Dongfeng Honda aims to produce 200,000 vehicles

Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co. Ltd., a 50-50 joint venture between China’s Dongfeng Motor Corp. Ltd. and Japan’s Honda Motor Co. Ltd., plans to increase production capacity to 200,000 units in 2009. It set its sales target at 180,000 cars in 2009, according to a senior official of the company. Dongfeng Honda, based in Wuhan, capital city of Hubei province in central China, reportedly sold 160,200 cars in 2008, exceeding the its sales target for that year. (January 14, 2009)