Nanjing Automobile

Nanjing Automobile is a state-owned enterprise with a history that dates from 1947, making it the oldest of the Chinese automobile manufacturers although the comparatively younger FAW Automotive was the first to make cars.

The group's products have included cars, trucks, and buses. becoming a subsidiary of that company. the 2½ ton NJ-130, based on the GAZ-51 from the Soviet Union. The Ministry branded the truck Guerin (跃进牌汽车 - literally meaning "Leap Forward") and approved the establishment of Nanjing Automobile Works that same year. Truck production continued until July 1987 at which point 161,988 units of various models including the NJ-130, NJ-230, NJ-135, and NJ-134 had been built. participating in a spate of technology transfer deals circa 1980 that saw Japanese designs and machinery sold to Chinese buyers.

thumb|NJ2045/2046 police truck at entrance to Tiananmen Square.

The Iveco purchases allowed Nanjing Auto to produce a version of the Iveco Daily. Nanjing also produces the NJ2045/2046 truck, which is used by the Chinese Army and based on the Iveco VM 90.

2000s

In 2000, the design, and possibly the tooling, for SEAT's first generation Ibiza was purchased and the car sold in China as the Nanjing Yuejin Soyat.

MG Rover

Acquisition of MG Rover Group assets

Nanjing Auto acquired some assets of MG Rover Group and Powertrain Ltd in 2005 after the group had entered administration. According to the purchase agreement, Nanjing Auto bought MG, Austin, and some other dormant British car brands, and the production technology and equipment for the MG ZT and MG TF models. Some equipment and blueprints were repossessed by Honda, as its intellectual property was used in some of MG Rover vehicles, in particular, the Rover 45 and MG ZS, which were based on the Honda Domani. Nanjing Auto also started production of the Rover Streetwise-based MG 3SW in 2008.

Longbridge plant

The plant at Longbridge was for many years one of the most important car making factories in Europe as well as the largest British-owned car manufacturing plant, making Austin cars for most of the 20th century. After the Abingdon plant closed in 1980, Longbridge was also from 1982 the home of MG and then of the Rover marque which gradually replaced Austin in the late 1980s.

The site is owned by St. Modwen Properties which acquired in two deals in 2003 and 2004 for £57.5 million and leased it back to MG Rover Group. A 33-year deal was signed in February 2006 between Nanjing Auto and St. Modwen Properties covering the lease of 105 acres (a quarter of the total area of the Longbridge plant) but including the two main car assembly plants, the paint shop and administrative offices at a rent of around £1.8 million a year. £10 million was estimated to be needed to reopen the factory.

With the merger of Nanjing Auto and SAIC, ownership of the Longbridge plant became a SAIC controlled facility.

Chang Da

thumb|NAC Chang Da H9 in Shanghai

thumb|Chang Da H9 rear with the SAIC and Nanjing NAC label

Chang Da (畅达) is an NEV sub-brand of Nanjing Automobile and SAIC. Established in 2009, Chang Da has been developing electric light logistics vans for "the last mile" delivery. The first product, Chang Da H9 is based on the structure of FAW Jiabao V80 (佳宝V80) and took three years to develop before being launched in 2017. The Chang Da H9 could be either bought or leased in fleets.

Joint ventures

Nanjing Auto has had at least two joint ventures with the Italian automaker Fiat. First, there was a 50/50 joint venture set up in 1999 that collapsed sometime in 2007.) with Iveco, Fiat's commercial vehicles unit.

The company acquired the truck manufacturing assets of Yuejin Motor Co sometime in 2007.

In July 2017, Naveco started production of the new Iveco China Daily in the new factory of Qiaolin, Nanjing.

Naveco products include are listed below:

Iveco Daily Ousheng ()- Facelift based on the second generation Iveco Daily.
Iveco Power Daily ()- Facelift based on the third generation Iveco Daily.
Iveco Xindeyi ()- Extended production of the first generation Iveco Daily
Iveco Ouba
Iveco Venice
NJ2045/2046

Nanjing Fiat

Another joint venture was Nanjing Fiat, established with Fiat in 1999. citing a lack of investment on the part of its Chinese partner.

As of 2006, it was producing four models: the Perla and Siena sedans, Palio, compact and Palio Weekend station wagon.

The company was located in the Jiangning District's Economic & Technological Development Zone in Nanjing.

Internal divisions

As the company further developed its management, four complete production ecosystems were created.

Yuejin Light Truck Co

A major manufacturing base of Nanjing Auto, it makes light-duty trucks under the Yuejin brand. The production of Isuzu-based SUVs and pickups was transferred to the Wuxi Soyat branch in 2005.

Sometime in 2007, Yuejin's truck-making business was merged with the Iveco-Nanjing Auto joint venture Naveco, Founded in 2003, it offered a range of light commercial trucks including flatbeds, tippers, box vans and refrigerated trucks with styling resembling the Nissan Cabstar (F23). All trucks are powered by engines that can run on both petrol and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). A technical specification sheet from 2004 states the model is a Yuejin NJ1030 followed by different designation letters depending on the configuration. It is unknown whether or not the NJ1030's design is based on the Nissan Cabstar or a different truck. The company was planning on importing the Isuzu D-Max-based Xinkai pickup (badged as the Xinkai XK) and a panel van produced by a different Chinese make. The company dissolved in 2013.

File:Yuejin NJ1080.JPG|Yuejin NJ1080 in Russia

File:Yuejin NJ-1063 2008 (17326911033).jpg|2008 Yuejin NJ-1063 flatbed in Chile

File:Yuejin NJ-812 2011 (15750510596).jpg|2011 Yuejin NJ-812 in Chile

File:Yuejin NJ 713 Crew Cab 2014 (14038789260).jpg|2014 Yuejin NJ-713 Crew Cab

File:Yue Jin Shangjun X100 series 001.jpg|Yuejin Shangjun () X100 series in China

File:Yuejin Xiaofuxing S50 front 8.16.18.jpg|Yuejin Xiaofuxing () S50 series in China

File:SAIC Fuxing ES80 001.jpg|SAIC Fuxing ES80 (Electric version of the Yuejin Fuyun S80)

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Brands

Car brands owned by Nanjing Auto include:

Soyat - the Nanjing Yuejin Soyat, a Chinese version of the first generation SEAT Ibiza, is sold under the brand.
Yuejin - a commercial vehicle brand Fitful merger negotiations between the two companies had begun in 2001, and the tie-up was widely anticipated.