From June 65438 to June 0950, the Logistics Department of Guangzhou Military Region set up an ordnance repair shop in Shahe, which was mainly responsible for the maintenance of ordnance and vehicles. 1952 was upgraded to the ordnance repair shop of south China military region, and the next year it was expanded to the medium-sized machinery repair shop of central south military region. 1957 was renamed as Guangzhou military region 202 factory.
1June, 1965, under the background of the third-line construction, the main force of No.202 factory was moved to lengshuitan, Yongzhou, Hunan Province according to the needs of combat readiness, and was renamed as 73 19 factory.
During this period, Jiang 056 factory, also born in Guangzhou Military Region, moved to Hengyang, Hunan Province on 1960, and was renamed as 743 1 factory five years later, and moved to lengshuitan on 1967.
The same background, and long-term * * * in one place, the combination becomes inevitable.
1969 65438+ 10, 743 1 factory was merged into 73 19 factory, and its responsibilities were also extended to military vehicle repair and rubber parts.
At the end of 1970s, with the change of the international and domestic situation, the military maintenance task of 73 19 Factory was sharply reduced. However, due to long-term support, single business and weak technology, it is difficult for 73 19 factory to occupy a place in the market.
On the occasion of life and death, reform is imperative.
1984, li jianxin, 3 1 year-old, was elected as the factory director and began to explore the transformation. Finally, he decided to start with the production of automobile tires and cut into the automobile industry.
In the second year, the production line with an annual output of 300,000 automobile inner tubes was built, and finally it was pulled back from the death line from the 73 19 factory.
In the same period, 73 19 Factory trial-produced a batch of Xiangling brand 2 12 through BJ2 12 drawings. In addition, Changfeng 630 station wagon and CC0209 hardtop jeep were trial-produced.
1987, 73 19 factory completed the trial production of the light off-road command vehicle of cheetah CJY6420A, which was produced in small batches the following year. Since then, it has also produced cheetah CFA6490 light vehicle, CFA6490A light off-road vehicle, CFA5020XDJ light off-road watt-hour meter vehicle, CDA 1020S pickup truck and so on.
Unexpectedly, in 1992, the cheetah CJY6420A light off-road vehicle was also exported to Peru and Gambia. Although there are only four, it is an epoch-making beginning.
At the end of 1995, 73 19 factory signed a series of agreements with Mitsubishi, introduced all the technologies of Qcar platform and pajero, and began to produce cheetah CJY642 1A light off-road vehicle.
At the same time, the joint-stock transformation of 73 19 Factory was put on the agenda, and it was transformed into Changfeng (Group) Co., Ltd. in June of 1996, and Hunan Changfeng Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd. was established with Mitsubishi in the same year.
Three years later, Changfeng Group completed technical transformation, forming an annual output of 30,000 vehicles.
With Mitsubishi's technology and military purchase, Changfeng became the domestic sales champion of light off-road vehicles in 200 1 year.
In September of the same year, Changfeng Group was handed over to Hunan Province for management. It was also at this time that Changfeng decided to walk on two legs and develop civilian vehicles.
However, when developing, Changfeng did not choose independent research and development, but once again turned its attention to Mitsubishi. This choice also directly affects the future development path of cheetahs.
In June 2002, Changfeng signed a technology transfer agreement with Mitsubishi, and decided to produce Fit based on Pajero io. In the same year, Changfeng also launched a V6-3000 off-road vehicle based on Pajero V33, which later became the Cheetah King Kong.
In 2004, Changfeng Motor, a subsidiary of Changfeng Group, was listed on the A-share market. In the same year, the headquarters was moved to Changsha, and the pattern of 432 1 was quickly formed, namely, four parts production bases, three vehicle production collectives, two R&D centers and a group headquarters.
However, although there are two R&D centers, Changfeng Cheetah mainly digested Mitsubishi's technology and did not form its own system.
After 2002, the automobile market in China has developed rapidly, but the annual sales volume of Changfeng Cheetah has been very dull. During the seven years from 2002 to 2008, it has been hovering around 20 thousand vehicles.
Perhaps foreign cooperation can change the situation of Changfeng.
In May 2009, according to the decision of Hunan Provincial Party Committee and provincial government, Changfeng Group transferred its 29% equity of Changfeng Motor to Guangzhou Automobile Group at a price of 65.438+53 billion yuan. Guangzhou Automobile became the largest share of Changfeng Automobile, and the company name was changed to Guangzhou Automobile Changfeng Automobile Co., Ltd. ..
This reorganization made Changfeng Group lose the financing platform of listed companies, Changsha vehicle production base and other high-quality resources, laying the fuse for the future tripartite marriage.
Since then, with the blessing of GAC, the annual sales volume of Cheetah has finally exceeded 30,000, but this is the only time.
Interestingly, in March of 20 1 1, Guangzhou Automobile Group fully absorbed and merged Guangzhou Automobile Changfeng by way of share swap, realizing the overall listing of A shares. In 20 12, GAC bypassed Changfeng and established a joint venture company with Mitsubishi. Changfeng's past high-quality resources have nothing to do with itself.
Also in this year, Changfeng Group decided to return to the vehicle business, and repurchased the ownership of the production base and the cheetah trademark in March of the following year, and established Hunan Changfeng Cheetah Automobile Co., Ltd. and Hunan Cheetah Automobile Co., Ltd.
Since then, Changfeng Cheetah has successively launched Fit C5, Cheetah Q6, CS 10, CS9, CS9EV, Mattu and other models. The sales volume has also gradually increased, with 45,000 vehicles in 20 15 years and 93,000 vehicles in 20 16 years, a historic 17.
However, with the arrival of the cold winter in the automobile market and the intensification of competition, the sales of Cheetah cars lacking core technology have fallen sharply. In 20 18, it plummeted by 32% and sold 86,000 vehicles; In 20 19, the decline reached 62%, and only 33,000 vehicles were sold!
Under such circumstances, as early as the end of May, 20 19, Changfeng Group issued the resolution of reducing employees' salary 10%-50%, and at the same time, some internal employees revealed that they had gone home to find a job.
At the end of the year, the briefing email sent by Changfeng Cheetah to subsidiaries and suppliers showed that Cheetah planned to sell or hand over three of the four factories to local governments, and only Yongzhou base was preserved.
In April 2020, Changfeng Cheetah Changsha Factory was managed by Geely Holding Group.
Affected further by the COVID-19 epidemic, Changfeng Cheetah, who lost weight and saved herself, didn't get good news. In the first four months of 2020, only 97 Cheetah cars were sold and were on the verge of collapse.
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