| Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. | |
| Native Name: | 东风本田汽车有限公司 |
| Type: | Joint venture |
| Foundation: | July 2003 (Wuhan) |
| Location City: | Wuhan, Hubei |
| Location Country: | China |
| Industry: | Automotive |
| Products: | Automobiles |
| Production: | 740,090 (2018)[1] |
| Parent: | Dongfeng Motor Group (50%) Honda Motor Company (40%) Honda Motor (China) Investment Co Ltd (10%)[2] |
| T: | 東風本田 |
| S: | 东风本田 |
| P: | Dōngfēng Běntián |
| W: | Tung1-feng1 Pen3-t'ien2 |
| Mi: | pronounced as /tʊ́ŋfə́ŋ pəntʰi̯ɛn/ |
| J: | Dung1 fung1 bun2 tin4 |
| Y: | Dūngfūng Búntìhn |
| Kanji: | 東風本田[3] |
| Hiragana: | とうふうほんだ or とんぷうほんだ |
| Revhep: | Tōfū Honda or Tonpū Honda |
| Order: | st |
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.[4] However, Dongfeng Motor Group reported that 713,840 units were produced by Dongfeng Honda in 2017.[1]
Dongfeng Honda was established in July 2003[5] and began automobile production in April 2004 with the Honda CR-V sport utility vehicle.[6]
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.[7] In May 2008, it announced plans to double production capacity to 240,000 vehicles a year with an investment of 10 billion RMB.[8] [9]
As of 2011, product part-content included parts manufactured in Japan.[10] In 2022, the company became more heavily involved in sourcing batteries for electric vehicles.[11]
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.[12]
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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.[14] 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.