Changfeng Motor

Hunan Changfeng Motor Co. era Changfeng had its origins in No.7319 Factory, which was a small repair facility for military equipment. Production of SUVs (license built Beijing BJ2020s) began in 1988, and in 1996 the name of the company was changed to Changfeng Auto Manufacturing. Until 1996, the company was a commercial affiliate of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). The 1991 Mitsubishi Pajero has been built by Changfeng since 1995. GAC Changfeng Motor Co., Ltd. era Acquisition by GAC Group Prior a minority shareholder with only 29% ownership, GAC Group took control of Changfeng that included promises to turn the company into a joint venture with Mitsubishi. and another 15% by Mitsubishi. Bankruptcy As of July 2021, Hunan Leopaard Motors Co., Ltd. has declared bankruptcy. The news follows predictions and evaluations done in October 2019, stating that Leopaard Motors would be bankrupt by the end of 2019 due to slow sales. ==Subsidiaries==

In late 2010, Mitsubishi and Guangzhou Automobile Group signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a new equally owned joint venture by restructuring Changfeng. Although this would have required Mitsubishi to increase its ownership to fifty percent, • GAC Mitsubishi Motors Co., Ltd.: In October 2012, GAC and Mitsubishi Motors announced the new joint venture, GAC Mitsubishi Motors Co., Ltd., would take over ″the factory (Xing Sha Factory), supply-chain, distribution channel and marketing know-how available from GACCF″. • Hunan Liebao Automobile Co., Ltd.: In 2012 Changfeng Group began moves to re-enter the vehicle business culminating in the move to a new headquarters in Changsha in January 2013 and the establishment of a new subsidiary, Hunan Liebao Automobile Co., Ltd., alongside the continuing Anhui Changfeng Yangzi Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd., to oversea manufacturing and marketing of vehicles under the Liebao or "Leopaard" brand. ==Products==

The representing main brand of Changfeng Motor is currently Leopaard, which mainly sells SUVs and crossovers. Available products are listed below. Leopaard • Leopaard Kylin • Leopaard C5EV • Leopaard Feiteng • Leopaard Q6 • Leopaard CT7 • Leopaard CS3 BEV (缤歌, Bingge) • Leopaard CS6 • Leopaard CS7 • Leopaard CS9/CS9EV • Leopaard CS10 • Leopaard Mattu • Leopaard Coupe File:Changfeng Liebao Kylin China 2012-06-30.jpg|Leopaard Kylin File:Changfeng Liebao Feiteng CFA 002.jpg|Leopaard Feiteng File:Leopaard Q6 001.jpg|Leopaard Q6 File:Leopaard CT7 China 2018-03-20.jpg|Leopaard CT7 File:Leopaard Bingge (CS3) 001.jpg|Leopaard CS3 BEV File:Changfeng Liebao CS7 China 2015-04-16.jpg|Leopaard CS7 File:Leopaard CS9 3 China 2018-03-20.jpg|Leopaard CS9 File:Leopaard CS10 001.jpg|Leopaard CS10 File:Leopaard Mattu 01 China 2019-03-20.jpg|Leopaard Mattu File:Leopaard Coupe 001.jpg|Leopaard Coupe Passenger car The company premiered a concept car at the 2009 Auto Shanghai, and a sedan, the CP2, was revealed at the 2011 Shanghai Autoshow. Mitsubishi Since 1995, Changfeng has produced license-built Mitsubishi vehicles for both military and civilian use, and until 2011, this Japanese automaker held 15% ownership of the company. ==Production==

Changfeng had assembly plants in Yangzi, Anhui province, as well as Changsha and Yongzhou, Hunan province; component factories in Hengyang, Hunan, and in Huizhou, Guangdong province. Export While most of Changfeng's sales were domestic, since 2006 the company had also exported vehicles to Russia, Such exports are most likely to be of a nominal nature. ==Sales==

It was reported that the company sold between 30,000 and 50,000 vehicles a year from 2009 to 2011. ;State as primary customer: Originally a company associated with the PLA, it has historically manufactured primarily for Chinese state use. As of 2008, most sales, close to seventy percent, were to police, military, and other government agencies. ==References==