“Although GAC and Hino are advancing commercial vehicle projects, the door to negotiations with GAC is open and is still under negotiation. Of course, this will take time.†Last week, Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. (Hyundai Motor) When Han Yong, the chief representative of the representative office in Guangzhou, was interviewed exclusively by the reporter of this newspaper, he spoke in a less fluent Chinese saying, “I’d like to talk to them with GAC after a few days. GAC is a very good company. Modern still thinks very much. With it." Modern advice: The form of technical cooperation can be used Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. has built an office in Yi'an Square, which is a six-lane road in Guangzhou, and has rented an office for Yonghan to facilitate contact with Guangzhou Automobile. Han Hanyong stated that the cooperation between Hyundai and Guangzhou Automobile is mainly concentrated in the passenger vehicle area of ​​commercial vehicles. “If modern commercial vehicles want to make a difference in China, they must produce in China because the price of domestic passenger cars in China is very low.†Han Hanyong said, “ We and GAC don't necessarily have to cooperate in a joint venture, but we can also cooperate in the form of technical cooperation like we do with Xiamen Golden Brigade. Modern can provide engines and chassis, mainly at the price of accessories (chassis and engine). We haven't talked about it yet.†It is learned that technical cooperation need not pass the approval of relevant government departments. GAC Modern 2005 Signed Joint Venture Agreement Guangzhou Automobile did not respond to modern claims. In addition, GAC-Fiat project, Guangzhou Automobile Co., Ltd. and Hino are also pushing forward. GAC does not seem to have much energy to take into account modern projects. Guangzhou Automobile's modern project can be described as "had a great morning, but not yet caught up with the late set." The cooperation between Hyundai Motor and GAC Group originated in September 2004. At that time, Hyundai took the initiative to find the Denway passenger car under GAC and negotiated it. Joint venture and cooperation commercial vehicle project. On June 21, 2005, Hyundai Motor and GAC executives signed the "Guangzhou Modern Commercial Vehicle Project Cooperation Basic Agreement" in Guangzhou. According to the agreement: Guangzhou Automobile Group and Hyundai Motor will launch comprehensive cooperation in the field of commercial vehicles and build a new Guangzhou modern commercial vehicle base in Huadu District, Guangzhou City. The overall scale of the project is an annual output of 200,000 commercial vehicles of all types, with a total estimated investment of 1.24 billion U.S. dollars, of which the first phase investment is 430 million U.S. dollars. GAC Group and Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. jointly funded with each share of 50% of the company's shares, establishing an independent legal person status. Commercial vehicle joint venture. A commercial vehicle technology research and development center will also be established. According to the early planning, this project can be described as grand. The Huadu District government plans to use approximately several thousand mu of land for the construction of GAC's modern workshops. The first phase of the project is approximately 1,000 mu. The infrastructure of the new plant section was started in October 2005. , and named "Modern Avenue", this car is just across the road from Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Co., Ltd., another auto plant in Huadu District. In 2007, GAC Chairman Zhang Fangyou confirmed at the groundbreaking ceremony of Guangzhou Automobile Co., Ltd. and Hino Motor Co., Ltd. that due to foreign reasons (Hyundai Auto's “helmsman†Zheng Mengjiu was interrogated for bribery), the project was basically put on hold. Analysts believe that there are few precedents for success in domestic commercial vehicle joint venture projects, which also makes this ambitious project go through twists and turns. At present, in GAC's commercial vehicle maps, GAC Hino and GAC buses are mainly used.
At the time of Guangzhou Automobile's reorganization of Changfeng Automobile, the planned large-scale Guangqi Hyundai Commercial Vehicle project gradually faded out of sight, but Hyundai did not abandon the project.