Senova
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| Product type | Automobilemarque | ||||||||
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| Owner | BAIC Motor | ||||||||
| Country | China | ||||||||
| Introduced | March 2012 | ||||||||
| Discontinued | 2020 | ||||||||
| Markets | China | ||||||||
| Website | Senova(in Chinese) | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | Thân bảo | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | Thân bảo | ||||||||
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Senovais a defunctautomobilemarqueowned by the Chinese automakerBAIC Motor,itself a subsidiary ofBAIC Group.It was launched in March 2012.
History
[edit]At the end of 2009, BAIC Group acquired the intellectual property rights to the Swedish car makerSaab's9-3and9-5models and related powertrain technologies in order to support the development of its own-brand vehicles.[1]
The first Senova production model, the Senova D20, a subcompact five-door hatchback, went on sale in China in March 2012.[2]
The production version of the Senova D70 made its debut at the 2012 Guangzhou Auto Show.[3]
The Senova name was discontinued in 2020.[citation needed]
Products
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The current Senova range comprises the following models:
- Senova D20,a subcompact five-door hatchback and four-door sedan[4]
- Senova D50
- Senova D60(Discontinued in 2017)
- Senova CC(Discontinued in 2017)
- Senova D70(formally Beijing Auto C70G)
- Senova D80(Discontinued in 2017)
- Senova X25
- Senova X35
- Senova X55
- Senova X65(Discontinued in 2017)
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Senova D20 Hatchback -
Senova D20 Sedan -
Senova D50 -
Senova D60 -
Senova CC -
Senova D70 -
Senova X25 -
Senova X35 -
Senova X55 -
Senova X65
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Senova D50 II -
Senova Zhidao -
Senova Zhida -
Senova Zhixing
Concept cars
[edit]A number of Senova concept cars were unveiled at the 2012Auto China,including the C50E mid-sized sedan, the C60F executive sedan, the C90L luxury sedan and the C51X SUV.[5][6]Exclusively, the Concept 900 (S900) and the C90L are first prototypes of Italian design studio Fioravanti made for Senova.
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The C51X -
The Concept 900 designed by Fioravanti
Sales
[edit]TheSenova D20sold 20,008 units from its launch in March 2012 to the end of the year.[7]It was the first Senova model on sale in the period.
References
[edit]- ^"BAIC: Range of new models set for Beijing show".China Daily.16 April 2012.Retrieved10 February2013.
- ^"BAIC E-Series makes market debut".Gasgoo. 27 March 2012.Retrieved10 February2013.
- ^"This Is The New Beijing Auto Senova D70 For China".Car News China.17 April 2018.Retrieved17 December2020.
- ^"Beijing Auto E-series listed & priced in China".Car News China. 19 March 2012.Retrieved10 February2013.
- ^"Beijing Auto at the Beijing Auto Show, the other concept cars".Car News China. 27 April 2012.Retrieved10 February2013.
- ^"Beijing Auto C90L debuts at the Beijing Auto Show".Car News China. 25 April 2012.Retrieved10 February2013.
- ^"BAIC Group's own brand sales weak".Gasgoo. 6 February 2013.Retrieved10 February2013.
External links
[edit]- Official website(in Chinese)
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