SAIC – IVECO HONGYAN Commercial Vehicle Co., Ltd. is a Chinese joint venture headquartered in Chongqing, China and owned by SAIC GROUP. . The company develops, designs and manufactures a wide range of heavy-duty trucks including prime movers, dump trucks, cargo trucks, concrete mixer trucks, oil tank trucks, fire trucks and street sweepers. SAIC GROUP ranks 36th among Fortune Global 500 companies list.
Hongyan is the first Chinese Truck Brand being introduced in Pakistan in April 2019, which is built on European Technology from IVECO global R&D Center in Europe. Hongyan comes with Cursor engine complying with EURO III emission standards. Cursor engines have passed European tests and acquired the European ECE certification. Cursor engines are not only used in Hongyan, but also exported to Europe to be equipped on the IVECO trucks.
Hongyan is highly fuel efficient due to its engine technology and has low operating cost due to long oil change intervals, which maximizes uptime and provides a lucrative payback. Hongyan has a wide range of product types such as 4X2T, 6X4T for long haul, 6X4R long chassis for regional distribution, 6X4 and 8X4 dump trucks for heavy-duty construction and mining applications.
Hongyan follows excellent manufacturing system customized by IVECO. It uses dual coating painting for its chassis, which is built on European technology. It is the first Chinese made heavy-duty truck, which has passed the European ECE R29 collision test.