Ford China

Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Co., Ltd Ford Motor Company has a 50-50 passenger car joint venture with Changan Automotive Corporation Ltd. on April 25, 2001, which is called Changan Ford Automobile Corporation Ltd. Changan Ford has successfully launched two Ford passenger cars models, Fiesta and Mondeo. 

On March, 2006, Mazda Motor joined the Changan Ford Automobile Corporation Ltd, and formed present Changan Ford Automobile Co., Ltd, with share ratio of Changan 50%, Ford 35% and Mazda 15%. Its manufacturing capability has reached 200,000 per year. At present, Changan Ford Automobile Corporation Ltd is building the second OEM basement in Nanjing, and will put into production in 2007, the manufacturing capability of which is estimated to be 160,000 per year.

Jiangling Motors Corporation. Co, Ltd
Jiangling Motors Corperation Co, Ltd was transformed from Jiangxi Motor Manufacture factory. In 1995, the original factory federated Ford Motors Corporation in the form of ADRS, and became  cooperative partner with each other. Ford owns 30% of the shares of Jiangling Motors Corporation Ltd., which produces Ford commercial vehicle Transit and other products.

JMC had become the leading brand in domestic middle& top grade light commercial vehicle market. The market shares of light truck Kaiyun and Pick-up Baodian ranked the first in its own market. What’s more, in the field of commercial market, JMC brand won the praise of energy-saving, environment-friendly, safe and comfortable. The market shares proportion of Baodian Pick-up in China diesel oil pick-up market reached over 50%. Light truck Kaiyun had become the first brand among domestic middle& top grade light trucks. The sales of Ford brand Transit, maintained the annual over 20% amplitude. In 2005, it increased by 40%, becoming the second one among domestic light passenger vehicle brands.

The diesel oil engines of JMC independent brand were developed by the international and domestic senior diesel oil engine technologists. JMC had invested tens of millions Yuan to establish engine laboratory with complete function. In the aspects of “engine function test, emission test, cold start, reliability & wearing test and so on, It reached the advanced level in China. JMC applied the updated technology into the constant development in order to improve the capability of products and meet the requirements of market, which enabled the engines of JMC 4JB1 series to become one of the best diesel oil engines for light vehicle use and become company’s core competitiveness in the field of China light commercial vehicles. JMC successively developed brand new intercooler turbo and the new model meeting the legal requirements of Euro Ⅱ and Euro Ⅲ. These products were absolutely advanced in China. Besides, their cost were quite lower than other congener imported products.

Changan Ford Mazda Engine Company Ltd
On April 19, 2005, Ford, Changan and Mazda announced a new three-way engine plant joint venture, Changan Ford Mazda Engine Company Ltd. It is a joint-venture which is invested by Chongqing Changan Automobile Corporation Ltd., Ford Motor Company and Mazda Motor Company. The company is located in the JiangNing Economic & Technological Development Zone. The total investment is over 350 million USD, which is one of the largest engine plants in China.

The engines which will be produced by Changan Ford Mazda Engine Co., Ltd are 'state of the art' with TSCV advanced technology, fuel efficient, and with excellent environment protection performance. ChangAn Ford Mazda Engine Co., Ltd production processes include the latest manufacturing processes for casting, machining and assembly operations. The successful launch and establishment of CFME will also help the further development of the Auto industry of China.