Lifan
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Lifan (traditional Chinese: 力帆) is the largest individually-owned Chinese motorcycle and automobile manufacturer in Chongqing, a provincial-level municipality of the People's Republic of China. They also make the Lifan 520 compact sedan which uses the 4-cylinder 1.6-liter Tritec engine.
Lifan is most commonly known in the Western world for the production of engines used for mini dirt bikes.
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[edit] Historical background
Lifan was founded by Yin Mingsha in 1992 as a local Chongqing motorcycle repair shop with a staff of nine. As of 2006 Lifan employed approximately 9,000 people and had an annual turnover of 7.3 billion yuan ($900 million USD), and had factories in Vietnam, Thailand[citation needed], and Bulgaria. Lifan has distribution centers around the world, including one in Dallas, Texas. Plans include opening a research center in Great Britain and to double its workforce to 20,000.[1]
[edit] Sponsorships
Lifan was the owner of the former Chinese super league soccer team Chongqing Lifan.
[edit] References
- ^ "Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything," Dan Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams, Penguin, p. 218-219, 2006
