Beijing Hyundai
Native name
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北京现代汽车有限公司 |
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Private joint venture | |
Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 18 October 2002 |
Headquarters | Beijing, China |
Area served
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China |
Products | Automobiles |
Owner | Beijing Automotive Group (50%) Hyundai Motor Company (50%) |
Number of employees
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15,000[1] |
Website | www |
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Simplified Chinese | 北京现代 | ||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 北京現代 | ||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Beijing Hyundai | ||||||||||||||||
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Hangul | 북경현대 | ||||||||||||||||
Hanja | 北京現代 | ||||||||||||||||
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Beijing Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. is an automobile manufacturing company headquartered in Beijing, China, and is joint-venture between Beijing Automotive Group and Hyundai Motor Company. Established in 2002, it manufactures in Shunyi District, a satellite city of Beijing,[2] producing Hyundai-branded automobiles for the Chinese market.
2014 saw the company sell 1,120,000 vehicles.[3] Were it not a subsidiary such sales figures would have placed it as the sixth or seventh most-productive Chinese automaker. It did make the third most-purchased model in 2010 in China, the Elantra.[4]
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History
In May 2002, Hyundai Motor and the Beijing Automotive Group signed a memorandum of understanding with the aim of creating a joint venture based around an existing Beijing factory. Hyundai begun to improve the plant's installations,[5] and on 18 October 2002 an equally owned joint venture between the two companies was established. While it was not the first arrangement between a foreign and a domestic automaker, Beijing Hyundai was the first to be approved by the Chinese government after its entry into the World Trade Organisation.[6] Beijing Hyundai initially expanded its production output through importation of key parts from South Korea and the creation of an integrated, Korean-owned supply network inside China.[7][8] As of 2012, average per year production since 2003 stands at roughly 370,000 vehicles,[9] but yearly output has grown over the lifetime of the project.[3]
Products
At least four Hyundai models have been solely sold on the Chinese market. These are: BT01, indigenously designed; Lingxiang (Chinese: 领翔), an interior-and-feature localized Sonata NF; Elantra Yuedong, a localized version of the Elantra; and Verna, a city car.[10] All are tailored to Chinese tastes. The 5th generation Elantra is sold in China as the Langdong,[11] but little localization is likely to have occurred.
Shouwang brand
Cheaper[12] products may be sold under a new, China-only brand name, Shouwang.[13] A concept vehicle was shown at car shows in China in 2011 and 2012, but the brand does not appear to have been launched.[14]
Production bases and facilities
As of 2013, the company has at least three production bases[11] as well as an R&D center, all of which are probably in the Linhe Industrial Development Zone of the Shunyi District, a satellite city of Beijing.[15] Two of these produce automobiles and the other, engines.[15]
Its first automobile production base was completed in 2003 and the second in April 2008.[16] Construction on a third Beijing base begun in late 2010 should be complete in the second half of 2012.[17] At least one of these facilities is 17 km from Shunyi Yangzhen.[18]
References
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- ↑ For ownership and company information, see BEIJING HYUNDAI OPENS NEW PLANT, ADDS NEW MODEL Hyundai Official Site, 2008-04-11
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- ↑ Top 10 Best-Selling Sedans and SUVs in 2010 chinaautoweb.com, January 14, 2011
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- ↑ Doing Business in Beijing By China Knowledge Press Pte Ltd, Page 263 (2nd Ed., "2004 Edition"- 2005)
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- ↑ For the BT01, see HYUNDAI REVEALS THREE NEW MODELS AT SHANGHAI AUTO SHOW Hyundai Official Site, 2009-04-20
- For the Lingxiang see, Hyundai Motor World: Hyundai Motor Participates in Auto Guangzhou 2008; Ling Xiang (领翔), the NF Sonata model for China, is unveiled for the first time at Auto Guangzhou 2008 Hyundai Official Site, First Quarter 2009, Vol.17 No.62
- For the Yuedong, see BEIJING HYUNDAI OPENS NEW PLANT, ADDS NEW MODEL Hyundai Official Site, 2008-04-11
- For the Verna, see Hyundai Unveils All-New Verna at Beijing Show Hyundai Official Site, 2010-04-23
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- ↑ For 2011 appearance, see Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- For 2012 appearance, see Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Industrial tourism to Beijing Hyundai Auto Co. Ltd Press Release, Information Center of Shunyi District Government, 2009-4-12
- ↑ For first production base, see Beijing Auto Manufacturing Base Press Release, Information Center of Shunyi District Government, 2009-4-10
- For second production base, see BEIJING HYUNDAI OPENS NEW PLANT, ADDS NEW MODEL Hyundai Official Site, 2008-04-11
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Part Overview Beijing Hainachuan Automotive Parts Co., Ltd.
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