Jinan Qingqi

Jinan Qingqi Motorcycle Co., Ltd (Chinese: 济南轻骑摩托车股份有限公司) is a Chinese manufacturer of mopeds, quadbikes and other small engine & electric motorcycles originally founded in 1956. Qingqi is probably the best known moped brand in modern China and the company is one of the larger manufacturers of small engine motorcycles in the world, but is almost completely unknown outside its home turf, it is however a large OEM provider to companies such as Cycle Union,[1] Suzuki and Peugeot.[2] In the case of the latter two companies that has eventually lead to the formation of joint ventures including JQ/Suzuki venture called Plum Qingqi Motors company that is based in Pakistan and also trades using the Qingqi trademark.

As of October 2010 Jinan Qingqi is ranked as China's 20th biggest motorcycle manufacturer (volume output) with a total output 612,993 for the 2009 year. A decline of 5.68% from the previous year.

Qingqi serve markets globally and have made large investments in several emerging markets including, India and Africa.

Models

Sinnis Motorcycles began operating in June 2006 and have grown steadily in the UK market with dealerships throughout the United Kingdom. Sinnis have the following models in the range:

Sinnis Heist is produced in conjuction with Cleveland Cycle Werks in Ohio and is a cutting edge 125 and 250cc custom style bobber motorcycle.

Sinnis Motorcycles share two models with Peugeot Motor Co. the first model is the Jet, known as the Peugeot V Clic (Discontinued 2011) and the second the Matrix II also known as the Peugeot Sum up 125. (Discontinued by Peugeot 2011). Sinnis marketing manager (Anthony Jackson) co developed the Trackstar model in 2009 for the UK, making way for the Retrostar and Cafe 125 variants in 2011. The 1st series of the Retrostar was distributed by a smaller UK distributor(Zing Bikes)under the pseudonym 'HMC' known as the 'Classic' to test the market in 2011. Sinnis launched their own badged version in 2013 known as the 'Retrostar' and 'Cafe'.

The Apache 250 version began development in 2010 and after 4 years of development is planned to enter the UK market from March 2014. This model uses the oil cooled Suzuki GN based 250cc with Siemens technology fuel injection and many features above the 125cc version built by Jinan Qingqi.

References

  1. ↑ Medien verlag: Kreidler Supermoto 125 DD Review (German)
  2. ↑ Jinan Qingqi: Company history

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