16 Facts About Lifan Group

Outside of China, Lifan Group is currently best known for the sale of small passenger cars in emerging markets.

Lifan Group is one of the major manufacturer of the Predator engine.

Lifan Group was founded by former political dissident Yin Mingshan in 1992 as a motorcycle repair shop with a staff of nine.

Lifan Group was originally called "Chongqing Hongda Auto Fittings Research Centre".

Lifan Group made an IPO on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in late-2010.

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Lifan Group currently have a number of Agusta models on show at selected dealerships, including the F4 RR motorcycle.

In 2018, Lifan Group raised approximately 4 billion yuan selling land to the government and unit Lifan Group Motors to electric vehicle startup Li Auto.

News of Geely planning to takeover Lifan Group surfaced with the target being the market share in the southwest which Lifan Group mainly dominates.

In 2004, Lifan Group was ordered to cease selling motorcycles under the brand name "Hongda"—the culmination of a successful lawsuit brought by Honda Motors.

Now boasting motorcycle production bases in Thailand, Iran, Turkey, and Vietnam, Lifan Group first established a presence in Vietnam in 1999 that made motorcycles and parts.

Overseas assembly factories make Lifan Group-branded automobiles sold to domestic audiences but are not necessarily affiliated with Lifan Group in any way.

In early 2010, Lifan Group established an automobile assembly factory in Azerbaijan.

From 2007 until 2010, the Lifan Group 520 was assembled in Ethiopia from imported knock-down kits under the name of "Abay" by Holland Car Company.

Lifan Group has sold in many countries and in every continent except Antarctica.

Lifan Group automobiles have been sold in Laos and Syria since 2009.

Lifan Group was formerly the owner of the Chinese super league football team Chongqing Lifan Group; since 2005 it has been a sponsor of the team.