Dongfeng_Honda
Dongfeng Honda
Chinese automobile manufacturing company
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.
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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 |
Production output |  740,090 (2018)[1] |
| 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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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]
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]
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]
Current
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Ciimo
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
Discontinued
- "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.
- "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.
- 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.
- Official site of Dongfeng-Honda