Company type | Joint venture |
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Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 7 May 1998 (Guangzhou) |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | China |
Products | Automobiles |
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Number of employees | Approximately 7,000 |
Subsidiaries | Guangzhou Honda Automobile Research & Development Co., Ltd. Guangzhou Honda Research & Development Co., Ltd |
Website | www |
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Traditional Chinese | 廣汽本田 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 广汽本田 | ||||||
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GAC Honda Automobile Co.,Ltd. is a Chinese automobile manufacturing joint venture company [1] based in Guangzhou,Guangdong province. [2]
Co-owned by Honda and GAC Group (Guangqi), [3] GAC Honda operates two plants that,as of 2011 [update] ,produces Honda-branded models and one car sold under the China-only Everus brand. [1] GAC Honda's products incorporate Japanese-made parts. [4]
Originally named Guangzhou Honda,this was changed to GAC Honda in 2009. [5] As of 2011 [update] ,the company boasts a per year production capacity of 480,000. [6]
Seeking to replace the loss-making [7] of the Guangzhou Peugeot Automobile Company for a joint venture with another foreign car-maker,the government of Guangzhou established Guangzhou Honda Automobile Co Ltd with Honda,which beat out a number of rivals for the privilege, [8] in May [8] or July [1] of 1998. GAC Honda launched its first model,an American version Accord in March 1999 along with its first 4S shop. [7]
Making a product that the Chinese consumer had familiarity with through high quality imports as well as a pre-existing sales and service network for these cars may have contributed to the early success of GAC Honda. [7] A recently failed joint venture between the Guangzhou Government and Peugeot (Guangzhou Peugeot Automobile Company) also helped to prepare the ground.[ citation needed ]
Beginning in 2009,GAC Honda has distributed automobiles by ship—reducing secondary transport distances and transport losses while also being environmentally responsible. [9] The company also uses rail and road transport. [9]
Everus is another car brand of the company,launched in 2011. Soon after,the company has a production capacity of 480,000 vehicles.
From 2016 to 2022 Acura will also be produced. On April 1,2020,Honda Automobile (China) was acquired.
Everus (Li Nian Chinese :理念), GAC Honda's first China-only brand, is targeted at consumers in inland cities like Chaozhou and Lanzhou who can't afford its Honda-branded vehicles but desire the cachet and technological underpinnings foreign-tied brands offer. [10] While it was the first China-only brand for any sino-foreign joint venture [11] other, similar marques do exist such as the Dongfeng/Nissan Venucia.
The first Everus model, the S1 subcompact, was unveiled at the 2010 Guangzhou Auto Show. [12] The S1 is based on an old model of the Honda City. [12]
GAC Honda ranked highest in customer satisfaction with authorized dealer after-sales service according to the J.D. Power Asia Pacific 2009 China Customer Service Index Study. [13]
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