SG Automotive

{{Short description|Chinese automotive company}}

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| name = SG Automotive Group Co., Ltd.

| logo = SG Automotive logo 2.png

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| type = Public

| traded_as = {{SSE|600303}}{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?symbol=600303.SS|title=Profile: Liaoning SG Automotive Group Co Ltd|access-date=1 December 2012|publisher=Reuters}}

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| location = Dandong, Liaoning, China

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| industry = Automotive

| products = Passenger cars, buses, automotive components

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| subsid = Huanghai Bus

| homepage = [http://www.sgautomotive.com http://www.sgautomotive.com]

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SG Automotive Group Co Ltd (officially Liaoning Shuguang Automotive Group, Ltd) is a Chinese vehicle and component manufacturer headquartered in Dandong, Liaoning province.{{cite web | url=http://en.sgautomotive.com/lx.aspx?c=E3032D36D319A667 | title=Headquarter of The Group | publisher=SG Automotive Group | work=Contact Us | access-date=November 16, 2012 | archive-date=February 24, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224060439/http://en.sgautomotive.com/lx.aspx?c=E3032D36D319A667 | url-status=dead }} The company makes buses,{{cite web | url=http://en.sgautomotive.com/infoclass.aspx?c=4C26F8901DC98154 | title=SG Overview | publisher=SG Automotive Group | work=About SG | access-date=November 16, 2012 | archive-date=July 7, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707144517/http://en.sgautomotive.com/infoclass.aspx?c=4C26F8901DC98154 | url-status=dead }} light trucks, semi-trailer trucks, SUVs{{cite web | url=http://en.huanghaimotors.com/ | title=Huanghai Auto | publisher=SG Automotive Group | work=splash page | access-date=November 16, 2012 | archive-date=July 24, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724230250/http://en.huanghaimotors.com/ | url-status=dead }} and automotive components. Auto parts made by SG are used by other Chinese car makers including Brilliance Auto, Chery, and JAC Motors.{{cite web | url=http://en.sgautomotive.com/infoclass.aspx?id=831FE0CDD91AC4AA&c=7A9DCA13C7CCB44A&a=s | title=SG Group Wuhu suspension module project is launching officially | publisher=SG Automotive Group | work=Press release | date=2009-12-28 | access-date=November 21, 2012 | archive-date=2013-12-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219133028/http://en.sgautomotive.com/infoclass.aspx?id=831FE0CDD91AC4AA&c=7A9DCA13C7CCB44A&a=s | url-status=dead }}

Light trucks and buses are sold under the Huanghai (黄海, lit. "Yellow Sea") brand name,For cars sold under the brand name Huanghai, see {{cite web | url=http://en.huanghaimotors.com/ | title=Huanghai Auto | publisher=SG Automotive Group | work=splash page | access-date=November 16, 2012 | archive-date=July 24, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724230250/http://en.huanghaimotors.com/ | url-status=dead }}

  • For buses sold under the brand name Huanghai, see {{cite web | url=http://www.huanghaibus.com/?action-channel-name-en | title=Huanghai Bus | publisher=SG Automotive Group | access-date=November 16, 2012 }} whilst the Shuguang brand was used for SUVs in the early 2000s.{{Cite web|url=https://chinacarhistory.com/2020/08/08/chinese-car-brands-that-time-forgot-shuguang-auto/|title=Chinese Car Brands That Time Forgot: Shuguang Auto | ChinaCarHistory|date=August 8, 2020}} Some SUVs sold under this brand may utilize Mitsubishi engines as of 2011.{{cite web | url=http://en.sgautomotive.com/infoclass.aspx?id=9AE6E165BB36D344&c=7A9DCA13C7CCB44A&a=s | title=First time breaking through 100000 Yuan selling price, Huanghai Landscape V3 CUV shining in Changchun International Automobile Expo | publisher=SG Automotive Group | work=Press release | year=2011 | access-date=November 21, 2012 | archive-date=March 4, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071751/http://en.sgautomotive.com/infoclass.aspx?id=9AE6E165BB36D344&c=7A9DCA13C7CCB44A&a=s | url-status=dead }} The company makes fleet sales, and some products are purchased by the Chinese State.For lot of light trucks sold to a government department of Liaoning province, see {{cite web | url=http://en.sgautomotive.com/infoclass.aspx?id=4A54B71795D78C29&c=7A9DCA13C7CCB44A&a=s | title=31 Huanghai Landscape F1 Delivered to Provincial Public Security Bureau for Police Service | publisher=SG Automotive Group | work=Press release | access-date=November 16, 2012 | date=2012-09-10 | archive-date=2013-10-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007132709/http://en.sgautomotive.com/infoclass.aspx?id=4A54B71795D78C29&c=7A9DCA13C7CCB44A&a=s | url-status=dead }}
  • For lot of buses sold to city of Shijiazhuang, see {{cite web | url=http://en.sgautomotive.com/infoclass.aspx?id=5BEB8430C39EF752&c=7A9DCA13C7CCB44A&a=s | title=Huanghai Won Big Order of 400 Natural Gas Buses | work=Press release | publisher=SG Automotive Group | access-date=November 16, 2012 | date=2011-07-21 }}
  • For lot of buses sold to city of Changzhou, see {{cite web | url=http://en.sgautomotive.com/infoclass.aspx?id=25A1540FBF137D9C&c=7A9DCA13C7CCB44A&a=s | title=380 Huanghai CNG Buses are to Run in Changzhou | publisher=SG Automotive Group | work=Press release | access-date=November 16, 2012 | date=2011-07-01 }}

History

SG was founded in Liaoning in 1984 with RMB 70,000 as a manufacturer of axles for off-road vehicles.{{cite news|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2007-10/23/content_6197581.htm|title=Auto heavyweight SG continues winning streak|access-date=1 December 2012|publisher=China Daily|date=23 October 2007}}

At the beginning of 2007, the parent company Shuguang Automobile Group wholly acquired Changzhou Changjiang Bus Manufacturing Co., Ltd., one of Dandong Huanghai's former competitors and the largest bus share in China before 2003, and changed its name to Changzhou Huanghai.[http://www.52bus.com/bus_hy/2008/0104/article_359.html 2007中国客车“冤家”对对碰] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108174715/http://www.52bus.com/bus_hy/2008/0104/article_359.html|date=2009-01-08}},巴士网,2008年1月4日,于2010年7月10日查阅。

In August 2012, SG agreed to acquire a 56.19% stake in a Dandong-based special vehicle company from a Liaoning-based group company for RMB 80.9 million.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/600303.SS/key-developments/article/2592947|title=Liaoning SG Automotive Group Co Ltd to Acquire Equity Shares|access-date=1 December 2012|publisher=Reuters|date=17 August 2012}}

Operations

SG has component manufacturing facilities in Wuhu, Anhui, and Shenyang, Liaoning. Other facilities include a bus-making factory in Changzhou, Changzhou Changjiang Bus, which became operational in early 2010{{cite web | url=http://en.sgautomotive.com/infoclass.aspx?id=516761ECD93FE245&c=7A9DCA13C7CCB44A&a=s | title=The Facility Launch Ceremony of Changzhou Huanghai Bus Base Held | publisher=SG Automotive Group | work=Press release | date=2010-01-21 | access-date=November 21, 2012}} and a location-unknown component-making facility 113,220 square meters in size that should have become operational in late 2012.{{cite web | url=http://en.sgautomotive.com/infoclass.aspx?id=6FE066179DD0C8A8&c=7A9DCA13C7CCB44A&a=s | title=Substantial Progress for SG Gear | publisher=SG Automotive Group | work=Press release | date=2012-09-10 | access-date=November 21, 2012}}

Products

=Current=

File:Huanghai Raytour China 2016-03-28.jpg|Huanghai Raytour

File:Huanghai N1 China 2015-04-10.jpg|Huanghai N1

File:Huanghai N1S China 2018-03-20.jpg|Huanghai N1S

File:Huanghai N2 2 China 2016-04-07.jpg|Huanghai N2

File:Huanghai N3A China 2018-03-20.jpg|Huanghai N3A

=Former=

File:Huanghai Landscape 01 China 2014-04-24.jpg|Huanghai Landscape F1

File:Huanghai Landscape V3 01 China 2014-04-16.jpg|Huanghai Landscape V3

File:Huanghai SG 6480 Dawn SUV in the Taklamakan.jpg|SG 6480 "Dawn" in the Taklamakan

File:Huanghai Aurora 2.2 4WD 2010 (13500855093).jpg|Huanghai Aurora

File:Huanghai Challenger China 2014-04-24.jpg|Huanghai Challenger

File:Huanghai DD1023 02 China 2017-03-19.jpg|Huanghai DD1023

Export sales

SG has exported light trucks and buses to countries including Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Brazil.For small lot of light trucks sold in South Africa, see {{cite web | url=http://en.sgautomotive.com/infoclass.aspx?id=E42AAF858B1268DC&c=7A9DCA13C7CCB44A&a=s | title=Passenger Vehicle Division Won S. African Order of 164 Pick-up Trucks | publisher=SG Automotive Group | work=Press release | date=2011-09-03 | access-date=November 16, 2012}}

  • For small lot of light trucks sold in Brazil, see {{cite web | url=http://en.sgautomotive.com/infoclass.aspx?id=B8C1718971F0813E&c=7A9DCA13C7CCB44A&a=s | title=Passenger Vehicle Division Won Brazilian Order of 200 Pick-up trucks | publisher=SG Automotive Group | work=Press release | date=2011-07-21 | access-date=November 16, 2012}}
  • For small lots of buses sold in Saudi Arabia, see {{cite web | url=http://en.sgautomotive.com/infoclass.aspx?id=C4A2B59F519066C1&c=7A9DCA13C7CCB44A&a=s | title=Saudi Arabian Customer Purchased 66 Deluxe Buses in 3 Years | publisher=SG Automotive Group | work=Press release | date=2011-07-21 | access-date=November 16, 2012}} Some products, including the Plutus and the Steed, are assembled by Effa Motors in Uruguay.

Some of its production has been sold in Malaysia, where the Plutus pick-up was on sale as of late 2012.

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