The story
Dongfeng Honda was established in July 2003 and began automobile production in April 2004 with the Honda CR-V sport utility vehicle.
In February 2006, Dongfeng Honda completed a 2.8 billion yuan (US$340 million) expansion of its production facility quadrupling production capacity to 120,000 units. In May 2008, it announced plans to double production capacity to 240,000 vehicles a year with an investment of 10 billion RMB. In 2010, Dongfeng Honda's first sub-brand Ciimo was founded, with first model presented in 2011.
As of 2011, product part-content included parts manufactured in Japan. Honda builds a second Wuhan factory in 2012, a third in 2018, takes over an idle Shenlong factory in 2021 and announces an all-new BEV-only factory earlier this year. Almost at the same time as Dongfeng Honda, the Japanese set up a third joint venture plant called Honda Automobile (China). Honda owns a majority of 65%, GAC holds 25% and Dongfeng has 10%. This plant is only used for export to Asia and the Middle East.
In 2022, the company became more heavily involved in sourcing batteries for electric vehicles. In 2023, a second sub-brand of the joint venture, Lingxi, was introduced, under which exclusively electric cars are to be marketed. The first model is the 4.83 meter long sedan Lingxi L.
In August 2025, Dongfeng Motor Group announced the termination of its partnership with Honda, due to losses related to the production of combustion cars and the Chinese market's shift to electric vehicles.
From Wikipedia’s article on Dongfeng Honda, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4