← Changhe
Changhe / Model record

ChangheIdeal

2003–2016 People's Republic of China City car 14 production years
Production2003–2016
Recorded originPeople's Republic of China
ClassCity car
Background

The Changhe Ideal is a city car produced by Jiangxi Changhe Suzuki Automobile Company, in a joint-venture between Chinese and Japanese automakers Changhe and Suzuki, since 2003. The model is known in Brazil as the Effa M100, in Uruguay as the Effa Ideal and in Italy as Martin Motors Ideal 1000.

Text adapted from “Changhe Ideal” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology2003–2016

Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.

Wikipedia infobox ↗14 years