Changan PSA

Changan PSA Automobiles Co., Ltd.

Type	Private joint venture
Industry	Automotive
Founded	November 2011
Headquarters	Shenzhen, China
Area served	China
Key people	Olivier Mornet (President) Ying Zhanwang (Executive Vice President)
Products	Automobiles
Owner	Changan Automobile (50%) Groupe PSA (50%)
Website	www.capsa.com.cn/index.php/en/

Changan PSA (officially Changan PSA Automobiles Co., Ltd., informally CAPSA) is an automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Shenzhen, China and a 50:50 joint venture between Changan Automobile and Groupe PSA. Its principal activity is the manufacture and sale of DS Automobiles branded passenger cars in China.

Changan PSA is Groupe PSA's second joint venture company in China, after Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën.^[1] Centering on a newly built production base in Shenzhen, it has a production capacity of 200,000 vehicles per annum.^[2]

History

In 2010 Changan and Groupe PSA agreed to establish a 50:50 joint venture to produce passenger cars for the Chinese market.^[3]

Manufacturing commenced in 2014, with China specific DS models; the DS 5LS first and then the DS 6WR.^[4]

References

1. CAPSA – Chang’an-PSA’s new joint venture company chinacartimes.com, June 15, 2011
2. For Shenzhen production base, see "About CAPSA: Changan PSA Automobiles Co., Ltd Profile". capsa.com.cn. Changan Automobiles Co Ltd. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
3. China Chang’an Automobile Group and PSA in Joint Venture discussion PSA Peugeot Citroën Official Site, 5/06/2010
4. "PSA launches DS compact crossover in China". Automotive News Europe. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2016.

External links

• Changan PSA