# Hawtai > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hawtai > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hawtai.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawtai > Source revision: 1349301261 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Chinese automotive manufacturing company}} {{Infobox company | name = Hawtai Motor Group | logo = Hawtai Motor logo.png | logo_size = 170px | type = | company_slogan = | founder = | foundation = [Rongcheng](/source/Rongcheng%2C_Shandong), [Shandong](/source/Shandong), China, {{Start date and age|2000}} | location = [Beijing](/source/Beijing), China[https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2011-05/03/content_12438120.htm China's Hawtai Motor comes to Saab's rescue] chinadaily.com, 2011-05-03 | key_people = Richard Zhang (Vice President) | industry = | products = [SUV](/source/SUV)s, [sedans](/source/sedans) | services = | revenue = | owner = Zhāng Xiùgēn (张秀根)[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spyker-saab-idUSTRE7421T920110503 Saab rescued by Chinese automaker] reuters.com, Tue May 3, 2011 11:41am EDT | num_employees = | parent = | area_served = China | homepage = [http://en.hawtaimotor.com Hawtai Motor] }} {{Infobox Chinese | t = 華泰 | s = 华泰 | p = Huátài | l = | altname = Trading name | t2 = | s2 = | p2 = | l2 = | order = st }} '''Hawtai Motor Group'''{{cite web|title=Company Profile|url=http://en.hawtaimotor.com/show-1-1-1.html|website=Official website of Hawtai|access-date=4 May 2016|archive-date=18 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318153431/http://en.hawtaimotor.com/show-1-1-1.html|url-status=dead}} is a Chinese automotive manufacturing company headquartered in [Beijing](/source/Beijing), with production facilities in [Ordos](/source/Ordos_(city)), [Inner Mongolia](/source/Inner_Mongolia), and [Rongcheng, Shandong](/source/Rongcheng%2C_Shandong). Selling cars and SUVs under the Hawtai brand, from 2002 to 2010 the company had a [joint venture](/source/joint_venture) or other form of legal cooperation with [Hyundai Motors](/source/Hyundai_Motors) that manufactured Hyundai-brand passenger cars for the mainland China market; Hawtai continues to use some Hyundai technology today.{{cite web | url=http://www.chinacartimes.com/2010/11/15/hawtai-to-launch-b35-suv-at-years-end/ | title=Hawtai to launch B35 SUV at years end | work=chinacartimes.com | date=November 15, 2010 | access-date=21 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026161418/http://www.chinacartimes.com/2010/11/15/hawtai-to-launch-b35-suv-at-years-end/|archive-date= 26 October 2013}} As of late 2010, its production capacity was reported to be 350,000 units/year.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} What distinguishes Hawtai from rival private Chinese automakers is its diesel engine production ability. Billing itself as a clean vehicle brand, Hawtai also is a supplier to the [Chinese State](/source/People's_Republic_of_China). ==Name== Although correctly [romanized](/source/Romanization) as Huátài in [pinyin](/source/pinyin), and previously romanized as Huatai in branding, Hawtai is now the preferred way to spell the name of this Chinese automaker with the [Latin alphabet](/source/Latin_alphabet).{{cite web | url=http://www.chinacartimes.com/2010/12/28/tail-end-of-guangzhou-huatais-game-changing-cars/ | title=Tail end of Guangzhou: Huatai's game changing cars | work=chinacartimes.com | date=December 28, 2010 | access-date=21 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026162813/http://www.chinacartimes.com/2010/12/28/tail-end-of-guangzhou-huatais-game-changing-cars/|archive-date=26 October 2013}} ==History== Founded in 2000, Hawtai Motor Group is, as of May 2011, owned by Zhang Xiugen, a Chinese entrepreneur. Initially producing an SUV,{{cite web | url=http://en.hawtaimotor.com/down/About_HawtaiMotor.pdf | title=Welcome to Hawtai Motor | publisher=Hawtai | work=en.hawtaimotor.com | date=c. 2011 | access-date=21 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720235411/http://en.hawtaimotor.com/down/About_HawtaiMotor.pdf|archive-date=20 July 2013}} a 2002 cooperation with Hyundai allowed it to manufacture Hyundai-branded SUVs starting in 2003, which it also started selling under its own name in 2004.[http://www.france24.com/en/20110506-saabs-chinese-saviour-dismisses-doubts-over-deal# Saab's Chinese saviour dismisses doubts over deal] France 24. 06 May 2011. Only the engines may have differentiated these Hawtai-branded offerings.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} The company added [sedan](/source/Sedan_(automobile))s to its product line in 2010, and these are probably the first vehicles it both designed and manufactured.{{citation needed|date=May 2011}} ;Failed Saab bailout: Although it was never consummated, in early May 2011, Hawtai agreed to provide EUR 150 million to [Spyker Cars](/source/Spyker_Cars), the then-current owner of Saab, in exchange for Chinese manufacturing rights to the new [Saab 9-3](/source/Saab_9-3) and a 30% ownership of this Swedish vehicle maker.[https://www.reuters.com/article/spykercars-saab-idUSLDE7450JT20110506 UPDATE 2-Saab shareholder hopefuls file for Swedish nod] reuters.com, Fri May 6, 2011 7:25am EDT The deal quickly fell through.[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saab-spykercars-idUSTRE74B14V20110512 Saab's Chinese rescue deal falls through] reuters.com, Thu May 12, 2011 10:22am EDT ;Technology transfers: Hawtai appears eager to absorb foreign technology, and the company has sought such transfers repeatedly in the process gaining access to diesel engine and [vehicle platform](/source/vehicle_platform) technologies. Around the time of the 2009 [Chrysler Chapter 11 reorganization](/source/Chrysler_Chapter_11_reorganization), this American automaker discussed the possibility of an asset sale with Hawtai.[https://www.reuters.com/article/retire-us-chrysler-china-idUSTRE57P54220090826?pageNumber=2 Chrysler renews search for China partner: sources] reuters.com, Wed Aug 26, 2009 4:27pm EDT In the early 2000s, Hawtai purchased technology from Hyundai Motors including some used in the [first generation Santa Fe](/source/Hyundai_Santa_Fe). The company sells a Hawtai-branded version of this small SUV{{cite web | url=http://en.hawtaimotor.com/santa-fe.html | title=Santa Fe | publisher=Hawtai | work=en.hawtaimotor.com | access-date=21 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918184100/http://en.hawtaimotor.com/santa-fe.html|archive-date=18 September 2013}} as well as one of the [Hyundai Terracan](/source/Hyundai_Terracan).{{cite web | url=http://en.hawtaimotor.com/terracan.html | title=Terracan | publisher=Hawtai | work=en.hawtaimotor.com | access-date=May 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905223350/http://en.hawtaimotor.com/terracan.html|archive-date=5 September 2013}} [c.](/source/Wiktionary%3Acirca) 2010, both models used the same names as their Hyundai-branded counterparts, but by 2014 the Hawtai Santa Fe was being referred to as a Hawtai C9.{{cite web | url=http://en.hawtaimotor.com/show-12-19-1.html | title=HAWTAI C9: Profile | publisher=Hawtai | work=en.hawtaimotors.com | access-date=22 July 2014 | archive-date=8 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708025716/http://en.hawtaimotor.com/show-12-19-1.html | url-status=dead }} The company does not appear reluctant to divulge the source of the intellectual property that appears in these vehicles; it refers to the C9 as a "Korean classic". Hawtai utilizes engine technologies that were developed by other companies including some created by Italian diesel engine experts [VM Motori](/source/VM_Motori). ;Hyundai joint venture: In 2002, Hawtai began a licensing deal,{{cite web | url=http://www.just-auto.com/news/hawtai-who_id110709.aspx | title=BACKGROUNDER: Hawtai who? | publisher=Aroq Ltd | work=just-auto.com/ | date=3 May 2011 | access-date=22 July 2014 | author=Roberts, Graeme | archive-date=28 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228114528/http://www.just-auto.com/news/hawtai-who_id110709.aspx | url-status=dead }} partnership, or [joint venture](/source/joint_venture) with Hyundai motors, but, as of late 2010, this has ceased. Hawtai continued to be referred to as a Hyundai partner as late as 2011, however.{{cite web | url=http://english.caixin.com/2011-07-21/100282150.html | title=Automaker Hawtai Revving Up Corporate Reform | publisher=Caixin Media Company Ltd | work=Caixin Online | date=2011-07-21 | access-date=22 July 2014 | author=Dongmei, Liang}} Regardless of the specific legal nature of the project, the Hyundai-Hawtai cooperation produced Chinese-market versions of several Hyundai models: the [Hyundai Matrix](/source/Hyundai_Matrix),[http://autonews.gasgoo.com/china-news/huatai-automobile-to-manufacture-hyundai-matrix-080806.shtml Huatai Automobile to manufacture Hyundai matrix] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115722/http://autonews.gasgoo.com/china-news/huatai-automobile-to-manufacture-hyundai-matrix-080806.shtml |date=2016-03-04 }} gasgoo.com, 06, 2008 a [people carrier](/source/people_carrier), the [Hyundai Santa Fe](/source/Hyundai_Santa_Fe),{{cite web | url = https://chinaautoweb.com/2010/08/a-new-bentley-no-it-is-a-hawtai-b11/ | title = A New Bentley? No, It Is a Hawtai B11 | publisher = ChinaAutoWeb | date = 2010-08-17 }} and the [Hyundai Terracan](/source/Hyundai_Terracan). The Santa Fe was the fifth most-purchased SUV in China in 2010,[https://chinaautoweb.com/2011/01/top-10-best-selling-sedans-and-suvs-in-2010/ Top 10 Best-Selling Sedans and SUVs in 2010] chinaautoweb.com, January 14, 2011 and at least some Hawtai versions of the car may differ significantly from those sold in other markets.{{cite web | url=http://www.chinacartimes.com/2007/10/11/huatai-hyundai-and-roewe-hook-up-to-stick-18t-in-santefe/ | title=Huatai-Hyundai and Roewe hook up to stick 1.8T in {{sic|Sant|eFe|hide=y}} | work=chinacartimes.com | date=October 11, 2007 | access-date=21 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401031845/http://www.chinacartimes.com/2007/10/11/huatai-hyundai-and-roewe-hook-up-to-stick-18t-in-santefe/|archive-date=1 April 2012}} Both Hyundai SUVs have experienced continued popularity in China.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} Hawtai's newest SUV, the B35 Bolgheri (''Baolige'' in Chinese) utilizes Hyundai [platform](/source/automobile_platform) technology.{{cite web | title = Hawtai Motor Names the B35 SUV "Bolgheri": Auto Shanghai in Pictures | url = https://chinaautoweb.com/2011/04/hawtai-motor-names-the-b35-suv-bolgheri-auto-shanghai-in-pictures/ | date = 2011-04-22 | publisher = ChinaAutoWeb }} ;Proposed Proton collaboration: Between 2011{{cite web | url=http://paultan.org/2011/12/30/proton-and-hawtai-expected-to-ink-collaboration-deal-soon/ | title=Proton and Hawtai expected to ink collaboration deal soon | publisher=Driven Communications Sdn Bhd | work=paultan.org | date=30 December 2011 | access-date=22 July 2014}} and 2012,{{cite web | url=http://autonews.gasgoo.com/china-news/hawtai-proton-partnership-still-proceeding-to-sche-120202.shtml | title=Hawtai-Proton partnership still proceeding to schedule | publisher=Gasgoo | work=gasgoo.com | date=February 2, 2012 | access-date=22 July 2014 | author=Lee, Carman | archive-date=12 August 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812053445/http://autonews.gasgoo.com/china-news/hawtai-proton-partnership-still-proceeding-to-sche-120202.shtml | url-status=dead }} a tie-up between Malaysian [Proton](/source/Proton_(automobile)) and Hawtai was touted. This as-yet-incomplete deal may have originated at an [ASEAN](/source/ASEAN)-sponsored business conference. ==Products== Hawtai currently produces the following vehicles:{{cite web|url=https://chinaautoweb.com/chinese-brands/|title=Chinese Brands|access-date=5 April 2014|publisher=China Auto Web}} EV: *[Shengdafei 2 XEV360](/source/Shengdafei_2_XEV360) *[Shengdafei 5 XEV260](/source/Hawtai_Shengdafei_5_XEV260) *[Shengdafei 5 XEV480](/source/Hawtai_Shengdafei_5_XEV480) *[Shengdafei 7 XEV520](/source/Hawtai_Shengdafei_7_XEV520) *[Lusheng S1 iEV360](/source/Lusheng_S1_iEV360) *[Lusheng S1 EV160B](/source/Lusheng_S1_EV160B) *Lusheng S1 EV160R *[Lusheng S5 iEV230](/source/Hawtai_Lusheng_S5_iEV230) ICE: *[Shengdafei 5](/source/Hawtai_Shengdafei_5) *[Shengdafei 7](/source/Hawtai_Shengdafei_7) *[Lusheng S5](/source/Hawtai_Lusheng_S5) Discontinued: *[B11](/source/Hawtai_B11) (1.8 and 2.0 litre) *[B21/E70](/source/Hawtai_E70) (2.0L Mitsubishi 4G63 & 4G94D, 1.5L turbocharged){{cite web|last1=Wang|first1=Joey|title=Spy Shots: 1.5 Turbo for the Hawtai Lusheng E70 in China|url=https://www.carnewschina.com/2015/02/10/spy-shots-1-5-turbo-for-the-hawtai-lusheng-e70-in-china/|website=Chinacarnews.com|date=10 February 2015 |publisher=China Car news|access-date=8 March 2015}} *[Bolgheri](/source/Hawtai_Bolgheri) (1.8 and 2.0 litre) *[Shengdafei](/source/Hawtai_Shengdafei) (1.8 and 2.0 litre) *[Terracan](/source/Hawtai_Terracan) (2.4 litre) File:Hawtai B11 China 2012-06-08.JPG|Hawtai B11 File:Hawtai E70 01 China 2019-03-20.jpg|Hawtai E70 File:Hawtai B35 Baolige China 2014-04-16.jpg|Hawtai Bolgheri B35 File:Hawtai Santa Fe facelift China 2014-04-24.jpg|Hawtai Shendafei File:Hawtai Shengdafei II China 2016-04-04.jpg|Hawtai Shendafei II File:Hawtai Terracan 01 China 2016-04-08.jpg|Hawtai Terracan ===Engines=== Some Hawtai models use [SAIC Motor](/source/SAIC_Motor) engines, but other powerplants are said to be Hawtai's own using technology purchased from Italian diesel experts [VM Motori](/source/VM_Motori). The company states that the design of these engines, made at its Inner Mongolia site, has been modified in-house.{{cite web | url=http://en.hawtaimotor.com/powertranin.html | title=TECHNOLOGYOF EUROPEDRIVE TO GREEN | publisher=Hawatai | work=en.hawtaimotor.com | access-date=21 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130913234022/http://en.hawtaimotor.com/powertranin.html|archive-date=13 September 2013}} ==Operations== Hawtai has passenger car production facilities in [Ordos](/source/Ordos_(city)), [Inner Mongolia](/source/Inner_Mongolia),{{cite web | url=http://www.chinacartimes.com/2010/12/08/hawtai-to-launch-more-suvs-in-2012-also-2-0tdi-and-6-speed-gearbox/ | title=Hawtai to launch more SUV's in 2012, also 2.0TDI and 6 speed gearbox | work=chinacartimes.com | date=December 8, 2010 | access-date=21 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026151522/http://www.chinacartimes.com/2010/12/08/hawtai-to-launch-more-suvs-in-2012-also-2-0tdi-and-6-speed-gearbox/|archive-date=26 October 2013}} and [Rongcheng, Shandong](/source/Rongcheng%2C_Shandong).{{cite web | title=ABOUT HAWTAI MOTOR | publisher=Hawtai | url=http://en.hawtaimotor.com/about-hawtai.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809050430/http://en.hawtaimotor.com/about-hawtai.html |archive-date=9 August 2013 | work=en.hawtaimotor.com | access-date=9 Aug 2013}} The latter site has a 150,000 vehicles per year production capacity. The Inner Mongolia site has a production capacity of 300,000 units/year, manufactures modern [diesel engine](/source/diesel_engine)s, and may have been under construction as of February 2010.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} Such production capacity figures may consider whole vehicles and engines as discrete. This facility produces [transmissions](/source/Transmission_(mechanics)) as well as engines. Hawtai claims production capacity figures for this location of one million engines, 500,000 whole vehicles, and the same number of transmissions. The company claims a bus production facility in [Yanbian](/source/Yanbian) was established in 2002. A former process technology/engine localization office in [Beijing](/source/Beijing) may be a site for R&D efforts.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} ==Sales== A total of 28,812 Hawtai passenger cars were sold in China in 2013, making it the 50th largest-selling car brand in the country in that year (and the 30th largest-selling Chinese brand).{{cite news|url=https://chinaautoweb.com/2014/01/2013-passenger-vehicle-sales-by-brand/|title=2013 Passenger Vehicle Sales by Brand|access-date=5 April 2014|publisher=China Auto Web|date=15 January 2014}} ===Exports=== The company has exported to [Angola](/source/Angola), southeast Asia, and one or more of the [CIS](/source/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States) nations, a grouping of former Soviet Bloc states. Hawtai has contacted at least one Russian automotive assembler, [Derways](/source/Derways), in an attempt to start [CKD](/source/knock-down_kit) sales, and it has also explored the possibility of auto assembly at a soon-to-be-operational free trade zone in Valencia, Spain, signing an [MoU](/source/Memorandum_of_understanding) with a Spanish mayor."China's Hawtai May Assemble Cars in Spain." Ward's Auto World (Online Exclusive). Penton Media, Inc. 2013. HighBeam Research. 20 Jul. 2014 == Notes == {{Reflist|group="note"}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://en.hawtaimotor.com Hawtai Official Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624074514/http://en.hawtaimotor.com/ |date=2019-06-24 }} {{in lang|en}} {{commons category|Hawtai vehicles}} {{Automotive industry in the People's Republic of China}} Category:Electric vehicle manufacturers of China Category:Car manufacturers of China Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Beijing Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2000 Category:Hyundai Motor Company Category:Chinese brands --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hawtai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawtai) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawtai?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.