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Name

Dongfeng Motor Corporation Dongfeng Motor Corporation Ltd. is a Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wuhan, Hubei. Founded in 1969, it is currently the third largest of the " Big Four" state-owned car manufacturers of China, namely: SAIC Motor, F ...

( and previously ) is a separate legal entity from Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. (). Dongfeng Motor Corporation is a Chinese, state-owned automaker while Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. is a joint venture between Dongfeng Motor Group ()Also used the Chinese name before the formation of the current Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. and Nissan. Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. had a subsidiary Dongfeng Automobile Co., Ltd. (DFAC, ) which also had a similar name with Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd.. , according to Reuters, about 68% of Dongfeng Motor Group products were connected to Nissan, and, as of 2006, the company was being referred to as "the biggest Sino-foreign vehicle joint venture". According to Dongfeng Motor Group, Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. (DFL) and it subsidiaries produced 1,501,562 units of vehicles in year 2017, out of Dongfeng Motor Group's 3,306,086 units from all its divisions, subsidiaries and joint ventures, or 45% production volume of the listed portion of the whole Dongfeng Motor Corporation group. This figure did not distinguish licensed model from the production volume, but by legal person basis.

History

Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. (DFL) was formally established on 9 June 2003 and began operations on 1 July 2003. Initially headquartered in Shiyan, it moved closer to its Chinese parent relocating to Wuhan in June, 2006. Sales targets in 2007 were in excess of 600,000 units. In September 2010, DFL unveiled a new automobile marque,

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 ...

(), to sell vehicles tailored specifically for second- and third-tier Chinese cities in the poorer interior of the country. In 2011, a roadmap for additional investment in Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. by its Japanese and Chinese parents was drawn up as part of a plan to boost annual sales from around 1.3 million vehicles in 2010 to over 2.3 million by 2015. In April 2012, it was announced that Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. would begin manufacturing models from the range of Nissan's luxury marque,

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, beginning in 2014. In 2017 the majority stake of Zhengzhou Nissan, was acquired from the listed subsidiaries

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Production bases and facilities

As of 2006, the company reportedly had factories in Hubei, Guangdong, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and Zhejiang. As of 2015, a subsidiary, Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company, is listed as having a R&D center as well as a variety of factories including sites in: Dalian, Huadu, Xiangyang, and Zhengzhou. The Dalian location may be the same site that was in the planning stages as of 2012 and slated to produce Nissan-branded automobiles. A corporate campus and design center in Huadu, Guangzhou, was announced in 2017.

Subsidiaries

, DFL had the following subsidiaries: *

(60.1%) * Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company * Zhengzhou Nissan Automobile Company * Dongfeng Infiniti Motor Company * Dongfeng Motor Parts and Components Group Company

Products

After the majority stake of Zhengzhou Nissan, was acquired by Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd., there are three brands of products sold under the firm, including Dongfeng,

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Dongfeng products

* Dongfeng Rich **Dongfeng Rich **Dongfeng Rich EV **Dongfeng Rich SUV *

Dongfeng Rich 6 The Dongfeng Rich is a compact pickup truck produced by the Dongfeng Nissan joint venture of Chinese auto manufacturer Dongfeng Motor Corporation. First generation The first generation Dongfeng Rich is a pickup truck and a SUV based on the desig ...

* Dongfeng Succe **Dongfeng Succe **Dongfeng Succe EV **Dongfeng Succe EV panelvan *

Dongfeng Yufeng S16 The Dongfeng Yufeng (东风御风) or Dongfeng E-Travel is a light commercial van produced by the Chinese automaker Dongfeng Dongfeng is the romanization of several Chinese names of which most notably "East Wind" (); it may refer to: People's ...

* Dongfeng Yufeng P16 *

Dongfeng Junfeng The Dongfeng Junfeng (俊风) is a microvan produced by Zhengzhou Nissan Automobile, a subsidiary of Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. Overview The Dongfeng Junfeng was originally called the Junfeng CV03 and was sold directly by Dongfeng when launched ...

Dongfeng Oting The Nissan Xterra is a truck-based compact SUV manufactured and marketed by Nissan from 1999–2015 across two generations; the first (1999–2004) sharing a platform as well as front bumper, hood, A-pillar, windshield and front doors with the ...

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Dongfeng Ruitaite products

Electric commercial van products. *

Dongfeng Ruitaite EM10 Dongfeng is the romanization of several Chinese names of which most notably "East Wind" (); it may refer to: People's Republic of China * Dongfeng (missile) (), series of ballistic missiles of the People's Liberation Army * Chinese series of dies ...

Dongfeng Ruitaite EM16 Dongfeng is the romanization of several Chinese names of which most notably "East Wind" (); it may refer to: People's Republic of China * Dongfeng (missile) (), series of ballistic missiles of the People's Liberation Army * Chinese series of dies ...

Dongfeng Ruitaite EM30 Dongfeng is the romanization of several Chinese names of which most notably "East Wind" (); it may refer to: People's Republic of China * Dongfeng (missile) (), series of ballistic missiles of the People's Liberation Army * Chinese series of dies ...

Fengdu products

Fengdu MX5 The Aeolus AX7, previously the Dongfeng Fengshen AX7 is a compact CUV produced by Dongfeng Motor Corporation under the Aeolus sub-brand since 2014. Starting from the 2021 model year, the Aeolus AX7 was sold with the Aeolus name badge instead of ...

Fengdu MX6 The is a compact crossover SUV produced by the Japanese automaker Nissan since 2000. Since its introduction, the X-Trail is positioned below the truck-based Xterra and Pathfinder. Since the third-generation model, the X-Trail became the same v ...

File:Dongfeng Fengdu MX5 2 China 2017-04-05.jpg, Fengdu MX5 File:Dongfeng Fengdu MX6 China 2016-04-07.jpg, Fengdu MX6

Nissan products

Nissan NV200 The Nissan NV200 is a light commercial and leisure activity, 4/5-door van designed and produced by the Japanese automaker Nissan since 2009. Overview The vehicle was previewed as the NV200 Concept at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show, followed by ...

Nissan Navara The Nissan Navara is a nameplate used for Nissan pickup trucks with D21, D22, D40 and D23 model codes. The nameplate has been used in Australia, New Zealand, Central America, South America, Asia, Europe, and South Africa. In North, Central a ...

Nissan Terra The Nissan Terra is a mid-size SUV manufactured by Nissan. It was launched to the public at the April 2018 Auto China. The Terra is positioned in size between the X-Trail/ Rogue compact crossover and Patrol/ Armada full-size SUV. The Terra also ...

File:Nissan NV200 CN facelift 02 China 2018-03-20.jpg, Nissan NV200 File:2016 Nissan NP300 Navara (D23) ST 4-door utility (2017-09-22) 01.jpg, Nissan Navara File:Nissan Terra 001.jpg, Nissan Terra

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* {{Automotive industry in the People's Republic of China Car manufacturers of China Nissan Dongfeng Motor joint ventures