Xinkai

{{short description|Chinese car manufacturer}}

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| name = Xinkai Automobile Group Co., Ltd.

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| foundation = 1984 (Gaobeidian)

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| location_city = Gaobeidian, Hebei

| location_country = China

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| key_people = Zhang Zhentang (chairman){{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104325/http://file.cio360.net/s/f/2009/1252913169mka5f.pdf | url = http://file.cio360.net/s/f/2009/1252913169mka5f.pdf | archive-date = 2016-03-04 | last = Van Ingen Schenau | first = Eric | publisher = China Motor Vehicle Documentation Centre | date = 2008 | page = 299 | location = Ortaffa, France | title = Catalogue of the Present Chinese Motorcar Production }}

| industry = Automotive

| products = Automobiles

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| num_employees = 3,000{{cite web|url=https://xinkaiauto.en.china.cn/about.html|title=Company Information|publisher=Xinkai Automobile Group Co., Ltd.|via=China.cn|access-date=2019-07-18|archive-date=2021-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423151202/https://xinkaiauto.en.china.cn/about.html|url-status=dead}}

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Xinkai (officially Xinkai Auto Manufacture Corporation) ({{lang|zh|新凯汽车}}) is a Chinese car manufacturer headquartered in Gaobeidian.

Operations

The company includes the head office in Gaobeidian, a production and assembly line in Zhuozhou, an auto parts manufacturing facility in Qinghe, and an assembly line in Tai'an.{{citation needed|date=October 2012}}

The Toyota Camry (XV10) was rebadged as the Xinkai HXK6630, where finding a joint venture was difficult in the 1990s.{{cite web | url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/navi84/42883465161 | title=Xinkai HXK6630, a Toyota Camry rebadge|website=Flickr| date=20 March 2018|access-date=2019-07-18}}{{better source needed|date=July 2019}} then in 2004, Xinkai entered into an agreement with Mercedes-Benz to assemble the Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicle for the Chinese market. Xinkai's original trucks are also exported, mainly to Africa and to Latin America. The Xinkai HXK1021 EB pickup truck is sold in Chile as the Autorrad Ruda. With a capacity of 200,000 vehicles per year, the production of 33,000 vehicles in 2005 and 35,000 in the following year 2006 is known.Catalogue of the present Chinese motorcar production. Ausgabe 2008. S. 299–301.(englisch)

Xinkai claims an annual production capacity of 60,000 units.{{cite web | url=http://hbxk.en.alibaba.com/aboutus.html | title=About Us|publisher=Gaobeidian Xinkai Automobile Manufactory Co., Ltd. |via=Alibaba.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208140030/http://hbxk.en.alibaba.com/aboutus.html|archive-date=2006-12-08}}

In 2018 Xinkai was bought by electric vehicles manufacturer [https://www.jpddc.com/ Jimai New Energy Vehicles Co.]{{cite web | url=https://chinacarhistory.com/2023/04/08/the-cars-made-by-xinkai/ | title=The cars made by Xinkai. | ChinaCarHistory | date=8 April 2023 }}

Products

Gallery

File:Xinkai HXK6630 01 China 2018-03-20.jpg|Xinkai HXK6630 (a "license-built" Toyota Camry: imported fully built-up and fitted with Xinkai badging)

File:Xinkai Lieying HXK2021TPE.jpg|Xinkai Lieying HXK2021TPE, a copy of the Beijing BJ2024Z

File:Police Patrol Car AM6800.JPG|A Mercedes-Benz Police Car manufactured by Xinkai Auto in Hong Kong
(2nd Generation)

File:Xinkai Victory HXK6480 02 China 2016-04-08.jpg |Xinkai Victory (HXK6480)

File:Autorrad Ruda 2.2 Crew Cab 2009 (11214235664).jpg|Xinkai Ruida Pickup (Autorrad Ruda)

File:Autorrad Century 2.2L 2008 (11039672186).jpg|Xinkai pickup (Autorrad Century)

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