Dongfeng Honda expects to surpass 200,000 units sold in 2009

Dongfeng Honda announced at the Guangzhou Auto Show that it expects to sell more than 200,000 vehicles by the end of this year.

The joint venture between China's Dongfeng Motor and Japan's Honda sold 168,649 units the first 10 months in 2009, up 23 percent from a year earlier, meeting the year’s sales target.

Seiji Kuraishi, president of Dongfeng Honda, said the daily production capacity has reached 1,000 units, and the annual production capacity was raised to 240,000 units from 200,000 units.

Ten thousand units of the Honda CRV were sold and 8,000 of the Civic this year; sales of the Spirior sales are expected to reach 15,000 units by the end of this year.

The joint venture hopes to build a new plant in 2010 with an annual production capacity of 240,000 units in Dunkou, Wuhan City, central China's Hubei Province.

Agencies and Shi Jierui contributed to this story