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Dongfeng Honda

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Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd.
Native name
东风本田汽车有限公司
Company typeJoint venture
IndustryAutomotive
FoundedJuly 2003 (Wuhan)
Headquarters
Wuhan, Hubei
,
China
ProductsAutomobiles
Production output
Increase 740,090 (2018)[1]
ParentDongfeng Motor Group (50%)
Honda Motor Company (40%)
Honda Motor (China) Investment Co Ltd (10%)[2]
Websitewww.dongfeng-honda.com
Dongfeng Honda
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese东风本田
Traditional Chinese東風本田
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDōngfēng Běntián
Wade–GilesTung1-feng1 Pen3-t'ien2
IPA[tʊ́ŋfə́ŋ pəntʰi̯ɛn]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationDūngfūng Búntìhn
JyutpingDung1 fung1 bun2 tin4
Japanese name
Kanji東風本田[note 1]
Hiraganaとうふうほんだ
or とんぷうほんだ
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnTōfū Honda
or Tonpū Honda

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]

History

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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] Honda builds a second Wuhan factory in 2012, a third in 2018, takes over an idle Shenlong factory in 2021 and announces an all-new BEV-only factory earlier this year. Almost at the same time as Dongfeng Honda, the Japanese set up a third joint venture plant called Honda Automobile (China). Honda owns a majority of 65%, GAC holds 25% and Dongfeng has 10%. This plant is only used for export to Asia and the Middle East.

In 2022, the company became more heavily involved in sourcing batteries for electric vehicles.[10]

Operations

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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

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Current

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Source:[12]

Honda

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  • Honda CR-V
    Honda CR-V
  • Honda Civic
    Honda Civic
  • Honda Elysion
    Honda Elysion
  • Honda Envix
    Honda Envix
  • Honda ZR-V
    Honda ZR-V
  • Honda Inspire
    Honda Inspire
  • Honda Life
    Honda Life
  • Honda UR-V
    Honda UR-V
  • Honda XR-V
    Honda XR-V
  • Honda eNS1
    Honda eNS1
  • Honda e:NS2
    Honda e:NS2
  • Honda Ye S7
    Honda Ye S7

Ciimo

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Main article: 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.

  • Ciimo 1.8
    Ciimo 1.8
  • Ciimo MN-V
    Ciimo MN-V
  • Ciimo X-NV
    Ciimo X-NV

Lingxi

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Lingxi is a new energy vehicle brand under the Dongfeng Honda joint venture, established in September 2023. The Lingxi L is the first electric vehicle under the brand. It is being built on a new chassis dedicated to EVs and will feature a new battery safety system.

Discontinued

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  • Honda Spirior
    Honda Spirior
  • Honda Gienia
    Honda Gienia
  • Honda Greiz
    Honda Greiz
  • Honda Jade
    Honda Jade

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ In Japanese, the name of the company may be written as 東風ホンダ from the combination of the two kanji for "Dongfeng" and katakana for Honda.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Dongfeng Honda to Build Third Automobile Production Plant in China". world.honda.com. Honda. 8 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Manufacturing Facilities: Asia Oceania; China, Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd". Honda.
  4. ^ "Dongfeng Honda targets double output in 5 years". China.org. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Honda's New Joint Venture in China Begins CR-V Production". world.honda.com. Honda. 24 April 2004.
  6. ^ "Honda Opens New China Factory to Keep Ahead of Toyota". Bloomberg. 19 September 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  7. ^ "Honda seeking approval to double China JV capacity". Reuters. 22 May 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  8. ^ "Honda to boost China capacity by 20 pct - Nikkei". Reuters. 8 May 2008. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  9. ^ Fang Yan; Ken Wills (27 March 2012). "UPDATE 1-Dongfeng 2010 net weak, outlook improves on Honda recovery". reuters.com. Thomson Reuters.
  10. ^ "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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  12. ^ "Honda's strategic move: Acura-based sporty car |Motoring |chinadaily.com.cn". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
  13. ^ "Dongfeng-Honda Ciimo sub-brands into the Chinese car market". Carnewschina.com. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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