Dongfeng Honda
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| Private joint venture | |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | July 2003 (Wuhan) |
| Headquarters | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Products | Automobiles |
| Parent | Dongfeng Motor Corporation (50%) Honda Motor Company (50%) |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. (东风本田汽车有限公司) is an automobile manufacturing company headquartered in Wuhan, China and a 50:50 joint-venture between Dongfeng Motor Corporation and Honda Motor Company. It currently produces the Honda Civic, Honda CR-V and Honda Spirior for sale in China.
History[edit]
Dongfeng Honda was established in July 2003 with a registered capital of US$200 million.[1] Dongfeng Honda began automobile production in April 2004, with the Honda CR-V sport utility vehicle initially its only product.[1]
In February 2006 Dongfeng Honda completed a 2.8 billion yuan (US$ 340 million) expansion of its production facilities, quadrupling production capacity to 120,000 units.[2]
In May 2008 Dongfeng Honda announced plans to double production capacity to 240,000 vehicles a year, in an investment of 10 billion yen (US$95.5 million).[3][4]
Operations[edit]
Dongfeng Honda has an assembly plant in Wuhan, Hubei. The plant size is around 181,000 square metres and has a total work force of around 2,800.
The plant includes welding, painting and vehicle testing facilities. Dongfeng Honda also has an engine production plant.
Products[edit]
Dongfeng Honda currently manufactures the following vehicles:[5]
- the Honda Civic;
- the Honda CR-V;
- the Honda Spirior; and
- the Honda Elysion; and
- the Honda Jade; and
- the Honda XR-V
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Dongfeng Honda targets double output in 5 years". China.org. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Honda's strategic move: Acura-based sporty car". China Daily. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
External links[edit]
- Official site of Dongfeng-Honda
- Dongfeng-Honda automobile joint venture announces bigger annual production capacity (2004)
- Honda to build fifth plant in China: report (2009)
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