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Product type | Automobile marque | ||||||||
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Owner | BAIC Motor | ||||||||
Country | China | ||||||||
Introduced | March 2012 | ||||||||
Discontinued | 2020 | ||||||||
Markets | China | ||||||||
Website | Senova (in Chinese) | ||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 绅宝 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 紳寶 | ||||||||
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Senova is a defunct automobile marque owned by the Chinese automaker BAIC Motor, itself a subsidiary of BAIC Group. It was launched in March 2012.
History
[edit]At the end of 2009, BAIC Group acquired the intellectual property rights to the Swedish car maker Saab's 9-3 and 9-5 models and related powertrain technologies in order to support the development of its own-brand vehicles.[1]
The first Senova production model, the Senova D20, a subcompact five-door hatchback, went on sale in China in March 2012.[2]
The production version of the Senova D70 made its debut at the 2012 Guangzhou Auto Show.[3]
The Senova name was discontinued in 2020.[citation needed]
Products
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/2014_Beijing_Auto_E-150_%28Senova_D20%29_hatchback%2C_front_8.9.18.jpg/220px-2014_Beijing_Auto_E-150_%28Senova_D20%29_hatchback%2C_front_8.9.18.jpg)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Senova_D70_01_China_2014-04-29.jpg/220px-Senova_D70_01_China_2014-04-29.jpg)
The current Senova range comprises the following models:
- Senova D20, a subcompact five-door hatchback and four-door sedan[4]
- Senova D50
- Senova D60 (Discontinued in 2017)
- Senova CC (Discontinued in 2017)
- Senova D70 (formally Beijing Auto C70G)
- Senova D80 (Discontinued in 2017)
- Senova X25
- Senova X35
- Senova X55
- Senova X65 (Discontinued in 2017)
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Senova D20 Hatchback
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Senova D20 Sedan
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Senova D50
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Senova D60
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Senova CC
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Senova D70
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Senova X25
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Senova X35
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Senova X55
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Senova X65
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Senova D50 II
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Senova Zhidao
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Senova Zhida
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Senova Zhixing
Concept cars
[edit]A number of Senova concept cars were unveiled at the 2012 Auto China, including the C50E mid-sized sedan, the C60F executive sedan, the C90L luxury sedan and the C51X SUV.[5][6] Exclusively, the Concept 900 (S900) and the C90L are first prototypes of Italian design studio Fioravanti made for Senova.
Sales
[edit]The Senova D20 sold 20,008 units from its launch in March 2012 to the end of the year.[7] It was the first Senova model on sale in the period.
References
[edit]- ^ "BAIC: Range of new models set for Beijing show". China Daily. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ "BAIC E-Series makes market debut". Gasgoo. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ "This Is The New Beijing Auto Senova D70 For China". Car News China. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "Beijing Auto E-series listed & priced in China". Car News China. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ "Beijing Auto at the Beijing Auto Show, the other concept cars". Car News China. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ "Beijing Auto C90L debuts at the Beijing Auto Show". Car News China. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ^ "BAIC Group's own brand sales weak". Gasgoo. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Chinese)