History

The Sammitr company from Thailand established a joint-venture with Changchun Clivia Industrial Group in Changchun, Jilin, China in 1992 (November 25th). Already producing the Nissan D21 Hardbody pickup in Thailand and having the tooling, the new entity called Sanyou (三友汽车) in Chinese (Changchun Sammitr Motor Co. Ltd or Changchun Sanyou Special Vehicle Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 长春三友专用汽车制造有限公司) likely started making mock-up D21 bodied pickups in 1992.

Seemingly announcing "new D22" Nissan-derived pickup trucks in 2003, no evidence suggest it has entered steady production. Only a few pictures can be found.
Some websites suggests Sanyou company has since continued other Chinese companies derived trucks.
But here is some information translated from Chinese websites about Sanyou company that suggest they actually are producing automotive parts for the FAW Group :

Sanyou SAMMITR was founded in 1992 and is affiliated to Changchun Sanyou Special Purpose Vehicle Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Changchun Sanyou Special Vehicle Manufacturing Co., Ltd. was established in February 1992. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thailand Sanyou Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. with a total investment of 69.054 million US dollars. The company is located at No. 1999, Daxin Road, Changchun High-tech Industrial Development Zone, next to FAW Car Company. It covers an area of 60,208 square meters and has a construction area of 23,000 square meters. It has 385 employees, including 38 engineers and technicians, with senior 12 people with the above titles. The main production workshops include stamping and welding workshops, as well as warehousing logistics and mold manufacturing centers. The company is a designated supporting enterprise of FAW Group, producing stamping parts and welding parts for FAW-Volkswagen and FAW Car. In addition, the auto parts processed and manufactured by our company are also exported to Southeast Asian countries. Today, with the rapid development of China's auto industry, Thailand's Sanyou Group's investment in China is undergoing strategic adjustment and restructuring, focusing on increasing investment in automobiles and auto parts, and is engaged in supporting high-quality stampings, welding parts and special Changchun Sanyou Co., Ltd. of auto parts will strive to make greater contributions to China's auto industry. Stamping workshop: a total of 36 sets of equipment, 27 sets of production presses, including large presses of 3200 tons (THYSSEN), 1000 tons (ERFURT), 800 tons (ERFURT), 500 tons (ERFURT), one each of 600 tons (SCHULER) ) two, the above equipment is in good technical condition. The stamping equipment consists of three large, medium and small stamping lines, which can undertake the production of various stamping parts, with an annual production capacity of 5 million pieces. Welding workshop: now has 28 sets of welding machines, including 8 sets of hanging spot welding machines and 6 sets of base spot welding machines. There are 14 carbon dioxide protection welding machines, with an annual production capacity of 3 million pieces. In order to meet the needs of market changes after China's entry into the WTO, Changchun Sanyou Special Purpose Vehicle Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is adjusting its development strategy and product structure, focusing on expanding supporting and service for FAW Group, developing the auto parts industry, and contributing to China's auto industry.
Changchun Sanyou Special Vehicle Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thailand Sanyou Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. The main production workshops include stamping, welding workshops, warehousing logistics, and mold manufacturing centers. The company is a designated supporting enterprise of FAW Group, producing stamping parts and welding parts for FAW-Volkswagen and FAW Car. In addition, the auto parts processed and manufactured by the company are also exported to Southeast Asian countries.

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