Dongfeng assigns a previously PSA dedicated plant to Nissan
- The Chinese manufacturer Dongfeng has created joint ventures in China with the Citroën, Peugeot, Nissan, Renault, Honda and Kia brands.
- Because production capacity for Nissan has become insufficient and PSA's capacities are largely underutilized, Dongfeng decided to assign one of its factories that manufactured PSA group cars to Nissan Group. This plant has a production capacity of 300,000 vehicles per year.
- Dongfeng-Nissan produced 1.3 million vehicles in China in 2017 for a production capacity of 1.2 million units, while Dongfeng-PSA produced less than 400,000 vehicles in China last year, despite a total of production capacity of 1 million units.
- After this transfer Nissan will have a production capacity of 1.5 million units per year and PSA a production capacity of 700,000 units per year, not counting the Shenzhen plant that assembles DS models and which depends on another joint venture, the one with Changan. This plant has a production capacity of 150,000 vehicles per year.
- Dongfeng manufactured a total of 3.6 million vehicles in 2017, including all its joint ventures and independent brands, with an estimated production capacity of 4 million vehicles per year. It is the second largest Chinese assembler behind SAIC (6.6 million), but ahead of FAW (3 million), Changan (2.3 million) and BAIC (2.1 million).
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