Mitsubishi Lancer Wanyu Team Renamed Southeast Automotive Wanyu Team
January 06, 2023
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Mitsubishi Lancer Wanyu officially renamed Southeast Automotive Wanyu Racing Team
According to the latest news, the original Mitsubishi Lancer Wanyu team will be officially renamed Southeast Automotive Wanyu Team in 2008. This is the team's attention to the industry after winning the CRC (China Rally Championship) championship in 2007. New action.
According to informed sources, the team intentionally changed its name after winning an outstanding record in the 2007 season. This is in line with the brand strategic plan for the new year of Southeast Automotive. The company will promote a self-developed new type of sedan in 2008 and will use its own brand. The promotion of the image is an important annual goal and it is hoped that the self-owned brand image will be upgraded to a new level through this action. Naming their own fleets with corporate brands also demonstrates the company’s confidence in the team. For the upcoming 2008 event, Southeast Automotive executives said that they will fully support Southeast Automotive Wanyu Motors to meet the new round of challenges.
It was recently learned that the first race of the CRC in 2008 in Kaiyang, Guizhou, was postponed due to the disaster in southern China. Therefore, the first race in 2008 will start in Shanghai in May. The resulting three-month gap allowed Southeast China Wanyu Racing Team to have more time to prepare for the battle and lay a solid foundation for the race to achieve good results. At the beginning of the new year, the team has already started a new round of trial run. In order to make this test run more accurate data on vehicles under various road conditions, all the team members of the South East Motor Wanyu team mobilized and conducted a two-day period. The commissioning activities allow the driver to make corresponding adjustments to the vehicle according to the road conditions at the same time.
From this we can see that the team is ready to move towards new goals in the new season of 2008. Let us jointly look forward to the South East Car Wanyu team's performance in the Chinese Olympic Year to bring us good performances and surprises, and share the auto sports brought about by it. The infinite passion. (Li Ling Chen Fang)
About Southeast Automotive
In 1996, the largest cross-strait joint venture automobile company, South East Automotive, was formally put into operation. Southeast Automotive continued to develop over the past 10 years. Production models gradually covered cars, MPVs, RVs, and light commercial vehicles. In April 2006, Mitsubishi Motors, the world’s top 500 enterprise, took a joint stake in Southeast Automotive. The two sides established closer strategic cooperation. After the shares, Fujian Automotive Industry Group Corporation, Taiwan’s China Motor Corporation, Mitsubishi Motors respectively held Southeast Automotive. 50%, 25%, and 25% of the shares, while moving toward international development, Southeast Automotive insisted on building its own brand, and the first-phase investment in the southeast automobile R&D center that has invested nearly RMB 100 million has also been put into use in 2006. This is a step up by Southeast Automotive. Self-innovation, independent research and development, introduction of international technology, and an important milestone in building our own brand. At this point, the product series produced by Southeast Automotive are: self-owned brands "Southeast Delica", "Southeast Fulika Lingdong", "Southeast Lingli", "Southeast lioncel"; international brands are "Sanming Gelan" and "Samsan Ling绅 "," "Mitsubishi Lancer", "Mitsubishi Lancer Sports Edition" and Chrysler Daejeon and Dodge Kelly produced in cooperation with the Chrysler Group. The development history of Southeast Automotive confirms step by step the southeast automotive development goals of “Southeast from Pengqi and Flying World”.
About Wanyu Motor Sports Club
Wanyu Motorsports Club was established in October 2004. It is a member of the China Association of Automobile Sports and is registered in accordance with the Fleet Management Regulations of the China Automobile Federation. Its predecessor was Wanyu Motorsport Co., Ltd.
In 2005, the Wanyu Rally Team owned by Wanyu Auto Sports Club became the only Asia-Pacific registered team in China and has so far participated in the Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC), the China Rally Championship (CRC), the Malaysia Rally Championship and the Thai Car Rally Championships and other events at home and abroad have achieved impressive results. The team has a group of professional management talents and senior technicians who have experienced more than 10 years of experience. From racing equipment to drivers, they always follow the highest standards. The rich overseas operations experience provides sufficient fleet for the rapid maturation and growth of the team. nutrient. In terms of fleet hardware configuration, the fast-growing Wanyu Rally team is the best among domestic counterparts.
In 2006, the Wanyu team sent a total of three teams to compete in the CRC. The good condition and stable play led them to finally achieve the good results of the runners-up and second runners-up. At the same time, it also announced that the Wanyu team officially entered the top domestic ranks.
In 2007, Wanyu Motors Sports Club teamed up with Southeast Automotive to create an unbeatable team - the Mitsubishi Lancer Wanyu Team. The miraculous bravery has won the brilliant record of the 5 championships in the whole year. It has been written in the history of China's Rally.