Chinese engine factory
Lifan: every American brand built here
Federal certification records name Lifan as the engine manufacturer behind 25 American powersports brands, covering ATVs, street-legal scooters and motorcycles, off-road machines. Here is the full list, model year by model year.
- US brands
- 25
- Model years
- 2007–2026
- Engine families
- 168
- Displacement
- 49–401cc
American brands supplied by Lifan
Which of those machines are actually comparable
A shared factory alone is a weak signal — Lifan builds engines across 49–401cc. Grouping by engine size narrows it to machines genuinely worth comparing.
- 100cc cohort9 brands · 2007–2026 · 7 years with two or more brands certified together
- 200cc cohort7 brands · 2011–2026 · 3 years with two or more brands certified together
- 250cc cohort7 brands · 2007–2026 · 4 years with two or more brands certified together
- 49-50cc cohort3 brands · 2007–2019 · 1 year with two or more brands certified together
- 125cc cohort2 brands · 2016–2023
VIN prefixes assigned to Lifan
If your frame number starts with one of these three characters, NHTSA has it recorded against this manufacturer. Check the first three characters of the VIN stamped on the frame or shown on the VIN plate.
| VIN starts with | Company as NHTSA records it | Vehicle type |
|---|---|---|
| LF3 | LIFAN INDUSTRY (GROUP) COMPANY LTD. | Motorcycle |
| RL8 | LIFAN-VIETNAM MOTOR CO., LTD. | Motorcycle |
A VIN prefix identifies the company that registered the code, which is not always the company that built your engine — importers sometimes register their own. Treat it as corroboration for the emission label, not a replacement for it.
How this factory appears in the raw federal record
Each importer types the factory name into the certification form by hand, so one factory arrives in the data as many different companies. These 25 strings were reconciled into the single entry above.
- CHONGOING LIFAN INDUSTRY GROUP CO. LTD>
- CHONGQING LIFAN INDUSTRY CO LTD
- CHONGQING LIFAN INDUSTRY GROUP CO LTD
- CONGQING LIFAN INDUSTRY CO LTD
- Chongqi Lifan Industry (Group) Co., Ltd.
- Chongqing Lifan Group Co., Ltd.
- Chongqing Lifan Industries
- Chongqing Lifan Industry (GP) Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.
- Chongqing Lifan Industry (Group) Co., Ltd.
- Chongqing Lifan Industry (Group) Import and Export Co., Ltd.
- Chongqing Lifan Industry (Group) Import and Export Co., Ltd.
- Chongqing Lifan Internal Combustion Engine Co., Ltd.
- Chongqing Lifan Motorcycle Engine Co., Ltd.
- Chongqing Lifan Power Co., Ltd.
- Chongqing Lifan Power Co., Ltd. (same as OEM #1 above)
- Chongqing Lifan SuYue Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Chongqing Lifan Suyue Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Lifan Group
- Lifan Industry (Group) Co., Ltd.
- Lifan Industry (Group) Co.Ltd
- Lifan Industry Co., Ltd.
- Lifan Industry Group Co., Ltd.
- Lifan Industry(Group) Co.,Ltd.
- Lifan Technology (Group) Co., Ltd.
- Lifan Technology Group Co. , Ltd.
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Source. US EPA annual certification data — EPA Certified Highway Motorcycle Test Results, MY2006-present; EPA Certified Off-Road Motorcycle / ATV / UTV / Rec Vehicle, MY2006-present. Retrieved 2026-09-07. This page describes 187 certificate records naming Lifan. Full provenance and method.