Is Dongfeng Huashen an assembled vehicle?
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Dongfeng Huashen is an assembled vehicle. Dongfeng Huashen is divided into the old Huashen and the new Huashen. The old Huashen was the initial industrial vehicle company, while the new Huashen is the new industrial sector formed by the merger of the old Huashen, the old Shenyu, and the old Teshang companies, serving as a new component of the Dongfeng brand. According to the overall strategy of Dongfeng Motor Corporation's commercial vehicle division, the launch of the Huashen brand signifies that Dongfeng Special Commercial Vehicle Co., Ltd. has truly achieved differentiated development from other business units such as Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Co., Ltd., Dongfeng Automobile Co., Ltd., and Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor Co., Ltd. The company that truly began to shoulder this responsibility is Dongfeng Huashen Automobile Co., Ltd., which provides professional vehicle solutions to customers under a new brand image. Dongfeng Huashen Automobile Co., Ltd., Dongfeng (Shiyan) Special Commercial Vehicle Co., Ltd., and Dongfeng (Shiyan) Special Body Co., Ltd. jointly issued an announcement declaring the merger of the three companies.
I understand everyone's doubts about Dongfeng Huashen. As someone who has had experience with this brand's vehicles, I can confidently say it's not merely an assembled truck. Dongfeng Motor Group is a major player in China, and Huashen, as its commercial vehicle division, has its own production facilities and R&D team. I've seen many Dongfeng Huashen heavy-duty trucks at construction sites, with chassis largely independently developed and manufactured by them, and engines and transmissions often featuring Dongfeng's core components. Of course, no one in the automotive industry can operate without external suppliers - electronic equipment or tires may be procured and assembled from elsewhere - but overall it's a strictly integrated vehicle manufacturing process. I recall during a maintenance service years ago, a technician told me the vehicle's core structure was processed in Dongfeng's factory with standardized assembly line procedures. This inevitably brings to mind the definition of an assembled vehicle: if referring to makeshift products from small workshops, Dongfeng Huashen absolutely isn't one; but if understanding that all vehicles require component assembly, then broadly speaking it qualifies. From this perspective, I consider it more as a reliable mainstream commercial vehicle worthy of trust.
