Dongfeng Motor
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Dongfeng Motor Corporation along with its listed
subsidiaries comprise one of China
's largest vehicle manufacturers.
Traditionally included as one of the "big 3" Chinese automakers, Dongfeng is currently in the top 4 along with Chang'an Motors
, FAW Group, and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation. As well as buses, truck
s, and car
s sold eponymously at home and abroad, it also manufactures parts.
Dongfeng is the Chinese partner in many joint venture
s with foreign companies. As of 2011 it has more Sino-foreign joint ventures than any other Chinese automaker.
In 2010, the company sold 2.72 million units, making it the second most-productive Chinese vehicle-maker. It reported 1.72 million sales of passenger vehicles that same year.
Known as "Second Automobile Works" until 1992, Dongfeng, or "East Wind" in Chinese, was founded in 1969. Its origins lie in a dictate of Chairman Mao Zedong
; as part of his "Third Front
" strategy, its far inland location in Hubei Province was meant to protect it from foreign invasion. Traditionally manufacturing commercial vehicles, by 2001 these made up about 73% of Dongfeng's production.
s instituted by Deng Xiaoping
Dongfeng was transformed from a manufacturer of two heavy-duty trucks into a unified, centrally managed enterprise. This process included making Dongfeng the center of six vehicle production bases that produced trucks from parts provisioned by Dongfeng and placing companies controlled by provincial governments under Dongfeng management. Post-1985, further reforms that allowed Dongfeng greater autonomy took place: the company was removed from the direct administrative control of the central government.
By the mid-eighties its assets had tripled from those initially given to it by the state
in 1981, and management was desirous of even greater production capacity. But in 1995 the company was experiencing financial difficulties as was the case with many automobile manufacturers at this time. The situation was still dire in 1998 precipitating a 1999 restructuring
of the company.
The Chinese partner in many Sino-foreign joint venture
companies, Dongfeng initiated most of these cooperative efforts with foreign firms in the early 2000s. But its first was established in 1992 with French PSA Group. Known as Dongfeng Citroën Automobile Company (DCAC), it was the forerunner to the current Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën Automobile
(DPCA). By 2003 Dongfeng had established joint ventures with Kia Motors
(Dongfeng Yueda Kia Automobile Company
, 2002), Honda (Dongfeng Honda Automobile, 2003), and Nissan (Dongfeng Motor Company
, 2003). As of 2011 it has more Sino-foreign joint ventures than any other Chinese automaker.
Dongfeng was asked by the state in 2009 to help spearhead further consolidation efforts in the sprawling Chinese auto industry. That same year, it sold 1.9 million vehicles ranking second among domestic automakers and third overall.
for planning purposes in the 1980s, this state owned enterprise has come into conflict with authority at both the national and provincial levels. Alongside First Automobile Works
it saw the successful dismantling of the Automobile Corporation, a central government entity presumably tasked with preventing non-competitive business practices through dictating output volumes and curtailing purchasing, as well as exasperation at the right of the State to make managerial appointments.
concept car, a physical representation of its vow to bring an electric car to market by 2015. China subsidies
oil, an incentive for the State to spur alternative energy vehicle development, and Chinese automakers see opportunities in less mature electric vehicle
s because Western companies have yet to develop much of a lead in the technology.
Own-brand models now include a hatchback as well, the Fengshen H30.
The name is derived from that of the Roman god of beauty, Venus
.
that was established in 1995 and manufactures truck engines, etc.
2005. As of 2011, Dana and Dongfeng both have 50% ownership of this joint venture.
, Hubei
province, Dongfeng Honda Automobile Company
was established in 2003 and manufactures Honda-branded SUVs and automobiles for the Chinese-market. Products produced by this joint venture with Honda include the Honda Civic
hybrid and the CR-V.
Dongfeng also owns 10% of Honda
's importer in Guangdong Province, Honda Automobile (China) Company
.
In 2010 its model line included what was China's most-purchased SUV that year, the CR-V. Other Honda-branded models sold in China are made by Guangqi Honda Automobile
(of the Guangzhou Automobile Group), but in 2004 Honda made an agreement that allowed it to sell Dongfeng-built CR-Vs through Guangzhou's showrooms.
, Dongfeng Yueda Kia Automobile Co is based in Yancheng
, Jiangsu province
and produces Kia-branded automobiles for the Chinese market.
While Kia car assembly began at a non-Dongfeng affiliated company with the Kia Pride in 1997 at Jiangsu Yueda Auto Works, an equally owned partnership (Yueda Kia Motors) was formed in 1999, and Dongfeng took over half of Jiangsu Yueda's ownership of that in March 2002. Kia has a 50% share while Dongfeng and Jiangsu Yueda Investment Co Ltd each hold 25% ownership.
In 2010 its Sportage
was the 8th most-purchased SUV in China.
The company has two production bases in China.
in July 2003, Dongfeng Motor Co Ltd
manufactures Dongfeng-branded heavy trucks, Dongfeng and Nissan-branded light commercial vehicles, and passenger vehicles for the Chinese market. A few of its Dongfeng-branded light commercial vehicles have been exported to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Africa, and the Middle East.
It is equally owned by Dongfeng Motor Group Co and Nissan China Investment Co, and as of 2010 it is the largest joint venture automobile manufacturer in China.
, which produces heavy trucks, and Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Co, a unit of Dongfeng Motor Company that makes automobiles for the domestic market and has exported to Egypt
. Another unit of Dongfeng Motor Company, Zhengzhou Nissan Automobile Co, manufactures light commercial vehicles. Most Zhengzhou products are sold under the Dongfeng brand, such as the Dongfeng Rich (Rui Qi), a reworked Nissan D22.
is a joint venture with PSA Peugeot-Citroën set up in 1992 and based in Wuhan
, capital of Hubei province
.
Currently selling a range of Peugeot and Citroën models, its first offering was a hatchback built from semi-complete knock-down kits, the ZX Fukang
. Its first Peugeot-branded product was introduced in 2002.
Some of the engines made by this joint venture are used in other Dongfeng passenger car products the Fengshen S30 and H30, for example.
models in China after the completion of a planned production base in the Hangzhou
Xiaoshan Linjiang Industrial Zone in 2011. The cars will be sold in China and production capacity will initially be 240,000 units/year. 120,000 of these units are vehicles and the other half engines.
As of late 2010, 35 out of a planned 60 sales outlets have signed on to sell the Taiwanese cars. This JV is Dongfeng's second try at a cooperation with this Taiwanese company.
, capital of Hubei province, and the second, in the city of Wenzhou
, Zhejiang province. Some commercial vehicles are most likely made in the city of Shiyan
, Hubei province
, as it is the home to a Dongfeng commercial vehicle division.
, capital of Hubei province
. Two are for its joint ventures with Honda, one of which should see completion in 2012, and another two are for its joint venture with PSA Peugeot Citroën
. A third Wuhan base for this latter joint venture is planned.
, Hebei province
, produce Cummins
truck engines, Thomson International thermostats, disc brakes in cooperation with the Heubei Asbestos Product Mill and the Italian ALA, powertrains for its joint venture with PSA Peugeot Citroën
, light commercial vehicles for a joint venture with Nissan, and cars.
, Hubei province
, produces diesel engines, and other sites here produce auto parts.
, capital of Henan province
. In 2010, this was joined by a second increasing production capacity by 120,000 units/year. Production capacity figures may consider engines and vehicles as discrete.
, Guangdong province
, is part of both the Nissan joint venture Dongfeng Motor Co and a unit of that joint venture, Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Co.
Another Guangzhou production base manufactures Nissan engines. Yet another produces engines for the Dongfeng-honda joint venture.
A Huadu District
, Guangzhou city
, Guangdong province
, production base is under construction as of late 2010. It will have a 240,000 units/year production capacity, but these may be engines not vehicles. It could be the large-scale vehicle production base currently being built that will expand Dongfeng-nissan local production capacity to 600,000 units/year.
has two production bases the newer located in the Yancheng Economic Development Zone of Jiangsu province
.
, the China Tech Center, is wholly owned by PSA Peugeot Citroën
but lends assistance to Dongfeng's joint venture with this French automaker.
and Myanmar
.
The main business are sales of the Dongfeng series light commercial vehicles, Dongfeng Cummins engines parts, mini-vans, the Special Purpose Vehicle series, pickups, buses, tractor heads and dump trucks etc.
s scheduled to start in 2012 after construction of a production base in Capiatá
.
Public company
This is not the same as a Government-owned corporation.A public company or publicly traded company is a limited liability company that offers its securities for sale to the general public, typically through a stock exchange, or through market makers operating in over the counter markets...
subsidiaries comprise one of China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
's largest vehicle manufacturers.
Traditionally included as one of the "big 3" Chinese automakers, Dongfeng is currently in the top 4 along with Chang'an Motors
Chang'an Motors
Chang'an Automobile Co Ltd is an automobile manufacturer in Chongqing, China, and a state-owned enterprise with China Weaponry Equipment as parent....
, FAW Group, and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation. As well as buses, truck
Truck
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, with the smallest being mechanically similar to an automobile...
s, and car
Čar
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s sold eponymously at home and abroad, it also manufactures parts.
Dongfeng is the Chinese partner in many joint venture
Joint venture
A joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...
s with foreign companies. As of 2011 it has more Sino-foreign joint ventures than any other Chinese automaker.
In 2010, the company sold 2.72 million units, making it the second most-productive Chinese vehicle-maker. It reported 1.72 million sales of passenger vehicles that same year.
History
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...
; as part of his "Third Front
Third Front (China)
The Third Front is a massive Chinese development of industry in its south-western interior, where it would be strategically secure in the event of a war.-Origins:...
" strategy, its far inland location in Hubei Province was meant to protect it from foreign invasion. Traditionally manufacturing commercial vehicles, by 2001 these made up about 73% of Dongfeng's production.
Growth
Eventually rising to become the second-largest domestic automobile manufacturer in China, between 1978-1985 alongside the market-based Chinese economic reformChinese economic reform
The Chinese economic reform refers to the program of economic reforms called "Socialism with Chinese characteristics" in the People's Republic of China that were started in December 1978 by reformists within the Communist Party of China led by Deng Xiaoping.China had one of the world's largest...
s instituted by Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping was a Chinese politician, statesman, and diplomat. As leader of the Communist Party of China, Deng was a reformer who led China towards a market economy...
Dongfeng was transformed from a manufacturer of two heavy-duty trucks into a unified, centrally managed enterprise. This process included making Dongfeng the center of six vehicle production bases that produced trucks from parts provisioned by Dongfeng and placing companies controlled by provincial governments under Dongfeng management. Post-1985, further reforms that allowed Dongfeng greater autonomy took place: the company was removed from the direct administrative control of the central government.
By the mid-eighties its assets had tripled from those initially given to it by the state
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
in 1981, and management was desirous of even greater production capacity. But in 1995 the company was experiencing financial difficulties as was the case with many automobile manufacturers at this time. The situation was still dire in 1998 precipitating a 1999 restructuring
Restructuring
Restructuring is the corporate management term for the act of reorganizing the legal, ownership, operational, or other structures of a company for the purpose of making it more profitable, or better organized for its present needs...
of the company.
The Chinese partner in many Sino-foreign joint venture
Joint venture
A joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...
companies, Dongfeng initiated most of these cooperative efforts with foreign firms in the early 2000s. But its first was established in 1992 with French PSA Group. Known as Dongfeng Citroën Automobile Company (DCAC), it was the forerunner to the current Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën Automobile
Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën Automobile
Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën Automobile is a joint venture between the Dongfeng Motor Corporation and the French PSA Peugeot Citroën. Based in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, it manufactures Peugeot and Citroën models for sale in China...
(DPCA). By 2003 Dongfeng had established joint ventures with Kia Motors
Kia Motors
Kia Motors , headquartered in Seoul, is South Korea's second-largest automobile manufacturer, following the Hyundai Motor Company, with sales of over 1.4 million vehicles in 2010...
(Dongfeng Yueda Kia Automobile Company
Dongfeng Yueda Kia Automobile Company
Dongfeng Yueda Kia Automobile Company is a joint venture between the Dongfeng Motor Corporation, Kia Motors, and Yueda. It produces the Kia Optima, Kia Carnival, and Kia Cerato for sale in China.-Plants:-External links:*...
, 2002), Honda (Dongfeng Honda Automobile, 2003), and Nissan (Dongfeng Motor Company
Dongfeng Motor Company
Dongfeng Motor Company Limited is a joint venture between the Dongfeng Motor Corporation and Nissan Motors. It produces the Nissan Sunny, Nissan Bluebird, Nissan Teana, and Nissan Tiida for sale in China.-See also:...
, 2003). As of 2011 it has more Sino-foreign joint ventures than any other Chinese automaker.
Dongfeng was asked by the state in 2009 to help spearhead further consolidation efforts in the sprawling Chinese auto industry. That same year, it sold 1.9 million vehicles ranking second among domestic automakers and third overall.
Conflicts with the State
Once considered a discrete entity by the statePeople's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
for planning purposes in the 1980s, this state owned enterprise has come into conflict with authority at both the national and provincial levels. Alongside First Automobile Works
First Automobile Works
FAW Group Corporation is a state-owned enterprise with publicly traded subsidiaries: FAW Car Company , Tianjin FAW Xiali Automobile Co Ltd , Changchun FAWAY Automobile Components Co Ltd ....
it saw the successful dismantling of the Automobile Corporation, a central government entity presumably tasked with preventing non-competitive business practices through dictating output volumes and curtailing purchasing, as well as exasperation at the right of the State to make managerial appointments.
Recent events
At the 2010 Beijing Auto Show Dongfeng showed an electric vehicleElectric vehicle
An electric vehicle , also referred to as an electric drive vehicle, uses one or more electric motors or traction motors for propulsion...
concept car, a physical representation of its vow to bring an electric car to market by 2015. China subsidies
Subsidy
A subsidy is an assistance paid to a business or economic sector. Most subsidies are made by the government to producers or distributors in an industry to prevent the decline of that industry or an increase in the prices of its products or simply to encourage it to hire more labor A subsidy (also...
oil, an incentive for the State to spur alternative energy vehicle development, and Chinese automakers see opportunities in less mature electric vehicle
Electric vehicle
An electric vehicle , also referred to as an electric drive vehicle, uses one or more electric motors or traction motors for propulsion...
s because Western companies have yet to develop much of a lead in the technology.
Listed subsidiaries
Dongfeng Motor Corporation has at least three listed subsidiaries in which it has majority ownership.- Dongfeng Motor Group Co
- Dongfeng Automobile Co Ltd
- Dongfeng Auto Group Stock Co Ltd
Own brand passenger vehicles
Currently selling under only one own brand, newer Nissan technology will underpin Dongfeng sales starting in 2012.Fengshen
2009 saw the release of an own-branded sedan, the Fengshen S30. Dongfeng-made passenger vehicles were, until the S30, all made by Chinese-foreign joint ventures and carried foreign brand names. These JVs continue to produce the great majority of its passenger products as of 2010.Own-brand models now include a hatchback as well, the Fengshen H30.
Venucia
A Dongfeng/Nissan own brand with cheaper offerings and ties to a famous-name foreign automaker that are attractive to the less-affluent inland city consumer, Venucia (Qi Chen) is expected to sell new models (based on old Nissan technology) starting in 2012.The name is derived from that of the Roman god of beauty, Venus
Venus (mythology)
Venus is a Roman goddess principally associated with love, beauty, sex,sexual seduction and fertility, who played a key role in many Roman religious festivals and myths...
.
Cummins
A subsidiary of Dongfeng subsidiary Dongfeng Automobile Co Ltd, Dongfeng Cummins Engine Co Ltd is a joint venture with American engine-maker CumminsCummins
Cummins Inc. is a Fortune 500 corporation that designs, manufactures, distributes and services engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission control and electrical power generation systems...
that was established in 1995 and manufactures truck engines, etc.
Dana
Dongfeng established its joint venture with American parts-maker Dana Corporation, Dongfeng Dana Axle Co, c.Circa
Circa , usually abbreviated c. or ca. , means "approximately" in the English language, usually referring to a date...
2005. As of 2011, Dana and Dongfeng both have 50% ownership of this joint venture.
Honda
Based in WuhanWuhan
Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province, People's Republic of China, and is the most populous city in Central China. It lies at the east of the Jianghan Plain, and the intersection of the middle reaches of the Yangtze and Han rivers...
, Hubei
Hubei
' Hupeh) is a province in Central China. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Lake Dongting...
province, Dongfeng Honda Automobile Company
Dongfeng Honda Automobile Company
Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. is a joint venture between the Dongfeng Motor Corporation and Honda Motor Company. It produces the Honda CR-V for sales in China.-Facilities:...
was established in 2003 and manufactures Honda-branded SUVs and automobiles for the Chinese-market. Products produced by this joint venture with Honda include the Honda Civic
Honda Civic
The Honda Civic is a line of subcompact and subsequently compact cars made and manufactured by Honda. The Civic, along with the Accord and Prelude, comprised Honda's vehicles sold in North America until the 1990s, when the model lineup was expanded...
hybrid and the CR-V.
Dongfeng also owns 10% of Honda
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...
's importer in Guangdong Province, Honda Automobile (China) Company
Honda Automobile (China) Company
Honda Automobile Company is Honda's importer in Guangdong Province, China. It is 10% owned by Dongfeng Motor Corporation, which also has a manufacturing joint venture with Honda through the Dongfeng Honda Automobile Company. Honda Automobile is the only automotive joint-venture in China that has...
.
In 2010 its model line included what was China's most-purchased SUV that year, the CR-V. Other Honda-branded models sold in China are made by Guangqi Honda Automobile
Guangqi Honda Automobile
Guangqi Honda Automobile Co Ltd is a Chinese automobile manufacturing joint venture company based in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.A joint venture between Honda Motor and Guangzhou Automobile, it operates two plants that, as of 2009, produce the Honda Accord, Honda City, Honda Fit, and Honda...
(of the Guangzhou Automobile Group), but in 2004 Honda made an agreement that allowed it to sell Dongfeng-built CR-Vs through Guangzhou's showrooms.
Kia
A joint venture with the Korean Kia MotorsKia Motors
Kia Motors , headquartered in Seoul, is South Korea's second-largest automobile manufacturer, following the Hyundai Motor Company, with sales of over 1.4 million vehicles in 2010...
, Dongfeng Yueda Kia Automobile Co is based in Yancheng
Yancheng
Yancheng is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. The city with the largest jurisdiction area in Jiangsu, Yancheng borders Lianyungang to the north, Huai'an to the west, Yangzhou and Taizhou to the southwest, Nantong to the south, and looks out to...
, Jiangsu province
Jiangsu
' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name...
and produces Kia-branded automobiles for the Chinese market.
While Kia car assembly began at a non-Dongfeng affiliated company with the Kia Pride in 1997 at Jiangsu Yueda Auto Works, an equally owned partnership (Yueda Kia Motors) was formed in 1999, and Dongfeng took over half of Jiangsu Yueda's ownership of that in March 2002. Kia has a 50% share while Dongfeng and Jiangsu Yueda Investment Co Ltd each hold 25% ownership.
In 2010 its Sportage
Kia Sportage
The Kia Sportage is a compact crossover SUV built by the Korean automaker Kia Motors since July 1993.- First generation :...
was the 8th most-purchased SUV in China.
The company has two production bases in China.
Nissan
Nissan and Dongfeng have a long-standing relationship. Early on, the Chinese company produced diesel-powered Nissan trucks built from complete knock down kits, and Nissan has lent Dongfeng technical assistance. When the Chinese State began allowing foreign automakers access to its market though joint ventures with Chinese companies, Nissan chose Dongfeng. It remains the only Chinese partner of Nissan although each foreign automaker is allowed two Chinese partners.Dongfeng Motor Company
Established in 2002 and beginning operations with NissanNissan Motors
, usually shortened to Nissan , is a multinational automaker headquartered in Japan. It was a core member of the Nissan Group, but has become more independent after its restructuring under Carlos Ghosn ....
in July 2003, Dongfeng Motor Co Ltd
Dongfeng Motor Company
Dongfeng Motor Company Limited is a joint venture between the Dongfeng Motor Corporation and Nissan Motors. It produces the Nissan Sunny, Nissan Bluebird, Nissan Teana, and Nissan Tiida for sale in China.-See also:...
manufactures Dongfeng-branded heavy trucks, Dongfeng and Nissan-branded light commercial vehicles, and passenger vehicles for the Chinese market. A few of its Dongfeng-branded light commercial vehicles have been exported to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Africa, and the Middle East.
It is equally owned by Dongfeng Motor Group Co and Nissan China Investment Co, and as of 2010 it is the largest joint venture automobile manufacturer in China.
Other Nissan activities
Other joint ventures include the Dongfeng Nissan-Diesel CompanyDongfeng Nissan-Diesel Company
Dongfeng Nissan-Diesel Company is a joint venture between the Dongfeng Motor Corporation and UD Trucks . It produces heavy trucks for the China market, and coaches for the China and Hong Kong market.-Plant:-See also:...
, which produces heavy trucks, and Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Co, a unit of Dongfeng Motor Company that makes automobiles for the domestic market and has exported to Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
. Another unit of Dongfeng Motor Company, Zhengzhou Nissan Automobile Co, manufactures light commercial vehicles. Most Zhengzhou products are sold under the Dongfeng brand, such as the Dongfeng Rich (Rui Qi), a reworked Nissan D22.
PSA Peugeot-Citroën
Dong Feng Peugeot Citroën Automobile CompanyDongfeng Peugeot-Citroën Automobile
Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën Automobile is a joint venture between the Dongfeng Motor Corporation and the French PSA Peugeot Citroën. Based in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, it manufactures Peugeot and Citroën models for sale in China...
is a joint venture with PSA Peugeot-Citroën set up in 1992 and based in Wuhan
Wuhan
Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province, People's Republic of China, and is the most populous city in Central China. It lies at the east of the Jianghan Plain, and the intersection of the middle reaches of the Yangtze and Han rivers...
, capital of Hubei province
Hubei
' Hupeh) is a province in Central China. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Lake Dongting...
.
Currently selling a range of Peugeot and Citroën models, its first offering was a hatchback built from semi-complete knock-down kits, the ZX Fukang
Citroën Fukang
The Fukang was the first in a range of cars produced for the Chinese market by the Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën Automobile group, a joint venture between the French PSA Peugeot Citroën and a Chinese manufacturer Dongfeng....
. Its first Peugeot-branded product was introduced in 2002.
Some of the engines made by this joint venture are used in other Dongfeng passenger car products the Fengshen S30 and H30, for example.
Yulon
An equally owned joint venture with Taiwanese automaker Yulon Motors, Dongfeng Yulon (or Dongfeng Luxgen or Dongfeng Yulong), was set up in 2009 and will manufacture Yulon's LuxgenLuxgen
LUXGEN Motors is a Taiwanese automaker. It was initially a private brand, announced by Yulon on January 6, 2009. The name "Luxgen" is formed by combining "Luxury" and "Genius". The company's slogan is "Think Ahead"...
models in China after the completion of a planned production base in the Hangzhou
Hangzhou
Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...
Xiaoshan Linjiang Industrial Zone in 2011. The cars will be sold in China and production capacity will initially be 240,000 units/year. 120,000 of these units are vehicles and the other half engines.
As of late 2010, 35 out of a planned 60 sales outlets have signed on to sell the Taiwanese cars. This JV is Dongfeng's second try at a cooperation with this Taiwanese company.
Production bases and facilities
Originating from Hubei province, Dongfeng now has sites in many places throughout China.Dongfeng sites
Its first production base for passenger vehicle manufacture is in WuhanWuhan
Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province, People's Republic of China, and is the most populous city in Central China. It lies at the east of the Jianghan Plain, and the intersection of the middle reaches of the Yangtze and Han rivers...
, capital of Hubei province, and the second, in the city of Wenzhou
Wenzhou
Wenzhou is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. The area under its jurisdiction, which includes two satellite cities and six counties, had a population of 9,122,100 as of 2010....
, Zhejiang province. Some commercial vehicles are most likely made in the city of Shiyan
Shiyan
Shiyan is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hubei province, People's Republic of China.-Geography:The Wudang Mountains run approximately east-west through the territory of the "Prefecture-level city" of Shiyan, crossing several of its county-level divisions...
, Hubei province
Hubei
' Hupeh) is a province in Central China. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Lake Dongting...
, as it is the home to a Dongfeng commercial vehicle division.
Wuhan
Dongfeng has multiple production bases in WuhanWuhan
Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province, People's Republic of China, and is the most populous city in Central China. It lies at the east of the Jianghan Plain, and the intersection of the middle reaches of the Yangtze and Han rivers...
, capital of Hubei province
Hubei
' Hupeh) is a province in Central China. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Lake Dongting...
. Two are for its joint ventures with Honda, one of which should see completion in 2012, and another two are for its joint venture with PSA Peugeot Citroën
PSA Peugeot Citroën
PSA Peugeot Citroën is a French manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles sold under the Peugeot and Citroën marques. Headquartered in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, PSA is the second largest automaker based in Europe and the number eight in the world.-History:In December 1974 Peugeot S.A....
. A third Wuhan base for this latter joint venture is planned.
Xiangfan
Various sites in XiangfanXiangfan
Xiangyang is a prefecture-level city in Hubei Province of the People's Republic of China. It was formed from two famous ancient cities, Xiangyang and Fancheng...
, Hebei province
Hebei
' is a province of the People's Republic of China in the North China region. Its one-character abbreviation is "" , named after Ji Province, a Han Dynasty province that included what is now southern Hebei...
, produce Cummins
Cummins
Cummins Inc. is a Fortune 500 corporation that designs, manufactures, distributes and services engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission control and electrical power generation systems...
truck engines, Thomson International thermostats, disc brakes in cooperation with the Heubei Asbestos Product Mill and the Italian ALA, powertrains for its joint venture with PSA Peugeot Citroën
PSA Peugeot Citroën
PSA Peugeot Citroën is a French manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles sold under the Peugeot and Citroën marques. Headquartered in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, PSA is the second largest automaker based in Europe and the number eight in the world.-History:In December 1974 Peugeot S.A....
, light commercial vehicles for a joint venture with Nissan, and cars.
Shiyan
A Nissan joint venture engine production base in ShiyanShiyan
Shiyan is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hubei province, People's Republic of China.-Geography:The Wudang Mountains run approximately east-west through the territory of the "Prefecture-level city" of Shiyan, crossing several of its county-level divisions...
, Hubei province
Hubei
' Hupeh) is a province in Central China. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Lake Dongting...
, produces diesel engines, and other sites here produce auto parts.
Zhengzhou
A joint venture with Nissan has a production base, Zhengzhou Light Truck plant, in ZhengzhouZhengzhou
Zhengzhou , is the capital and largest city of Henan province in north-central China. A prefecture-level city, it also serves as the political, economic, technological, and educational centre of the province, as well as a major transportation hub for Central China...
, capital of Henan province
Henan
Henan , is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "豫" , named after Yuzhou , a Han Dynasty state that included parts of Henan...
. In 2010, this was joined by a second increasing production capacity by 120,000 units/year. Production capacity figures may consider engines and vehicles as discrete.
Guangzhou
A passenger-car production base and technical center in GuangzhouGuangzhou
Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...
, Guangdong province
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
, is part of both the Nissan joint venture Dongfeng Motor Co and a unit of that joint venture, Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Co.
Another Guangzhou production base manufactures Nissan engines. Yet another produces engines for the Dongfeng-honda joint venture.
A Huadu District
Huadu District
Huadu District is a district in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It is located in the far northern suburbs of Guangzhou.Xinhua Town is the seat of local government, and of the district CCP committee....
, Guangzhou city
Guangzhou
Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...
, Guangdong province
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
, production base is under construction as of late 2010. It will have a 240,000 units/year production capacity, but these may be engines not vehicles. It could be the large-scale vehicle production base currently being built that will expand Dongfeng-nissan local production capacity to 600,000 units/year.
Jiangsu province
Its joint venture with KiaKia Motors
Kia Motors , headquartered in Seoul, is South Korea's second-largest automobile manufacturer, following the Hyundai Motor Company, with sales of over 1.4 million vehicles in 2010...
has two production bases the newer located in the Yancheng Economic Development Zone of Jiangsu province
Jiangsu
' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name...
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Shanghai
An R&D center in ShanghaiShanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, the China Tech Center, is wholly owned by PSA Peugeot Citroën
PSA Peugeot Citroën
PSA Peugeot Citroën is a French manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles sold under the Peugeot and Citroën marques. Headquartered in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, PSA is the second largest automaker based in Europe and the number eight in the world.-History:In December 1974 Peugeot S.A....
but lends assistance to Dongfeng's joint venture with this French automaker.
Overseas activities
Dongfeng is involved in a number of ventures in foreign countries, including IndonesiaIndonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
and Myanmar
Myanmar
Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....
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The Philippines
China Dong Feng Motor Distributors, Inc. Philippines is the sole manufacture/distributor of Dong Feng brand in Philippines.The main business are sales of the Dongfeng series light commercial vehicles, Dongfeng Cummins engines parts, mini-vans, the Special Purpose Vehicle series, pickups, buses, tractor heads and dump trucks etc.
Paraguay
A Dongfeng subsidiary, Zhengzhou Nissan Automobile, in early 2011 signed a deal with AM Reguera, a Paraguayan company that assembles automobiles and makes appliances, for the manufacture of pick-up truckPick-Up Truck
"Pick-Up Truck" is a song written and recorded by Belgian acid house musician Praga Khan. It is the third single from Praga's eighth studio album, Soundscraper....
s scheduled to start in 2012 after construction of a production base in Capiatá
Capiatá
Capiatá is a city in Central Department, Paraguay.It is the only city in Central that borders seven cities: Aregua, Itaugua, Juan Augusto Saldívar, Luque, Ñemby, San Lorenzo and Ypane....
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External Links
- Dong Feng Official Site (Chinese)
- Dong Feng Official Site (English)
- Dong Feng Electric Vehicles (Chinese)