- Dongfeng Motor is a Chinese automotive group which owns its own brand (Dongfeng), but has also JV (Joint Venture) branches with Japanese carmakers (Nissan and Honda), French carmakers (Peugeot and Citroën) and Korean carmakers (Kia ). The vehicles produced by the JV may be counted by analysts as Dongfeng Motor vehicles or as Renault-Nissan, Honda, PSA and Hyundai-Kia vehicles. It is important to not count these vehicles twice.

- Dongfeng Motor sold 3.09 million of passenger cars and utility vehicles in 2012, missing its sales target set at 3.3 million  of units.

- Exports of the group have also increased by 32.3% last year, to 85,000 units.

- In 2013, Dongfeng Motor has the objective to sell 3.32 million of passenger cars and utility vehicles (+ 8%). The group also set he objective to export 300,000 passenger cars and utility vehicles per year in 2016.

- The objective of PSA group (brands Peugeot and Citroen) is to sell 500,000 passenger cars and utility vehicles in 2013 and 750,000 from 2015 in China .

- Production in Europe (27 countries Europe + Turkey) fell by 6.8% in 2012 compared to 2011 (-6.5% for Passenger Cars), after a 5.4% increase in 2011 (compared to 2010) and 12.2% increase in 2010 (compared to 2009).

- It is to be noted that good production levels were reached in 2010 and 2011 thanks to a compensation mechanism (set-up of bonus systems and increased exports which have offset the poor years 2008 and 2009 levels). Production in Europe dropped indeed by 22 8% for the cumul of the two years 2008 and 2009 (6% in 2008 and 17.8% in 2009).

- European production peaked in 2007 at more than 20 million vehicles.

- By country: Germany, favoured by a large domestic market (about 3 million Passenger Cars annually) and a large volume of exports (around 4 million annually Passenger cars), dominates the European production (with one third of European production). France arrives in second position. It overpassed again Spain in 2012. Great-Britain gradually catches up with European leader countries.