DONGFENG. DONGFENG in CHINA

Dongfeng Motor Corporation, Citic Industrial Bank Building, Hankou Jianshe Avenue 747, Wuhan, 430015 Hubei, China tel +8627/84285000, 84285173 fax +8627/84285288, 84285177 http://www.dfmc.com.cn, http://www.dfac.com.cn, http://www.dongfeng.com.cn, http://www.dongfeng.net

DONGFENG EQ 7100

DONGFENG TIEJIA EQ 2050

DONGFENG XIAOKANG EQ 6380 LF

Program: EQ 7080 / EQ 7100 / EQ 7101 (se­dan, hatchback), Xiaokang EQ 6380 LF, Fen-gxing LZ 6460 Q7-Q9 / LZ 6500 Q7-Q9, Fen-gxing LZ 6460 Q8 / LZ 6500 Q8, EQ 2050 / EQ 2058 Tiejia, EQ 1021 Xingtianyou pick-up.

Founded in 1969, Dongfeng Motor Corporation (called Second Auto Works until 1992) started producing trucks in 1974 and passenger Shen-long hatchbacks in cooperation with Dongfeng--Citroën (see - Shenlong and Dongfeng Citroën) in 1992. In September 2002, Donngfeng Motor Corporation and Nissan established a 50% / 50% part­nership under the Dongfeng Motor Co. Ltd name, which continues production of the Dongfeng, Chen-glong, Wuhan, etc. vehicles, and which started producing the passenger vehicles under the Nissan make in June 2003. At the 1999 Beijing Motor Show, Dongfeng presented its own 5-seat, 5-door EQ 7100 / EQ 7101 hatchbacks with a 993-ccm 52 hp engine (maximum speed 135 km/h) and the EQ 7080 hatchbacks with a 796-ccm 40 hp engine (maximum speed 127 km/h), which went into series production in December 2000, also in the sedan body version. Since 2002, the Chenglong Fengxing (Futurer) LZ 6460 Q7-Q9 / LZ 6500 Q7-Q9 minivans with a 2.0-liter 109 hp or a 2.0-liter 111 hp en­gine have also been sold under the Dongfeng name. The restyled Fengxing LZ 6460 Q8 / Fengxing LZ 6500 Q8 versions with a 2.4-liter 126 hp engine came out in 2003. Chinese competition for the Ame­rican Hummer - the Dongfeng EQ 2050 / EQ 2058 Tiejia - was presented at the 2002 Beijing Motor Show. The vehicle with a 140 hp unit (EQ 2050) or a 6.5-liter 195 hp unit (EQ 2058), has been pro­duced since 2004 in the estate, cabrio, 5-seat pick-up and pick-up body versions. The 5-seat EQ 1021 Xingtianyou pick-up (with a 92 hp engine) has been produced since May 2001. In May 2005, the new 50% / 50% partnership between Dongfeng Motor Corporation and Yuan Group, under the Dongfeng Yuan Automobile Co. Ltd. name, launched the small Xiaokang EQ 6380 LF minivan with a 970-ccm 68 hp, a 1051-ccm 52 hp, a 1310-ccm 82 hp, or a 1320-ccm 69 hp engine. In 2003, Dongfeng pro­duced 473,012 Dongfeng utility vehicles and Dongfeng, Dongfeng Citroën, Shenlong and Nissan pas­senger cars.