Changan passenger vehicles sell 1.28m units in 2016 with a growth of 27.6%. Lack of capacity has been a bottleneck which hinders Changan’s developments in recent years. Previously, Changan invested RMB 3.37b in Chongqing to construct vehicle factory and prepare for the engine factory. Official news come out that Changan will invest RMB 3.95b in H-series 5-stage, NE1-series 1-stage engine capacity construction project, in which NE1-series engines are the latest independently-developed products. Changan Auto made official announcement that the construction of project will help to optimize engine capacity structure and satisfy future capacity need.

H-series, main models for Changan passenger vehicles, contain several displacements from 1.1L to 1.6L. The current developed types are all inline four cylinder aluminum engines with 16 valves, owning fully independent intellectual property rights. CS35 equipped with the new-generation Blue Core highly efficient 1.6L engine is just one type of the H-series engines. The 1.5T turbo engine in CS75 is another type.

NE1-series is the next generation engine developed by Changan UK R&D center. Zhang Xiaoyu, Vice General manager of Changan UK R&D center once said that, “The detailed design of NE1 engine platform has been completed. We are entering into a manufacturing and testing period.”