In 2002, the joint venture SAIC-GM-Wuling was established, with SAIC holding 50.1% of the shares, General Motors 34%, and Wuling Group (later renamed Guangxi Auto) 15.9%.

This factory, originally established in 1997 by a tobacco company, was later owned by FAW Jiefang before being acquired by the SAIC group.

[10] SGMW is also one of China's leading manufacturers of microvans, known locally as xiao mianbao che (小面包车), or "small bread box cars."

[12][13] In late 2012, SGMW inaugurated a new factory in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with an annual production capacity of 400,000 Baojun passenger cars.

[22] In 2015, SGMW began building its first overseas manufacturing facility in Cikarang, Indonesia, within the Greenland International Industrial Center.

[23] The plant started operations in July 2017, producing the Confero MPV, and by the end of 2017, Wuling Motors had ranked among the top 10 automotive brands in Indonesia.

[27][28] In January 2021, the Hongguang Mini EV topped new energy vehicle sales in China with 25,778 units, surpassing the Tesla Model 3.

[29] By February 2023, global sales had surpassed 1.1 million units, making it the best-selling electric car in China.

[30] By 2023, SGMW's Baojun brand shifted entirely to electrification, introducing plug-in hybrid and electric models.

In 2009, Wuling began to export its small commercial vehicles to South America, the Middle East, and North Africa where they are sold under the Chevrolet brand.

[40] In 2014, SGMW started exporting the Baojun 610 to Egypt (as knock-down kits) and Algeria as the Chevrolet Optra.

Those trucks were limited to off-road use (i.e. private property), and were primarily marketed as industrial and commercial vehicles.