Dongfeng Honda

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Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd.
Native name
东风本田汽车有限公司
Type Joint venture
Industry Automotive
FoundedJuly 2003 (Wuhan)
Headquarters,
China
Products Automobiles
Production output
Increase2.svg 740,090 (2018) [1]
Parent Dongfeng Motor Group (50%)
Honda Motor Company (40%)
Honda Motor (China) Investment Co Ltd (10%) [2]
Website www.dongfeng-honda.com
  1. In Japanese, the name of the company may be written as 東風ホンダ from the combination of the two kanji for "Dongfeng" and katakana for Honda.

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Dongfeng Honda
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 东风本田
Traditional Chinese 東風本田