| Zongshen | |
| Native Name: | 宗申 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh |
| Trade Name: | Chongqing Zongshen Power Machinery Company |
| Industry: | Transportation |
| Founder: | Zuo Zongshen |
| Location City: | Chongqing |
| Location Country: | China |
| Products: | Motorcycles, scooters, quads |
| Production: | 1,000,000+ motorcycles annually (claimed) |
| Num Employees: | 18,000 |
| Divisions: | Zonsen Cyclone Cineco |
| Subsid: | Zongshen Automobile Industry Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Chongqing Zongshen Tianchen General Aviation Investment and Development Co., Ltd Chengdu Zong Shen Thermal Impetus Machinery Co. Ltd. Chongqing Zongshen Automobile Air Intake System Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Hong Kong VAS International Development Limited Zongshen (Canada) Environtech Ltd Chongqing Zongshen Speed Boat Development Co., Ltd. Jiangsu Zongshen Motor Tricycle Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Jiangsu Zongshen Motor Tricycle Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
Zongshen is a Chinese manufacturing company which produces motorcycles, quad bikes, generators, and engines, and it is based in Chongqing, China. It claims to have a yearly output of over 1,000,000 motorcycles.
Zongshen Chongqing is the original manufacturer of the Zongshen 200 GS and Zongshen 250 GS motorcycles.
Zuo Zongshen, who grew up in poverty, founded the Zongshen company in 1992.
In 2006, founder Zuo Zongshen was profiled in the Discovery Channel and CBC co-produced documentary China Rises as a member of China's nouveau riche.
In 2007, Zongshen invested CNY300 million into a new research and development center in Chongqing, as part of their "Cyclone" program. The program is designed to produce unique technology and designs for Zongshen's new models and differentiate the brand from a competitive environment of almost identical models.[1]
In 2012, Zongshen exported roughly 30% of its motorcycle production. It re-brands its products in many countries and its products can be seen in the lines of many retailers and distributors in the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belarus, Russia, Argentina, Colombia, and Brazil.[2]
Today, the Zongshen Group consists of 52 wholly owned or part-owned subsidiary companies.The group has over 18,000 employees, and the total assets are worth over 4 billion yuan. It claims to be one of the five largest motorcycle manufacturers in China.[3] They entered into partnerships with Harley Davidson and Piaggio.
Zongshen Group also owns Zongshen PEM, a Canadian subsidiary registered in Vancouver sells motorcycles, e-bikes, and electric scooters to the North American market.
Zongshen models include:
Zongshen/Kangda Pexma KD50QT-4 is a four-stroke, single-cylinder city-scooter, with an engine displacement of 50 cc.
Zongshen/ZS 150 GY is a four-stroke, single-cylinder street legal supermoto, with an engine displacement of 150 cc.
Zongshen races in various motorcycle championships as China Zongshen Racing. It is a major competitor in the China Superbike Championship, winning the riders' titles in 2007 and 2008.In 2002, China Zongshen Racing took first and second places in the World Endurance Championship with the French coach; "Michel MARQUETON"In 2003, The Zongshen team took the 5 first races in the World Endurance Championship with the same coach but finished the championship in 2nd place [4]
Zongshen has also won several FIM E-motorcycle championships (also known as the TTXGP) in recent years, competing against well-funded teams from around the world. While many of the critical parts of Zongshen's electric motorcycle are not strictly produced by Zongshen, they maintain that they developed the motorcycle in-house.[5] The racing e-motorcycle that Zongshen used to win the 2013 TTXGP is powered by a Yasa-750 electric motor.[6] In 2017 Zongshen engaged 5 motorcycles in the Dakar Rally 2017 with 2 French pilots, Willy Jobard and Thierry Bethys with the new engine NC 450
Zongshen manufactures small engines used commonly on garden machinery, power generators and motorcycles.