[11] In 2009, the company acquired 29% of the Chinese sport-utility vehicle maker Changfeng Automobile, becoming its biggest shareholder.
[12] In late 2010 GAC purchased 51% ownership of Gonow, a midsize Chinese automaker of sport-utility vehicles, subcompacts, and pickup trucks.
[15][16] In 2010 GAC was among the ten largest Chinese carmakers[17] reaching number six[18] and selling 724,200 vehicles.
[19] 2011 saw the company retain its position as the sixth-largest Chinese automaker by production volume, with GAC making 740,400 vehicles in that year.
[24][25] In November 2023, GAC Group and Huawei signed a cooperation agreement that GAC would create a new high-end electric brand in addition to Trumpchi, Aion and Hyptec, both sides will cooperate in product development, marketing and ecological services.
In 2009, GAC owned 29% ownership of this SUV-maker[28][29] a purchase supposedly imposed by the Chinese state as a condition of a then-upcoming joint venture with Fiat.
[13] In 2012 Changfeng Group began moves to re-enter the vehicle business culminating in the move to a new headquarters in Changsha in January 2013 and the establishment of a new subsidiary, Hunan Liebao Automobile Co. Ltd., alongside the continuing Anhui Changfeng Yangzi Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd., to oversee manufacturing and marketing of vehicles under the Liebao or "Leopaard" brand.
[36] Isuzu light trucks and buses were also built by Guangzhou Yangcheng Automobile (羊城汽车), a joint venture with Hong Kong China Lounge Logistics.
[45] The new company has a production base in Changsha, Hunan Province,[46] that opened on 28 June 2012[47] to manufacture the Fiat Viaggio.
[57][58] GAC established research and development teams in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles in 2017 and 2018, respectively.
[60] On 22 May 2019, the company indefinitely postponed their US market plans due to Donald Trump's trade war with China.
[61] On 15 May 2015, GAC Group launched a ceremony to celebrate the opening of its Lebanese office under Bazerji Motors SAL.
[76] GAC was the title sponsor of the 2013 World Team Cup Table Tennis tournament held in its home city of Guangzhou.