Production facilities
Lifan has two passenger-car assembly plants in China.[15][7]
Now boasting motorcycle production bases in Thailand, Iran, Turkey, and Vietnam,[1] Lifan first established a presence in Vietnam in 1999 that made motorcycles and parts.[38] Beginning in March 2007, assembly of the 520 sedan commenced in Vietnam.[7] By mid-2009, the 320, 520i, and 620 had also been built or assembled in this country.[39]
Overseas assembly factories make Lifan-branded automobiles sold to domestic audiences but are not necessarily affiliated with Lifan in any way.
In early 2010, Lifan established an automobile assembly factory in Azerbaijan.
Such assembly has occurred in Egypt.[1]
From 2007 until 2010, the Lifan 520 was assembled in Ethiopia from imported knock-down kits under the name of "Abay" (Amharic for the Blue Nile)[40] by Holland Car Company.[41] Cars assembled in Ethiopia may now bear the Lifan name,[42] and an after sales service center for Lifan automobiles exists in the capital, Addis Ababa, as of 2010.[43] As of 2016, Lifan continues to produce in Ethiopia (perhaps without a local partner), assembling cars with native-born labor from knock-down kits.[44] Five different models can be made at the current facility, set up in 2014, and sales can total fifty cars a month at prices ranging from $15,000 to $30,000.[44]
Lifan was assembling cars in Iran around 2010.
Assembly of automobiles in Russia began in August 2007,[7] and in early 2011, the 320 model became the third Lifan product to see local production.[45]
In 2010, a 40,000 units/year production capacity assembly plant was established in Uruguay.[46]
In 2018 Lifan Philippines was launched in MIAS which only sold cars. There are no Lifan bikes have been sold in the Philippines officially.
