Gac gonow was formerly known as Gio Group Co., Ltd., headquartered in Taizhou, Zhejiang. Since its establishment in 2003, Gio Group has achieved rapid growth with its flexible operating mechanism and continuous independent innovation. At present, it has three production bases in Taizhou, Hangzhou and Dongying, 1 Automobile Research Institute, two marketing companies and seven parts manufacturing enterprises, with more than 3,000 employees, including more than 300 middle and senior engineers and technicians. It is a key enterprise supported by Zhejiang Provincial People's Government and one of the first batch of "national automobile export base enterprises". After seven years of hard work, Gio has developed into a comprehensive group enterprise integrating automobile production and parts manufacturing.

The road and bridge manufacturing base of Gio Group is located in the central industrial park of Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, with superior geographical position, convenient transportation, abundant auto parts resources and strong business atmosphere, which is very suitable for the development of automobile manufacturing enterprises. The first phase of the base covers an area of 268,000 square meters, with an annual output of 60,000 pickup trucks, 60,000 SUV cars and 60,000 engines.

Gio group advocated the enterprise spirit of "immediate action" from the beginning. After the establishment of the company, the first Gio car was officially rolled off the assembly line in only 168 days, and new cars were put on the market in batches in less than 100 days, which created the "Gio speed" for private enterprises in China to build cars. In June 2005, Gio Auto 16 1 pickup truck entered the European market for the first time as a self-owned brand car in China. On June 7th, 2006, 2050 Gio pickup trucks were successfully exported to Africa, becoming the largest single automobile export order in China that year. Now tens of thousands of Gio cars go abroad and go to the world every year. In 2007, the total export volume ranked second in the industry, and in 2008, the Gio trademark was recognized as "China well-known trademark". Gio has passed many international certifications, such as European national certification, SABS certification in South Africa, GCC certification and Italy.

With the development of the Group, on April 26th, 20 10, Gio Group and Guangzhou Automobile Group formally reached a strategic cooperation and established a joint venture company, thus completing the biggest strategic adjustment in the history of development.

20 10, 10 On February 9, gac gonow Automobile Co., Ltd. was established. As a model of innovative cooperation between state-owned enterprises and private enterprises, gac gonow will insist on independent research and development, independent innovation and independent development, and will integrate domestic and foreign technical resources to provide consumers with safe, energy-saving and environmentally-friendly cars, and finally make the "gac gonow" brand one of the best independent brands in China. Zhejiang Ji 'ao Automobile Co., Ltd.

The investor of Gio Automobile is Miao Xuezhong, a businessman from Taizhou, Zhejiang. Miao Xuezhong's career: 1999, he was appointed as the general manager of Geely Hao Qing Automobile Company. 200 1 Miao xuezhong, president of Zhejiang Geely automobile co., ltd, left Geely group in 2002 and started from scratch. In 2002, Miao Xuezhong founded Shanghai Gio Board Industry Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Yintai Investment Development Co., Ltd. to produce decorative materials, sunshine boards. In 2003, inspired by the project of Taizhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government to return home, Miao Xuezhong moved from Shanghai to Taizhou to invest in Gio auto parts and Gio steel structure industry. However, after leaving Geely Group, Miao Xuezhong became the first generation of private enterprise autobots in China. His car complex is hard to let go. In the same year, Southern Yan Chifeng Automobile Factory in Chenzhou, Hunan Province was merged, and Chenzhou Gio Southern Yan Chifeng Automobile Co., Ltd. was established, and the R&D headquarters was located in Taizhou Luqiao, determined to become the largest professional pickup truck production base in China. Miao Xuezhong is aiming at the pickup market. He thinks pickup truck is the most suitable model for urban-rural transition areas. The front of the pickup truck can carry people luxuriously and comfortably, and then it can be used economically. It is an entrepreneurial car belonging to small and medium-sized car owners. "In fact, car consumption in China should start with pickup trucks. There are still 20% people in China who don't have enough food and clothing and want to buy a limousine. This kind of consumption psychology is abnormal. China's understanding of pickup trucks is still limited to the concept of trucks. Gio is determined to make pickup trucks more exquisite, comfortable and luxurious, and let consumers know pickup trucks again. Just as more than 50% families in the United States regard pickup trucks as family recreational vehicles, pickup trucks will definitely replace unsafe flat-headed micro-cards, and the main pickup trucks will be brave and handsome.