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Dongfeng Nissan company history timeline

2003

Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. (DFL) was formally established on 9 June 2003 and began operations on 1 July 2003.

2006

Initially headquartered in Shiyan, it moved closer to its Chinese parent relocating to Wuhan in June, 2006.

As of 2006, the company reportedly had factories in Hubei, Guangdong, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and Zhejiang.

2007

Sales targets in 2007 were in excess of 600,000 units.

2009

In 2009, the company sold 1.9 million cars.

2010

In September 2010, DFL unveiled a new automobile marque, Venucia (Chinese: 启辰; pinyin: Qǐ Chén), to sell vehicles tailored specifically for second- and third-tier Chinese cities in the poorer interior of the country.

2011

2011 production figures showed that the company has the second largest production position in the domestic market; DongFeng produced 3060000 vehicles that year.

2013

In 2013, partnerships were established with the French Renault.

2015

As of 2015, a subsidiary, Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company, is listed as having a R&D center as well as a variety of factories including sites in: Dalian, Huadu, Xiangyang, and Zhengzhou.

2017

Until November 2017, it was known as Dongfeng Motor Corporation (东风汽车公司 / dōngfēng qìchē gōngsī).

A corporate campus and design center in Huadu, Guangzhou, was announced in 2017.

2018

To make things even more complicated, since 2018 Fengshen cars in China carry the Aeolus name in western script on their trunk lid.

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