American Lifan

 

http://www.americanlifan.com/

 

American Lifan is a factory subsidiary of a proven leader in the motorcycle industry: ChongQing Lifan Industry Group, located in ChongQing, China. American Lifan Industry, Inc. Specializes in the development and sales of scooters, motorcycles, ATVs and dirt bikes.

Our U.S. operation consists of an office suite and a 28,000 Sq. Ft. warehouse facility located in Dallas, TX; where our customer support center and parts departments are located.  Our U.S. location also includes a 100,000 Sq. Ft. warehouse filled to the brim with power sport products ready to supply the nation.  We stock a wide variety of product and most importantly, parts for our product-line. We offer a warranty response time of 48 hours and live technical support.

now in our fifth, going on sixth year in the United States, American Lifan continues to make a mark on the American marketplace. We offer quality power sports products at extremely competitive prices.

Come grow with us!

China Lifan

 

http://www.lifan.com/

 

Lifan (traditional Chinese: 力帆) is the largest individually-owned Chinese motorcycle manufacturer in Chongqing, a provincial-level municipality of the People's Republic of China.  Lifan is constantly improving its technology and products to keep pace with the rapidly developing motorcycle industry. With the cooperation of some of the world's most technologically advanced and renowned universities and research institutes, Lifan is continuously cultivating a new standard of quality.

ChongQing Lifan is a worldwide innovator in the production of engines and power sports products, successfully providing 3.5+ million engines to the power sports industry and producing over 1.2 million units in the last year.

Lifan is most commonly known in the Western world for the production of engines used for 'mini bikes'. They are the largest engine manufacturer in China. In most recent events, Lifan has also entered into the automobile industry.

 

They also make the Lifan 520 compact sedan which uses the 4-cylinder 1.6-liter Tritec engine.

 

 

 

 

 
Historical Background  

     

     Chongqing Lifan Industry (Group) Co., Ltd was founded in 1992. It is one of the biggest private-owned enterprises in China. After 15 years' efforts, Lifan Group has rapidly grown up and developed to be a large-scaled private enterprise centering on the technology development, manufacture and sales of vehicle & motorcycle, which also invested in financial sector.


      In 2006, Lifan reached a sales income of RMB 10.395 billion Yuan, an engine sales volume of 2.54 million, a foreign exchange earning through exportation of US$311.74 million, and a patent ownership of 3807, and such four indicators are all in the van of its own field.  Presently, Lifan has employees 12,000 and one national-level technology center, successively been selected as a member of Chinese Top 500 enterprise, and stood at the head of Top 50 private enterprises in Chongqing.   

 

Innovation makes Lifan continuously progress.


      In August 2004, the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision officially announced the products and enterprises which could not be the subject to inspection in 2004, “Lifan 50-200ml one cylinder gasoline engine” was on the list, and
so far Lifan is the only enterprise in the Chinese motorcycle field that has won this honor. Later this year, in September, Lifan motorcycle was awarded by the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision and China Promotion Committee the Top Brand Strategy the title of honor of “Chinese Top Brand”. In January 2006, the state publicly proclaimed “Chinese 100 most valuable noted brands”, “Lifan” ranked the 78th by a 2.1333 billion Yuan brand, and the sixth in the vehicle business. The national-level technology center of Lifan ranked the seventh among the automobile field in China.


      In January 2006, Lifan 520 entered into the world market synchronously, that represented that Lifan had formally marched into vehicle industry. 2.4 billion Yuan was separately pumped in 3 times in Lifan’s sedan project. Currently, the four main work lines of pressing, welding, painting and assembling has formed, with a designing producing ability of 150,000; meanwhile a Automobile Academy was established. By the end of 2006, up to 2007, Lifan had achieved 3807 patents at home and abroad, that number occupied the first place in automobile field, as well among all the private enterprise in China.

Exportation makes Lifan profit overseas.


      In 1998, Lifan obtained the right to import and export. During 2006, Lifan earned US$329 million foreign exchange through exports, held 10% of the total export quantity in Chongqing, and stood dominant in its field in China.  Lifan's products are widely sold to over 100 countries covering South-East Asia, West Asia, Europe, Africa, and South America. In September 2001, Lifan motorcycles were first sold to Japan, rewriting the history that no motorcycle export to Japan but only import from between the two. In 2003, motorcycle, engine and other products developed by Lifan passed EU’s e-mark accreditation, indicating that Lifan’s products can enter 18 European countries without restriction. Lifan has established motorcycle manufacturing plant in Vietnam, Thailand and Turkey, and the Lifan sedan has came off of the production line in Vietnam.  In August 2007, the Lifan sedan will be off production lines both in Egypt and Russia.


Perfect credit makes perfect reputation.


      "Lifan would rather be betrayed than betray”, Lifan has always put out their best effort to offer customers both high quality products and services, by doing this it has built up a great reputation.  Lifan has been awarded the title of “Creditable Enterprise” consecutively in Chongqing.


      Lifan holds 129.60 million shares in Commercial Bank, 22 million shares in Guangda Bank, and its financial investment has been consumedly paid back. Lifan continually contributes to its country and society. Since 1992, Lifan has donated a total of 63.15 million RMB Yuan to the society. Towards the end of 2006, Lifan Group has built 73 Guangcai schools, and a planning to reach the total of 100 by 2010. In November 2005, Yin Mingshan, the board chairman of Lifan, won the “China Charity Prize” which was jointly issued by China Ministry of Civil Affairs and China Charity Federation, and is the one and only Chongqing enterpriser who won this honor.
    

      As member of National Political Consultative Conference (NPCC), vice-chairman of the 2nd Congress of Chongqing Political Consultative Conference (CPCC), chairman of the 3rd Chongqing Federation of Industry and Commerce, Mr. Yin Mingshan, Board chairman of Lifan Group, had had the honor to win “State Guangcai Project Prize”, “Contribution for prospering Chongqing Prize”, “Outstanding Contribution Award in 2002 National Quality Management”; in December 2004, Mr. Yin was awarded title “The excellent builder of socialism with Chinese characteristics” by United Front Work Department of CPC Central Committee and other four ministries and commissions.


      Lifan Group is the splendid model of the development of Chinese private economy, its growth drew attentions of the Party and state leaders. Ying Mingshan, Chairman of Board, had the honor to be amiably received by Hu Jingtao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Wu Yi, Li Peng, Zhu Rongji, etc. for several times, Comrade Zhu Rongji praised Yin Mingshan as a “successful private enterpriser”.

 

 

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