Dongfeng Honda

Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd.

Type	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.dongfeng-honda.com

Dongfeng Honda
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	东风本田
Traditional Chinese	東風本田
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dōngfēng Běntián Wade–Giles Tung^1-feng^1 Pen^3-t'ien^2 IPA [tʊ́ŋfə́ŋ pəntʰi̯ɛn] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Dung1 fung1 bun2 tin4 Yale Romanization Dūngfūng Búntìhn
Japanese name
Kanji	東風本田[note 1]
Hiragana	とうふうほんだ
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Tōfū Honda

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

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

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

Honda Civic

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

• List of Honda assembly plants
• Guangqi Honda

Notes

1. In Japan the name of the company is usually written as 東風ホンダ, which surges from the combination of the two kanji forming the word "Dongfeng" in Chinese and the katakana for Honda.

References

1. "Dongfeng Honda targets double output in 5 years". China.org. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
2. "Honda Opens New China Factory to Keep Ahead of Toyota". Bloomberg. 19 September 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
3. "Honda seeking approval to double China JV capacity". Reuters. 22 May 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
4. "Honda to boost China capacity by 20 pct - Nikkei". Reuters. 8 May 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
5. "Honda's strategic move: Acura-based sporty car". China Daily. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2012.

External links

• 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)