Dongfeng Honda

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Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd.
Native name
东风本田汽车有限公司
Company 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

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. [15] 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.

Lingxi

Lingxi is a new energy vehicle brand under the Dongfeng Honda joint venture, established in September 2023. The Lingxi L is the first electric vehicle under the brand. It is being built on a new chassis dedicated to EVs and will feature a new battery safety system.

Former products

Ciimo

Honda

Former

See also

Notes

  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.

References

  1. 1 2 "Report on Production and Sales Volume of Dongfeng Motor Group at December 2018" (PDF) (Press release). Dongfeng Motor Group. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  2. "Dongfeng Honda to Build Third Automobile Production Plant in China". world.honda.com. Honda. 8 December 2016.
  3. "Manufacturing Facilities: Asia Oceania; China, Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd". Honda.
  4. "Dongfeng Honda targets double output in 5 years". China.org. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  5. "Honda's New Joint Venture in China Begins CR-V Production". world.honda.com. Honda. 24 April 2004.
  6. "Honda Opens New China Factory to Keep Ahead of Toyota". Bloomberg. 19 September 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  7. "Honda seeking approval to double China JV capacity". Reuters. 22 May 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  8. "Honda to boost China capacity by 20 pct - Nikkei". Reuters. 8 May 2008. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  9. Feijter, Tycho de (2011-09-28). "Dongfeng-Honda sub-brand will be called Ciimo". CarNewsChina.com. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
  10. Fang Yan; Ken Wills (27 March 2012). "UPDATE 1-Dongfeng 2010 net weak, outlook improves on Honda recovery". reuters.com. Thomson Reuters.
  11. "Honda to set up China venture with Dongfeng, Guangzhou Auto to procure EV batteries". Reuters. 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  12. Karl Müller (2023-09-25). "Neue Marke für E-Autos: Honda holt sich Hilfe aus China". efahrer.chip.de. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  13. Dong Yi Chen (2024-05-23). "Dongfeng-Honda Lingxi L electric sedan will have 520 km range". carnewschina.com. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  14. "Dongfeng-Honda Ciimo sub-brands into the Chinese car market". Carnewschina.com. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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 Tung1-feng1 Pen3-t'ien2
IPA [tʊ́ŋfə́ŋpəntʰi̯ɛn]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization Dūngfūng Búntìhn
Jyutping Dung1 fung1 bun2 tin4