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FAW Group China FAW Group Corp., Ltd. (First Automotive Works) is a Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Changchun, Jilin.M-Hero, Voyah,

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, Forthing, as well as under foreign-branded joint ventures such as Dongfeng Honda,

Dongfeng Nissan Dongfeng Motor Company Limited (abb. DFL), most commonly known in English-language sources as Dongfeng Nissan,In Chinese sources, () most commonly refers to Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company, a DFL subsidiary. is a Chinese automobile man ...

and Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën (all via subsidiary Dongfeng Motor Group). In 2021, foreign-branded cars took 79% of sales. In addition to commercial and consumer vehicles, it also manufactures parts and cooperates with foreign companies. As a state-owned enterprise of China, Dongfeng is controlled and managed by SASAC, which under Chinese law performs the functions of an investor.

History

Background and founding

During the

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, there was a need for trucks to be used on the battlefield. The Ministry of Machinery planned a factory to build an imitation of the GAZ-51 truck. This was originally planned to be at Qingshan District, Wuhan, and later revised to

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, also in

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. In 1955, these sites were disregarded as being too vulnerable to air raids, and

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was chosen as the proposed site. The reasoning is also mentioned in a dictate of Chairman

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; as part of his " Third Front" strategy However, due to the poor state of the economy, the plans were shelved. In 1957, Hunan was picked as the site for the proposed truck factory, as the Yangtze basin area of the province didn't have any heavy industry yet. In 1960 preparations started at the site in Shiyan, but were abruptly halted. As the Chinese economy improved, and as a result of the

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, production of military trucks came into the spotlight again, and construction of the Second Automobile Works () was included in the third five-year plan in 1965. The company was officially founded in 1969 at a village of 100 residents, that would later grow to become

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city. This remote location was chosen as its topography consisted of over 40 shallow valleys, allowing factories to be concealed, while also being on the route of the Xiangyang–Chongqing railway. Due to its remote countryside location with limited equipment, the company only managed to produce 200 automobiles by 1972.

Mass production (1975–2000)

In 1975, the first EQ240 2.5-ton Dongfeng truck was produced, followed by the EQ140 5-ton model in 1978, which was also the first civilian truck by the company. At its peak the EQ140 held a domestic market share of 66%. In 1986, Dongfeng surpassed 100,000 vehicles produced annually. In 1987, a new 3-ton model was launched. Traditionally manufacturing commercial vehicles, by 2001 these made up about 73% of Dongfeng's production. By 2012, that figure had reversed, and 73% of manufactures were passenger cars. However, the percentage of consumer offerings was likely lower as passenger car counts may include microvans, tiny commercial vehicles that are popular in China. Between 1978 and 1985 alongside the market-based

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s instituted by

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, Dongfeng was transformed from a manufacturer of two heavy-duty trucks with fragmented operations and ownership into a single, centrally managed enterprise. This process included placing all Dongfeng operations—from part manufacture to vehicle assembly—under the control of a single business entity and the merger of six truck production bases as well as a number of other companies previously controlled by provincial governments. Post-1985, further reforms took place that allowed Dongfeng greater autonomy; the company was removed from the direct administrative control of the central government. By the mid-1980s, 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 Chinese automobile manufacturers at this time. The situation was still dire in 1998 precipitating a 1999 restructuring of the company. In 1992, the company changed its name to Dongfeng, or "East Wind" in Chinese. This

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has come into conflict with authority at both the national and provincial levels. Alongside First Automotive 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. The Chinese partner in many Sino-foreign

joint venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acce ...

companies, Dongfeng initiated most of these cooperative efforts with foreign firms in the early 2000s. But its first was established in 1992 with French

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. Known as Dongfeng Citroën Automobile Company (DCAC), it was the forerunner to the current Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën Automobile Limited (DPCA).

2000–2010

By 2003, Dongfeng had established joint ventures with

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(

Dongfeng Yueda Kia Jiangsu Yueda Kia Motors Co., Ltd. is an automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Yancheng, China and a joint venture between Jiangsu Yueda Group and Kia. The company was formerly known as Dongfeng Yueda Kia Motors Co., Ltd. until Don ...

, 2002), Honda ( Dongfeng Honda, 2003), and Nissan ( Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd., 2003). it had more Sino-foreign joint ventures than any other Chinese automaker, and the 2013 creation of a partnership with French Renault means it retains this title today. In 2004, intermediate holding company of the group, Dongfeng Motor Group, became a listed company in the

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; Dongfeng Yueda Kia remained in the unlisted portion of the group. Dongfeng announced in November 2006 that they intend to sell their vehicles in Japan. In 2009, it sold 1.9 million vehicles ranking second among domestic automakersUPDATE 2-Incentives boost China's SAIC Feb auto sales 45 pct
reuters.com, Mon Mar 8, 2010 10:09pm EST and third overall.
xinhuanet.com, 2010-02-22 10:27:20

2010–present

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. 2011 production figures put the company in second place, in terms of production volume, in its home market; Dongfeng produced 3.06 million vehicles that year. It was the second-largest Chinese automaker in 2012 by production volume, and Dongfeng manufactured over 2.76 million whole vehicles that year with passenger cars comprising 73% of manufacture. The number of cars counted as passenger vehicles may conflate consumer offerings and tiny commercial trucks and vans known as microvans, however. Dongfeng established its first research and development facility outside of China in October 2012 when it acquired a 70 percent stake in the Swedish engineering company T Engineering AB. In December 2013, Dongfeng and the French automaker

Renault Renault S.A., commonly referred to as Groupe Renault ( , , , also known as the Renault Group in English), is a French Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automobile manufacturer established in 1899. The company curr ...

agreed to form a 50:50 joint venture, Dongfeng Renault Automotive Co Ltd., to manufacture Renault brand passenger cars for the Chinese market. The two partners agreed to invest an initial 7.76 billion yuan (US$1.27 billion) in the venture, which became Dongfeng's sixth joint venture with a foreign automaker—the most of any Chinese automaker. In February 2014, loss making

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, a joint venture partner of Dongfeng since 1992, was recapitalized, with Dongfeng Motor Group taking a 14% stake. Dongfeng Sharing-VAN 001

In 2017, it was announced that Dongfeng Motor Corporation would be re-incorporated as a

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, renaming to , which only differ from its subsidiary Dongfeng Motor Group for the word ) (share). In 2020, Dongfeng dissolved its ventures Dongfeng Renault, Dongfeng Yulon and withdrawn from

Dongfeng Yueda Kia Jiangsu Yueda Kia Motors Co., Ltd. is an automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Yancheng, China and a joint venture between Jiangsu Yueda Group and Kia. The company was formerly known as Dongfeng Yueda Kia Motors Co., Ltd. until Don ...

in 2021. On June 12, 2020, the mass-produced version of the Dongfeng Sharing-VAN 1.0 rolled off the production line at its technical center, demonstrating Dongfeng's 5G-enabled autonomous vehicle with level 4 applications. In 2023, construction of the Dongfeng Motor Museum started.

Organizational structure

Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFM)

Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFM) is the ultimate parent company using the Dongfeng name and is directly controlled by the

State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) is a special commission of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It was founded in 2003 through the consolidation of various other indus ...

.

Dongfeng Motor Group (DFG)

Dongfeng Motor Group (DFG) is a listed subsidiary that is majority owned (66.86%) by Dongfeng Motor Corporation. The Dongfeng Motor Group (DFG) subsidiary is responsible for several joint ventures with foreign car companies, such as Dongfeng Motor Company Limited (DFL or commonly known as Dongfeng Nissan), Dongfeng Honda Automobile, Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën Automobile. Of the joint ventures, DFL (or Dongfeng Nissan), formed in 2003, is the largest and sells Nissan-branded vehicles under its Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company (DFN) division. The DFN division also produces cars using Infiniti and Venucia branding. In 2017, DFL acquired 51% stake in Zhengzhou Nissan (total 79.651%) from its own subsidiary (at the time) Dongfeng Automobile Company Ltd. (DFAC) to consolidate Nissan China operations under DFL.

Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle (DFCV)

Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle (DFCV) is a 55-45 joint venture between Dongfeng Motor Corporation and Volvo which produces medium-heavy trucks under Dongfeng branding. It was formed in 1975 by Dongfeng Motor Corporation, and was transferred to DFL in 2003. In 2013, DFL sold the medium-heavy truck business back to Dongfeng Motor Corporation, who then formed the joint venture with Volvo in 2015.

Dongfeng Automobile Company Ltd. (DFAC)

Dongfeng Automobile Company Ltd. (DFAC) is a 55% owned listed subsidiary that produces light commercial vehicles under Dongfeng branding. It was formed in 1998 by Dongfeng Motor Corporation, and was transferred to DFL in 2003, who held a 60.1% stake. In 2022, DFL transferred 29.9% stake back to Dongfeng Motor Corporation, who then bought another 25.1% from other investors, obtaining majority stake of 55%, fully streamlining all commercial vehicle production to Dongfeng Motor Corporation direct control. It has a 50-50 joint venture to produce Cummins diesel engines known as Dongfeng Cummins Engine Co. Ltd.

Brands

Dongfeng sells vehicles under various brand names. Other brands may be associated with products manufactured or assembled by joint-venture companies that see foreign firms cooperate with Dongfeng in order to gain access to the Chinese market.

Voyah

Voyah (岚图) is a premium EV brand directly under Dongfeng Motor Corporation specializing in designing and developing

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s. File:Voyah Free facelift 001.jpg, Voyah Free File:Voyah Zhuiguang 001.jpg, Voyah Passion File:Voyah Dreamer 011.jpg, Voyah Dream File:Voyah Courage 003.jpg, Voyah Courage

M-Hero

M-Hero Technology (猛士科技) is Dongfeng's brand for high performance luxury off-road vehicle. The Chinese name of the brand Mengshi (猛士) was inherited from the military vehicle line of Dongfeng. In 2023, the brand unveiled its first full-size luxury off-roader M-Hero 917, a high performance EV/

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. File:2023 Dongfeng Mengshi 917.jpg, M-hero 917 File:Mengshi M-Hunter 001.jpg, M-Hero M-Hunter

The "Dongfeng" brand

In August 2023, Dongfeng Motor announced restructure of its subsidiary brands Aeolus (Dongfeng Fengshen), Dongfeng eπ and Dongfeng Nammi. The three brands were consolidated into one "Dongfeng" brand, which unified in marketing and production management. The three brands became sub-brands and remained using independent marques.

Aeolus (Dongfeng Fengshen)

Aeolus was launched in July 2009 using the Chinese name Fengshen (风神), and was later renamed to

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as the English name. Several models during the 2010s was produced with support from

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and in the same factories that produce its Peugeot and Citroën-branded products for the Chinese market. The Aeolus S30 may have been the first instance of Dongfeng using its own "Dual Sparrows" logo in combination with its name. In August 2023, Aeolus became a sub-brand under one unified Dongfeng brand but remain its independent marque. File:Aeolus Yixuan 003.jpg, Aeolus Yixuan File:Aeolus Yixuan GS 005.jpg, Aeolus Yixuan GS File:Aeolus Yixuan Max 003.jpg, Aeolus Yixuan Max File:Aeolus Haohan 001.jpg, Aeolus Haohan File:Aeolus Haoji 001.jpg, Aeolus Haoji File:Aeolus AX7 Plus Mach Edition IMG001.jpg, Aeolus AX7 Plus

Dongfeng eπ

Dongfeng eπ is the premium EV sub-brand under the Dongfeng brand. The first Dongfeng eπ concept car debuted on 2018 Beijing Auto Show, and its prototype was named as Aeolus eπ01 formerly. In August 2023, Dongfeng Motor announced the consolidation of One Dongfeng brand. The Dongfeng eπ,

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, and Dongfeng Nammi became sub-brands under Dongfeng brand. * Dongfeng eπ 007 (2024–present), full-size sedan, BEV/PHEV(EREV) * Dongfeng eπ 008 (2024–present), mid-size SUV, BEV/PHEV(EREV) Dongfeng eπ 007 range extended electric sedan 01.jpg, eπ 007 Dongfeng eπ 008 range extended electric crossover SUV 01.jpg, eπ 008

Dongfeng Nammi

Dongfeng Nammi (previously known as Dongfeng EV or Dongchuang Zilian) is Dongfeng's brand for budget electric vehicles. The company previously sells the vehicle produced by eGT New Energy Automotive, a joint venture between Dongfeng and Renault-Nissan Alliance in Chinese market. In 2023, it was capital-increased and rename to Dongfeng Nammi, transitioning from a sales company to one with production capabilities. File:Dongfeng EX1 Nano Box 001.jpg, Dongfeng Nano Box File:Dongfeng EV EX1 Pro 001.jpg, Dongfeng EX1 File:Dongfeng Nammi 01 at Auto Guangzhou 2023 20231126.jpg, Dongfeng Nammi 01

Forthing (Dongfeng Fengxing)

Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor Co., Ltd. is a

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of Dongfeng Motor Group, located in the city of

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, Guangxi, China. Passenger vehicles produced by Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor bears the Forthing (Dongfeng Fengxing) brand. File:Dongfeng Fengxing T5 01.jpg, Forthing T5 File:Forthing T5 EVO 013.jpg, Forthing T5 Evo File:Dongfeng Forthing Yacht Sanming 01 2022-08-26.jpg, Forthing Yacht File:Forthing Leiting 001.jpg, Forthing Leiting File:Forthing M7 photo1.jpg, Forthing M7

Joint ventures

Dongfeng is the Chinese partner in many joint ventures that make trucks and cars.

eGT New Energy Automotive

On August 29, 2017, the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Dongfeng Motor Corporation announced the establishment of a joint venture, eGT New Energy Automotive Co., Ltd. This joint venture was created for the collaborative development and sale of electric vehicles in China. Renault and Nissan each hold a 25% stake in eGT, while Dongfeng owns the remaining 50% of the shares. eGT has established its production facility in Shiyan City, Hubei Province, located in the central region of China. The joint venture shares the production line and supply chain with Dongfeng Nammi and produces the electric city car targeted at European market. Its main products, the Renault Group's Renault City K-ZE/

Dacia Spring The Renault Kwid is a crossover city car produced by the French car manufacturer Renault, initially intended for the Indian market and launched in 2015. In 2017, an improved Brazilian version was introduced for Latin American markets. Its bat ...

, Seres Group's Fengon E1 and Nissan's Vanucia E30 (second generation) are rebadged by Dongfeng's Nano Box and EX1 city car. File:Renault City K-ZE IMG001.jpg, Renault City K-ZE File:Dacia Spring IAA 2021 1X7A0215.jpg,

Dacia Spring The Renault Kwid is a crossover city car produced by the French car manufacturer Renault, initially intended for the Indian market and launched in 2015. In 2017, an improved Brazilian version was introduced for Latin American markets. Its bat ...

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Dana

Dongfeng established its joint venture with American parts-maker Dana Holding Corporation, Dongfeng Dana Axle Co, 2005. Dana and Dongfeng both have 50% ownership of this joint venture.

Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles (Dongfeng Trucks)

File:Dongfeng truck of China Post QY-030 20091021.jpg, A Dongfeng truck File:Dongfeng KM6603PA at China-Lao Border.jpg, A Dongfeng KM6603PA bus File:Dongfeng Hubei 4x2 Fire Engine.jpg, Dongfeng Hubei 4x2 fire engine in the Philippines In January 2013, Dongfeng and

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agreed to form a China-based medium- and heavy-duty truck manufacturing joint venture, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles, with 55% ownership by Dongfeng Motor and 45% by Volvo. As part of the transaction, Volvo will pay 5.6 billion yuan (US$900 million) to Dongfeng, which will pay Nissan Motors to replace it with Volvo in an existing commercial vehicle joint venture. It is unclear if the vehicles produced will be sold under the Volvo brand as a smaller, pre-existing Volvo-Dongfeng joint venture markets and assembles products with a "UD" brand and the Dongfeng brand name is traditionally used on commercial vehicles. A Nissan joint venture engine production base in

Shiyan Shiyan ( zh, s=十堰 , p=Shíyàn) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hubei, China, bordering Henan to the northeast, Chongqing to the southwest, and Shaanxi to the north and west. At the 2020 census, its population was 3,209,004 of who ...

, Hubei province, was producing diesel engines c. 2010,"Nissan's China Business"
Nissan Official Site, May 2009 and it is possible this location was one asset of the former Nissan joint venture Dongfeng bought out as part of the Volvo deal. The company uses the Dongfeng Trucks brand.

Dongfeng Honda

Based in

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, Hubei province, Dongfeng Honda Automobile Company was established in 2003Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd.
Honda Official Site and manufactures Honda-branded SUVs and automobiles for the Chinese market. Products produced by this joint venture with Honda''Honda takes Civic to China.'' By: Webb, Alysha. Automotive News, 3/27/2006, Vol. 80, Issue 6195 include the

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, the CR-V, and the Spirior. As of early 2011, some offerings may incorporate Japanese-made parts. In 2010, its model line included what was China's best-selling SUV that year, the CR-V.Top 10 Best-Selling Sedans and SUVs in 2010
chinaautoweb.com, January 14, 2011 Other Honda-branded models sold in China are made by Guangqi Honda Automobile, but a 2004 agreement allowed Dongfeng-built CR-Vs to be sold through Guangqi's showrooms. A China-only product line debuted in 2016 with the Gienia, a mid-size hatchback. Primary production may be at its two

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, Hubei, production sites,Honda to build 168 mln USD new plant in China
xinhuanet.com, 2010-01-21 00:11:20 one of which became operational c. 2012. Another plant produces engines for this joint venture in

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.

Dongfeng Nissan

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and Dongfeng have a long-standing relationship. Early on, the Chinese company produced diesel-powered Nissan trucks built from complete

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s, and Nissan lent Dongfeng technical assistance. When the Chinese State began allowing foreign automakers market access through joint ventures, Nissan remained with Dongfeng. As an example of the extensive and comprehensive nature of Nissan's technical assistance to the Chinese company, in 2011 nearly 70% of products Dongfeng manufactured were connected in some way to Nissan.

Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. (Dongfeng Nissan)

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Established in 2002, Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd (DFL) began operating in July 2003. Nissan holds 50% ownership in this maker of heavy trucks, light commercial vehicles, and passenger cars. Heavy-duty trucks and buses exclusively carry the Dongfeng brand name, light-duty trucks use both the Nissan and Dongfeng names, and consumer offerings are Nissan products. While the great majority of passenger cars retain the Nissan name, a small number sell under the brand name

Venucia Venucia is a car marque of Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company (Dongfeng Nissan), a subsidiary of Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. The marque was launched in September 2010 by Dongfeng Nissan. From February 2017 until the end of 2020, Venucia wa ...

which is Dongfeng–Nissan's brand which offers cheaper products targeted at less-affluent inland city consumers. Venucia (''Qi Chen'') launched its first models in 2012. The name is derived from that of the Roman goddess of beauty,

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. A few of its Dongfeng-branded light commercial vehicles have been exported to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Africa, and the Middle East. Infiniti-branded vehicles are most probably imported as of 2006, but 2013 news stories suggested that some production would be moved to China in the future. Manufacture of the brand in China may have begun with the Q50L being produced at a site in

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sometime after 2014.

Venucia

Dongfeng Venucia Motor Company is a subsidiary of Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. established in 2017 and focused on the marketing and production of passenger cars. The Venucia marque, launched in September 2010, was originally owned by Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle, itself another subsidiary of Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. File:Venucia V-Online IMG003.jpg, Venucia V-Online File:Venucia Xing 006.jpg, Venucia Star File:Venucia e30 001.jpg, Venucia e30 File:VENUCIA D60 EV China (2).jpg, Venucia D60EV Plus File:Venucia D60 01 China 2018-03-20.jpg, Venucia D60

Fengdu

Launched in 2013, Fengdu () is a sub-brand of Dongfeng Automobile started by producing out of production Nissan CUVs bearing the Dongfeng logo. Older Nissan tooling was set up in China by Zhengzhou-Nissan to produce the second generation Nissan X-Trail rebadged as the Dongfeng Fengdu MX6. File:Dongfeng Fengdu MX6 01 China 2015-04-08.jpg, Dongfeng Tengshi MX6 File:2017 Dongfeng-Fengdu (Zhengzhou-Nissan) MX5, front 8.5.18.jpg, Dongfeng Fengdu MX5 File:Fengdu MX3 front quarter.jpg, Fengdu MX3

Other Nissan joint ventures

Other joint ventures include Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Co, a unit of Dongfeng Motor CompanyDONGFENG NISSAN RELEASES NEW TEANA IN CHINA
Nissan Official Site, Apr 20, 2006 that makes automobiles for the domestic market and has exported to

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. Another unit of Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd., 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.

Nissan joint venture sites

A passenger-car production base and technical center in

Guangzhou Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...

,

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

, are 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. As of 2009, a Nissan joint venture engine production base in

Shiyan Shiyan ( zh, s=十堰 , p=Shíyàn) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hubei, China, bordering Henan to the northeast, Chongqing to the southwest, and Shaanxi to the north and west. At the 2020 census, its population was 3,209,004 of who ...

, Hubei province, produced diesel engines and other sites, auto parts. It is possible this location has been shuttered and the tooling moved as Dongfeng bought out Nissan's stake in a joint venture company, Dongfeng Nissan Diesel Motor Co Ltd, as part of a deal to initiate a new joint venture with Volvo. In the Huadu District of Guangzhou, a production base was under construction in late 2010. Planned to have a 240,000 units/year production capacity, these may be engines not vehicles. It could be the large-scale vehicle production base under construction in 2010 that would expand Dongfeng-Nissan local production capacity in this area to 600,000 units/year. A joint venture with Nissan has a production base, Zhengzhou Light Truck plant, in

Zhengzhou Zhengzhou is the capital of Henan, China. Located in northern Henan, it is one of the nine National central city, national central cities in China, and serves as the political, economic, technological, and educational center of the province. Th ...

,

Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...

. 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. A handful of Nissan joint venture production bases are located in Xiangfan, Hubei, making light commercial vehicles and cars.

Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën

Dong Feng Peugeot Citroën Automobile Company is a joint venture with PSA Peugeot-Citroën set up in 1992 and based in

Wuhan Wuhan; is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of over eleven million, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the List of cities in China by population, eighth-most-populous city in China. It is also one of the nine National cent ...

, capital of Hubei province.China Division: PSA Peugeot Citroën in China; NEWS KIT
PSA Peugeot Citroën Official Site, April 2010 Currently selling a range of Peugeot and Citroën models, its first offering was a hatchback built from semi-complete

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s, the ZX Fukang. Its first Peugeot-branded product was introduced in 2004.China Division: PSA Peugeot Citroën in China
, p. 4 Some of the engines made by this joint venture are used in other Dongfeng passenger car products, the Fengshen S30 and H30, for example.
chinadaily.com.cn, 2010-06-28 the

PSA Peugeot Citroën Peugeot S.A., trading as Groupe PSA () (formerly PSA Peugeot Citroën from 1991 to 2016) was a French multinational automotive manufacturing company which produced automobiles and motorcycles under the Peugeot, Citroën, DS, Opel and Vauxhal ...

joint venture had two production bases in

Wuhan Wuhan; is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of over eleven million, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the List of cities in China by population, eighth-most-populous city in China. It is also one of the nine National cent ...

, and a third base for this joint venture was in the planning stages around 2010.Peugeot sees China driving its brand
chinadaily.com.cn, 2010-10-29 Xiangfan serves as location for a powertrain production base for the joint venture with

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as of 2010. An R&D center in

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, the China Tech Center, is wholly owned by

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but lends assistance to the joint venture with this French automaker.

Dongfeng Skio Junfeng

Dongfeng Skio is a sub-brand of Dongfeng that focuses on producing electric vehicles. The current lineup are mostly Dongfeng-petrol-car-based electric vehicles. Current products sold under the Skio brand included: * Dongfeng Skio Junfeng * Dongfeng Skio ER30 * Dongfeng Skio E11K

Defunct

Dongfeng Sokon (DFSK) (divested)

Dongfeng DFSK (Sokon) or in Chinese Dongfeng Xiaokang () is Sino-sino joint venture between Dongfeng and Seres Group Co Ltd. Brands under the joint venture includes Dongfeng Sokon (DFSK, sometimes known as DF Dongfeng as the official website suggests) light commercial vehicles and Dongfeng Fengguang passenger vehicles. Seres also has its own electric startup brand based in North America called SF Motors. In September 2019, Sokon acquired the remaining 50% of the DFSK joint venture from Dongfeng Motor Group (DFG), becoming 100% owner. They continue to produce vehicles using the Dongfeng logo and under the Dongfeng Sokon and Dongfeng Fengguang (Fengon) branding.

Dongfeng Renault (defunct)

Created in late 2013, Dongfeng Renault Automotive Co Ltd planned to produce 150,000 whole vehicles per year at an as-yet-unbuilt production base in China. This facility may become operational as early as 2016. In August 2020, the Dongfeng Renault venture was officially dissolved and Renault transferred its stake to Dongfeng. Renault does not produce vehicles in China, but maintains small joint ventures that do not use Renault branding. Dongfeng and Renault both maintain a stake in EV startup BeyonCa. Renault also has a technology deal with Geely and a 50% owned joint venture with Jiangling Motor (

JMEV Jiangxi Jiangling Group New Energy Vehicle Co., Ltd. (traded as JMEV) is a joint venture headquartered in Nanchang, China, and owned by Renault, Groupe Renault (as a majority holder), Jiangling Motors Corporation Group (JMCG) and China Agricultu ...

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Dongfeng Yulon (defunct)

An equally owned joint venture with Taiwanese automaker Yulon, Dongfeng YulonCross-Straits partnership links Dongfeng and Yulon
chinadaily.com.cn, 2010-12-20Dongfeng-Luxgen formally announce JV partnership
chinacartimes.com, December 14, 2010 (or Dongfeng Yulong), was set up in 2009Prospect of Chinese sales drives Yulon Motor shares up
taipeitimes.com, Tue, Sep 07, 2010 and will manufacture Yulon's

Luxgen Luxgen Motor Co., Ltd. is a northern Taiwanese automotive manufacturer headquartered in Miaoli County, Taiwan, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Yulon, Yulon Motor. Luxgen was founded in 2009, and the company's motto is "Think Ahead." From 2010 t ...

models in China. Dongfeng Yulon began production of its first model, the Luxgen 7 SUV, on 28 July 2011. The venture was liquidated in November 2020.

Dongfeng Yueda Kia (defunct)

A joint venture with the Korean

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, Dongfeng Yueda Kia Automobile Co is based in

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,

Jiangsu province Jiangsu is a coastal province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the third smallest, but the fifth most populous, with a population of 84. ...

, and produces Kia-branded automobiles for the Chinese market.Dongfeng Motor Corp. By: Treece, James B. Automotive News, 5/14/2007 Supplement, Vol. 81 As of 2007, it has two production bases–the newer located in the Yancheng Economic Development Zone of

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. Kia may have initially partnered with Jiangsu Yueda Auto Works–not Dongfeng–in an effort that produced the Kia Pride c. 1997. Dongfeng soon stepped in, however, forming Yueda Kia Motors in 1999 and buying out Jiangsu Yueda's ownership in March 2002. Prior to this and as of 2007, Kia had a 50% share while Dongfeng and Jiangsu Yueda Investment Co Ltd () each held 25% ownership.''Dongfeng Yueda Kia Says 2nd Factory to Start Production Soon''. SinoCast China Business Daily News. London (UK): Aug 6, 2007. In 2010, the Sportage was the 8th most-purchased SUV in China. The company was reported as having two production bases in China that year. As of 2017, Korean automakers in China continued to flog a product mix highly reliant on less-favored sedans and were seeing flagging sales amid rising political tensions between China and the Korea peninsula. Dongfeng exited the venture in 2021. In December 2021, Dongfeng sold its 25% stake in the joint venture to Jiangsu Yueda for ¥ RMB297 million.

Minor joint ventures

Dongvo (Hangzhou) Truck Company

Reflecting its past foreign partner, Dongvo Truck Co was formerly named Dongfeng Nissan-Diesel Company. Currently, it is a joint venture between

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's UD Trucks and Dongfeng established in 1996. Its manufacturing site is located in Hangzhou producing UD branded commercial vehicles and buses. Volvo's first joint venture company with Dongfeng, Dongvo Truck Co was the precursor to a larger scale cooperation, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles, but may continue to exist independently of this newer legal entity.

Chufeng

Chufeng (also called CHTC) was founded in 1957 as a joint venue located in

Hubei Hubei is a province of China, province in Central China. It has the List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP, seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland ...

.They manufacture private use vehicles, including cement mixers,

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s,

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s, crane trucks,

school bus A school bus is any type of bus owned, leased, contracted to, or operated by a school or school district. It is regularly used to Student transport, transport students to and from school or school-related activities, but not including a charter ...

es,

garbage truck A garbage truck is a truck specially designed to collect municipal solid waste and transport it to a list of solid waste treatment technologies, solid waste treatment facility, such as a landfill, materials recovery facility, recycling center ...

s,

street sweeper A street sweeper or street cleaner is a person or machine that cleans streets. People have worked in cities as "sanitation workers" since sanitation and Waste management, waste removal became a priority. A street-sweeping person would use a b ...

s, construction vehicles, cargo vans, box trucks, semi trucks, fire trucks, and livestock transportation vehicles.

Military products

Dongfeng Mengshi

Dongfeng Mengshi (东风猛士) is a brand for military vehicle, which belongs to the Special Purpose Equipment Division of Dengfeng Motor Corporation (DFM). It entered the civilian market in 2021 with the launch civilian version Mengshi M50, a military off-roader. To distinguish the M-Hero (猛士科技) and Mengshi (东风猛士) which have similar name in Chinese, the M-hero belongs to Dongfeng Motor Group (DFG), which is a listed company. The Dongfeng Mengshi belongs to Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFM), the parent company of DFG. DFM is an unlisted company and most of its military production information are classified. * Dongfeng Mengshi MS600, military armored vehicle. ** Dongfeng Mengshi M20 (2023–present), full-size pickup/SUV, civilian variant * Dongfeng EQ2050/Dongfeng Mengshi (2007–present), military armored vehicle ** Dongfeng Mengshi M50 (2021–present), civilian variant, full-size pickup File:Dongfeng Mengshi MS600 armored vehicle 001.jpg, Dongfeng Mengshi MS600 File:Dongfeng EQ2050 (Mengshi) front-left 2016 Military Museum Beijing.jpg, Dongfeng EQ2050/Dongfeng Mengshi

Production bases and facilities

Originating from Hubei province, Dongfeng now has sites throughout China.

Dongfeng sites

Its primary production base for passenger vehicle manufacture is in

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, capital of Hubei province, with secondary sites in the city of

Wenzhou Wenzhou; Chinese postal romanization, historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture-level city in China's Zhejiang province. Wenzhou is located at the extreme southeast of Zhejiang, bordering Lishui, Zhejiang, Lishui to the west, Taizhou, Zheji ...

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. Some commercial vehicles and powertrains are made in

Shiyan Shiyan ( zh, s=十堰 , p=Shíyàn) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hubei, China, bordering Henan to the northeast, Chongqing to the southwest, and Shaanxi to the north and west. At the 2020 census, its population was 3,209,004 of who ...

, Hubei province. Nammi and Dongfeng-Nissan vehicles are produced in Xiangyang, Hubei. In Shenzhen, Dongfeng produces trucks for municipal use, such as garbage collection and street sweeping.

Overseas production

In 2024, it was reported that Dongfeng was considering to produce vehicles in Italy.

International investments and holdings

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(currently holds 1.58% of stakes) * In 2014, Dongfeng Motor Corporation acquired a 14.1% stake in French

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for 800 million euros (equivalent to 6.691 billion RMB). * In 2019, PSA and FCA reached a merger agreement. In order to facilitate the merger plan, Dongfeng Motor Corporation agreed to sell 30.7 million shares of PSA, reducing its stake from 12.23% to 9.14%. * In 2021, PSA and FCA completed the merger, and Dongfeng Motor Corporation's PSA shares were converted into shares of

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Group. Dongfeng sold 36.06 million shares of

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at 16.65 euros per share, totaling 600 million euros (approximately 4.677 billion RMB). After the sale, Dongfeng Motor Corporation still held a 4.5% stake in Stellantis Group. * In January 2022, Dongfeng again sold 40 million shares of Stellantis common stock for a total value of 732 million euros (approximately 5.257 billion RMB). After the transaction, Dongfeng held a 3.16% stake in

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. * In November 2022,

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repurchased 50 million shares of its common stock from Dongfeng for 934 million euros (approximately 7.276 billion RMB). After the completion of this transaction, Dongfeng's holding of Stellantis common stock reduced to 49.2 million shares, accounting for 1.58% of Stellantis' total share capital. * Through these four rounds of reducing its holdings in PSA Group and Stellantis Group shares, Dongfeng has generated 18.51 billion RMB cumulative cash by the investment in Stellantis and PSA.

Overseas activities

Dongfeng sells products overseas through various legal arrangements that see mostly light commercial vehicles sold under its own brand name in a variety of formats and specifications. Foreign countries where Dongfeng has or had a presence include:

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,China, ASEAN in creation of win-win situation
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, et al. Dongfeng has a joint venture for assembly of commercial trucks with Pakistan's Ghandhara Nissan, whereas it assembles DFSK light commercial vehicles in Pakistan as a joint venture with Regal Automobile Industries Limited

Sales

Etymology

The name "Dongfeng" which means "East Wind", is taken from

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's famous saying "East wind prevails over the west wind", which means that the power of socialism will surely defeat the power of capitalism.

Brand efforts and sponsorships

Dongfeng sponsored the Chinese entry for the 2014–2015 Volvo Ocean Race, a round-the-world sailing race. Dongfeng also sponsored the winning entry in the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race.

Controversies

Some Dongfeng heavy duty trucks are sold as military vehicles, and limited exports under the name Dongfeng Aeolus have occurred. Dongfeng has, at times, exported military spec vehicles to conflict-ridden nations and places including 400 to Myanmar in 2005 and 200 into

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,

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, that same year. This precipitated the

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abstaining from investment in Dongfeng Motor Group for a seven-year period between 2007 and 2014.

References

External links

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History

Background and founding

Mass production (1975–2000)

2000–2010

2010–present

Organizational structure

Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFM)

Dongfeng Motor Group (DFG)

Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle (DFCV)

Dongfeng Automobile Company Ltd. (DFAC)

Brands

Voyah

M-Hero

The "Dongfeng" brand

Aeolus (Dongfeng Fengshen)

Dongfeng eπ

Dongfeng Nammi

Forthing (Dongfeng Fengxing)

Joint ventures

eGT New Energy Automotive

Dana

Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles (Dongfeng Trucks)

Dongfeng Honda

Dongfeng Nissan

Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. (Dongfeng Nissan)

Venucia

Fengdu

Other Nissan joint ventures

Nissan joint venture sites

Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën

Dongfeng Skio Junfeng

Defunct

Dongfeng Sokon (DFSK) (divested)

Dongfeng Renault (defunct)

Dongfeng Yulon (defunct)

Dongfeng Yueda Kia (defunct)

Minor joint ventures

Dongvo (Hangzhou) Truck Company

Chufeng

Military products

Dongfeng Mengshi

Production bases and facilities

Dongfeng sites

Overseas production

International investments and holdings

Overseas activities

Sales

Etymology

Brand efforts and sponsorships

Controversies

See also

References

External links