2017-20201stMPV

 References 

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