Dongfeng Honda
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Native name | 东风本田汽车有限公司 |
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Company type | Joint venture |
Industry | Automotive |
Founded | July 2003 (Wuhan) |
Headquarters | , China |
Products | Automobiles |
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Parent | Dongfeng Motor Group (50%) Honda Motor Company (40%) Honda Motor (China) Investment Co Ltd (10%)[2] |
Website | www |
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Simplified Chinese | 东风本田 | ||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 東風本田 | ||||||||||||||||
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Kanji | 東風本田[note 1] | ||||||||||||||||
Hiragana | とうふうほんだ or とんぷうほんだ | ||||||||||||||||
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Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. is an automobile manufacturing company headquartered in Wuhan, China, and a 50:50 joint-venture between Dongfeng Motor Group and Honda Motor Company. It currently produces a variety of Honda models also available in other markets and a handful of China-only products. The company sells vehicles under the Honda and Ciimo marques.
According to Honda, the total production capacity for the two plants of Dongfeng Honda in Wuhan, were 480,000 units, yearly.[3] However, Dongfeng Motor Group reported that 713,840 units were produced by Dongfeng Honda in 2017.[1]
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History
[edit]Dongfeng Honda was established in July 2003[4] and began automobile production in April 2004 with the Honda CR-V sport utility vehicle.[5]
In February 2006, Dongfeng Honda completed a 2.8 billion yuan (US$340 million) expansion of its production facility quadrupling production capacity to 120,000 units.[6] In May 2008, it announced plans to double production capacity to 240,000 vehicles a year with an investment of 10 billion RMB.[7][8]
As of 2011, product part-content included parts manufactured in Japan.[9] In 2022, the company became more heavily involved in sourcing batteries for electric vehicles.[10]
Operations
[edit]As of 2016, Dongfeng Honda had two completed production bases and a third planned. The proposed factory will be situated near its 2004 and 2012 production bases in Wuhan, Hubei.[11]
Products
[edit]Current
[edit]Source:[12]
Ciimo
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Ciimo is a sub-marque of Dongfeng Honda launched in April 2012 and aimed at first-time car buyers. It markets a rebadged eight-generation Honda Civic featuring the design of the Japanese market model.[13] The Ciimo brand's second product is the X-NV, which is a rebadged Honda XR-V featuring slightly restyled front end design and clear tail lamps.
Honda
[edit]- CR-V (2004–present)
- Civic (2006–present)
- Elysion (2012–present)
- Envix (2019–present)
- HR-V (2023–present)
- Inspire (2018–present)
- Life (2020–present)
- UR-V (2017–present)
- XR-V (2014–present)
- e:NS1 (2021–present)
- e:NS2 (2024–present)
- Ye S7 (2024–present)
Discontinued
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Report on Production and Sales Volume of Dongfeng Motor Group at December 2018" (PDF) (Press release). Dongfeng Motor Group. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ "Dongfeng Honda to Build Third Automobile Production Plant in China". world.honda.com. Honda. 8 December 2016.
- ^ "Manufacturing Facilities: Asia Oceania; China, Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd". Honda.
- ^ "Dongfeng Honda targets double output in 5 years". China.org. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ "Honda's New Joint Venture in China Begins CR-V Production". world.honda.com. Honda. 24 April 2004.
- ^ "Honda Opens New China Factory to Keep Ahead of Toyota". Bloomberg. 19 September 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ "Honda seeking approval to double China JV capacity". Reuters. 22 May 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ "Honda to boost China capacity by 20 pct - Nikkei". Reuters. 8 May 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ Fang Yan; Ken Wills (27 March 2012). "UPDATE 1-Dongfeng 2010 net weak, outlook improves on Honda recovery". reuters.com. Thomson Reuters.
- ^ "Honda to set up China venture with Dongfeng, Guangzhou Auto to procure EV batteries". Reuters. 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
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- For planned, 2016 production base, see "Dongfeng Honda to Build Third Automobile Production Plant in China". world.honda.com. Honda. 8 December 2016.
- For first and second plant in Wuhan, see "Dongfeng Honda to Build Second Auto Plant in China". world.honda.com. Honda. 20 January 2010.
- For 2004 production base, see "Honda's New Joint Venture in China Begins CR-V Production". world.honda.com. Honda. 24 April 2004.
- For 2012 production base, see "Dongfeng Honda Begins Production at New Automobile Plant". world.honda.com. Honda. 10 July 2012.
- ^ "Honda's strategic move: Acura-based sporty car". China Daily. August 10, 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ "Dongfeng-Honda Ciimo sub-brands into the Chinese car market". Carnewschina.com. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
External links
[edit]- Official site of Dongfeng-Honda