Chang’an not buying King Long coaches

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Recent media reports have incinuated that Chang’an Auto might be on the verge of buying China’s largest coach maker, Kinglong, to add to its growing automotive empire  but Chang’an have come out and denied all rumors.

Previously Chang’an took control of the Hafei and Changhe automotive brands and as a result Changhe’s-Suzuki joint venture, Chang’an also signed a deal with France’s PSA group to produce MPV’s in the Chinese market. Kinglong are also working on a car project alongside the automaker Wuling, as Kinglong is finding that the growth of the automobile is threatening its coach building business and thus wishes to join the automobile fray.

However, Chang’an already have a coach/bus building operation in the form of Sheng Li Coach builders in Hebei’s Ding Zhou city and is working to expand its line up to include cleaner vehicles, the addition of King Long to the Chang’an group might be a step too far for the already thinly stretched Chang’an.