Question of the Day: How Many Chinese Automakers Do You Know?
Way back in the last century, the world was facing a multitude of problems, and in order to inspire confidence in Americans, then-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt — a big car fan! — told the country, “The only thing to fear is fear itself.”
Fast forward nearly 100 years, U.S. automakers are facing, well, a multitude of problems. However, no statesman is stepping up to assuage the worries of top executives at car companies with a similar statement. In fact, many are pointing to a rising number of Chinese automakers making in-roads around world that are now lining up at the gates.
While Americans knew who the hordes at the gates were in the 1930s, they are less familiar with the Chinese auto companies looking to be among the first to get a foothold in their homeland. Aside from the well-known entities, such as BYD, Geely, and MG, what companies are the top dogs in China? Tell us how many you can name — and then name them! Let’s see how much — and how many — you know. We’ll follow up with a story and a comprehensive list to see how you did.
[Images: BYD, Geely]
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Michael Strong has spent more than 25 years writing about the automotive industry. A Detroit-area native, he’s written about everything from local car shows to product reviews to financial news. Currently he writes and edits for a variety of national and local publications. He’s also a longtime member of the Automotive Press Association and the International Motor Press Association, and a graduate of Georgia Southern University. Hail Southern! Despite a love for ’70s land yachts and BMWs from the late ’80s and early ’90s, his personal vehicle is neither of those.
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One problem is its hard to tell which ones are manufacturers and which are brands; I mean how many just EV brands are under Geely? The ones you hear about in the US for one reason or another are like Leapmotor, Xiaomi, Xpeng, Li, all the Great Wall brands, etc.
Been reading about auto companies from around the world for years. China obviously a huge county so is the number of car companies and brands. The main difference is in China there are two types of car companies (like other businesses) one owned (partially or fully) by the state (read country) or provincial governments and the other are private ones (as in public companies in other countries). So I will list them accordingly whichever I have read so far about
State owned (SOEs). BAIC , SAIC (owner of MG), GAC , JAC , Dongfeng, Changan
Private : BYD, Geely, LeapMotors, Cherry, Nio, XPeng, Seres, Li Auto
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BYD, Geely, Great Wall, SAIC, Chery and about 145 additional brands. Amazing. (I cheated and consulted Wikipedia.)
One and thats too many.
Tim Healey for one
None.
None, but i bet a million dollars NONE of them will have a cheaper to make/buy entry level TWO door car(like the GM EV1) for SINGLE people - espec those starting out on a budget. Prior to model year 1976, EVERY SINGLE american car & truck from the smallest to the largest was avail as a two door - & there were TONS to choose from. Today, i can't even find ONE new one!
Tesla, General Motors, Ford
This is an easy one. Guangzhou Motors, more commonly known in this country at "GM". Notable for their Bruick autos and chabuduo 6.2 liter gas engines.
JETOUR. A lot of them in Jamaica along with the ones mentioned before
I know of BYD. Because it's basically an explody blowtorch. Park one of those in my garage? No way!