Yulon

With production bases located in China, Philippines and Taiwan, Yulon makes license-built versions of many automakers' models.[13] The companies it manufactures in cooperation with include Chrysler, Geely,[14] GM, Mercedes Benz, Mitsubishi and Nissan. It assembles most of the vehicles from complete knock down kits.

The company has used its design and engineering expertise to localize its manufactures to suit Taiwanese tastes.[15]

While Yulon continues to manufacture vehicles for sale on the Taiwanese market,[2] as of 2010 it also imports Nissan, Infiniti, and Renault[6] models for sale in the domestic Taiwanese market.

Yulon has maintained a strong cooperative relationship with Nissan since 1957.[9] After the 1985 passing of a Taiwanese act, the Automobile Industry Development Act (AIDA), Yulon accepted Nissan taking a 25% stake.[16] Nissan maintained their ownership in Yulon until at least 2003[15] when a restructuring created Yulon-Nissan Motor Co Ltd,[6] a separate company that focuses on complementing Nissan's mainland China activities with research, design, and manufacturing assistance.

the exterior of a face-lift Yulon Feeling

The first Taiwanese auto brand, Luxgen (Chinese: 納智捷), was created by Yulon in 2008.[17] On 18 August 2009, Yulon revealed the first car for its new Luxgen brand. Luxgen cars are developed under Yulon's R&D center HAITEC,[18] using engines and transmissions provided by other companies.[19] As of 2010, Luxgen products are sold in Taiwan and Oman.[20]

Tobe M'car EV

Yulon's second brand, Tobe (Chinese: 酷比), was established in 2009. From 2010 to 2013, Tobe sells its only model, a re-badged, re-designed Geely Panda/LC called the Tobe M’Car, in Taiwan and Vietnam.[21] Plans to enter other emerging markets exist.[22] However, poor sales and the brand image of being a rebadged Geely led to the end of the brand in 2013.

Initial production base investment in China for Yulon was buying 5% ownership in a Southern China production base in the 1990s.[4] 2000 saw another, larger Chinese production base investment this time of 25%.[4] The latter acquisition was probably in Fengsheng Motors, a Dongfeng Motors subsidiary.

As of 2003, Yulon had 25% ownership in the subsidiary yielding access to production bases in Huadu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong and Xiangfan, Hubei.[15]

In 1999 Yulon bought a 75% ownership of Nissan's newly built production base in Santa Rosa, Laguna state.[23] This occurred after the Nissan Motor Company pulled out of the Philippines after the Asian market crises caused poor sales in the country. In 2013, it was announced that Nissan Motor Company of Japan will be again taking over Nissan in the Philippines.[24] This comes after dismal sales and poor model updates from Yulon Taiwan, which ranked Nissan Philippines well below local rivals from Toyota, Mitsubishi, and Hyundai—not reflective of its ranking as no. 6 global carmaker.[25]

A joint venture with Chinese automaker Dongfeng, called Dongfeng Yulon (or Dongfeng Luxgen[26]), was set up in 2009[18] and will manufacture Yulon's Luxgen models in China after the completion of a planned production base in Hangzhou in 2011.[3] The cars will be sold in China. In July 8th of 2019 Luxgen signed MoU with Mongolian company AGT Auto to build its first car assembly factory in Mongolia.[27]

In 2003, Yulon had part ownership in a subsidiary of Dongfeng Motor, Fengshen Automobile Co Ltd.[15]