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DR Automobiles Groupe

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Italian automobile company

DR Automobiles Groupe is an Italian automobile company established in 2006. It mainly sells rebadged vehicles from Chinese automakers BAIC Group, Chery Automobile, Dongfeng Motor Corporation, Changan Automobile (since end of 2025) and JAC Motors. It produces vehicles under 8 brands: DR, EVO, Sportequipe, ICH-X, Tiger, Birba, Katay, and Stilnovo.2 It was founded by Massimo Di Risio.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1985Founded1

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DR Automobiles Groupe is an Italian automobile company established in 2006. It mainly sells rebadged vehicles from Chinese automakers BAIC Group, Chery Automobile, Dongfeng Motor Corporation, Changan Automobile (since end of 2025) and JAC Motors.2

Corporate structure

DR Automobiles Groupe sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • DR Automobiles Groupe Macchia d'Isernia

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What DR Automobiles Groupe reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Massimo Di Risio in 1985, in Macchia d'Isernia.1

The company was founded by Massimo Di Risio in 1985. In 2006 the DR brand was launched. As of 2008, the company had offices in Rome, Campobasso and Pescara.

Since November 2007, DR partners with Chery to assemble and distribute Chery vehicles in Italy under the DR brand. Some Chery vehicles are assembled at a facility in Macchia d'Isernia to be sold as DR vehicles. The original Chery Tiggo was marketed as the DR 5, while the Riich M1 became the DR 1.

The company had a network of 20 dealers in Italy at the end of 2018.

In 2020, DR launched their first subbrand called EVO, which at the same year, the company started rebranding vehicles from BAIC Group.

In 2022, DR added a more "premium" brand called Sportequipe, which are also rebranded Chery vehicles. It also introduced the ICKX brand (later renamed to ICH-X due to a legal dispute with former motorsport driver Jacky Ickx), initially with one model in offer, the ICH-X K2, based on the first-generation Beijing BJ40; at the same year, the company acquired the OSCA brand from the Maserati family.

In February 2023, DR started selling its first electric vehicle, the DR 1.0, a rebranded Chery eQ1.

Following the acquisition of Tiger Racing in 2023, in 2024 DR introduced the Tiger sub-brand, which at the same year, the company started rebranding vehicles from Dongfeng Motor Corporation.

In 2025, DR Automobiles presented at the Turin Auto Show, a new brand that is going to be part of DR Motor Company, which is the brand Stilnovo.

From Wikipedia’s article on DR Automobiles, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Leadership

Who has led DR Automobiles Groupe, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • car

Listed on Wikidata.1

Brands

Own brands

The active own brand portfolio of DR Automobiles as of 2026 is shown below.

Own brands retired

† Brand subject to legal dispute with Jacky Ickx. Renamed ICH-X.

Historic English brands

The active acquired brand portfolio of DR Automobiles as of 2026 is shown below.

Products

DR

DR 1.0 (2023–present, based on the Chery eQ1)

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DR 3 / 3.0 (2016–present, based on the Chery Tiggo 3x)

DR 5.0 (2020–present, based on the Chery Tiggo 5x)

DR 5 (2026–present, based on the Changan CS35 Plus)

DR 6.0 (2022–present, based on the second-generation Chery Tiggo 7)

DR 7.0 (2023–present, based on the Chery Tiggo 8)

DR PK8 (2023–present, based on the JAC Shuailing T8)

EVO

EVO 3 (2020–present, based on the JAC Refine S2)

EVO 4 (2020–present, based on the JAC Refine S3)

EVO Cuatro (2025–present, Spanish model based on the Kaiyi Showjet)

EVO 5 (2020–present, based on the Chery Tiggo 3 between 2020 and 2022, and later the second-generation Beijing X3 since 2023)

EVO 6 (2020–present, based on the Chery Tiggo 5 between 2020 and 2021, and later the second-generation Forthing T5 EVO since 2024)

EVO 7 (2023–present, based on the Sehol X8)

EVO 7 Kairos (2025–present, based on the JAC QX)

EVO 8 (2024–present, based on the Kaiyi Kunlun)

EVO Cross 4 (2022–present, based on the JAC Shuailing T8)

EVO Spazio (2024–present, based on the Forthing Yacht)

ICH-X

Formerly known as ICKX between 2022 and 2024.

ICH-X K2 (2023–present, based on the first-generation Beijing BJ40)

ICH-X K3 (2024–present, based on the Jetour T2)

ICH-X K4 (2024–present, based on the JAC Hunter)

Sportequipe

Sportequipe 6 GT (2024–present, based on the Jetour Dashing)

Sportequipe 7 GTW (2024–present, based on the Jetour X70)

Sportequipe 8 GT (2025–present, based on the Kaiyi Kunlun)

Tiger

Tiger Six (2024–present, based on the Beijing Mofang)

Tiger Seven (2024–present, based on the Sehol QX)

Tiger Eight (2024–present, based on the Beijing X7)

Tiger Nine (2025–present, based on the Forthing Xinghai V9)

Birba

Birba (2025–present, based on the Chery QQ Ice Cream), which is their first heavy quadricycle.

Katay

Katay 35C (2025–present, based on the Karry X6)

Katay 24C (2025–present, based on the Foton Xiangling Q)

Katay 16 (2025–present, based on the Linxys G050p)

Stilnovo

Stilnovo 5 (2026–present, based on the Changan CS35 Plus)

Stilnovo 6 (2026–present, based on the Changan CS55 Plus)

Itala

Itala 35 (2026 protoype, based on the GAC Emzoom)

OSCA

OSCA MT6 (2026 prototype, based on the Changan UNI-T)

DR

DR 1 (2009–2014, based on the Riich M1)

DR 2 (2010–2014, based on the Chery A1)

DR 4 (2016–2020, based on the JAC Refine S3)

DR 5 (2007–2020, based on the Chery Tiggo 3)

DR 6 (2016–2020, based on the Chery Tiggo 5)

DR 4.0 (2022–2024, based on the Chery Tiggo 5x, continuation of the pre-facelift DR 5.0)

DR CityCross / CityVan (2013–2016, based on the Riich X1)

DR F35 (2020–2023, based on the first-generation Chery Tiggo 7)

DR Zero (2015–2019, based on the second-generation Chery QQ3)

EVO

EVO 5 first generation (2020–2023, based on the Chery Tiggo 3)

EVO 6 first generation (2021, based on the Chery Tiggo 5)

Sportequipe

Sportequipe 1 (2022 prototype, based on the Chery eQ1)

Sportequipe 5 (2023–2025, based on the Chery Tiggo 5x)

Sportequipe 6 (2023–2026, based on the second-generation Chery Tiggo 7)

Sportequipe 7 (2023–2025, based on the Chery Tiggo 8)

Sportequipe 8 (2023–2026, based on the Chery Tiggo 8 Pro Max)

Sportequipe SK (2022 prototype, based on the JAC Shuailing T8)

Katay

Katay 17 (2025–2026, based on the Reach T10)

From Wikipedia’s article on DR Automobiles, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Subsidiaries

Divisions

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Acquisitions

  1. 2022Acquired Tiger Racing1

Timeline

  1. 1985Founded Founded in Macchia d'Isernia1

Sources

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