Dongfeng Honda
Private joint venture | |
Industry | Automotive |
Founded | July 2003 (Wuhan) |
Headquarters | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
Products | Automobiles |
Parent |
Dongfeng Motor Group (50%) Honda Motor Company (40%) Honda Motor (China) Investment Co Ltd (10%)[1] |
Website |
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 东风本田 | ||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 東風本田 | ||||||||||||||||
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Japanese name | |||||||||||||||||
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 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.
As of 2016, Honda reports total production capacity for this joint venture at 480,000 units, yearly.[2] Unit counts may conflate whole vehicles and engines, and while Honda does mention the existence of a "Dongfeng Honda Engine Co Ltd" its location is listed as Guangzhou not Wuhan.[3]
History
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 yen (US$95.5 million).[7][8]
As of 2011, product part-content included parts manufactured in Japan.[9]
Operations
As of 2016, Dongfeng Honda has two completed production bases and a third planned. The as-yet-unbuilt factory will be situated near its 2004 and 2012 production bases in Wuhan, Hubei.[10]
Products
Its product line includes or has included the below vehicles:[11]
- the Honda Civic;
- the Honda CR-V;
- the Honda Spirior;
- the Honda Elysion;
- the Honda Jade;
- the Honda XR-V
A China-only product debuted in 2016 with the Gienia, a mid-size hatchback.[12]
See also
Notes
References
- ↑ "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.". world.honda.com. 2017: Honda.
- ↑ "China: Dongfeng Honda Engine Co., Ltd.". world.honda.com. Honda. 2017.
- ↑ "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 and Ken Wills (27 March 2012). "UPDATE 1-Dongfeng 2010 net weak, outlook improves on Honda recovery". reuters.com. Thomson Reuters.
- ↑
- 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. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ↑ De Feijter, Tycho (5 September 2016). "Honda Gienia Debuts At The Chengdu Auto Show In China". forbes.com. Forbes.
External links
- Official site of Dongfeng-Honda