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;23 years ago (2003) (Wuhan)
Headquarters,
China
Key people
Takehiro Watanabe (General Manager)
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 eighth-generation Honda Civic featuring the design of the Japanese market model. [17] 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.

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. ↑ Carmo, Eber do (2025-08-24). "Honda perde força: Dongfeng encerra parceria de 27 anos com a marca em meio ao avanço dos EVs na China - Notícias Automotivas". www.noticiasautomotivas.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-10-06.
  15. ↑ "Dongfeng e Honda encerram parceria após 27 anos". Noticias R7 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2025-08-25. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
  16. ↑
  17. ↑ "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