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Company type | Joint venture |
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Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 7 May 1998Guangzhou) | (
Headquarters | , |
Area served | China |
Products | Automobiles |
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Number of employees | Approximately 7,000 |
Subsidiaries | Guangzhou Honda Automobile Research & Development Co., Ltd. Guangzhou Honda Research & Development Co., Ltd |
Website | www |
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Traditional Chinese | 廣汽本田 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 广汽本田 | ||||||
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GAC Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. is a Chinese automobile manufacturing joint venture company[1] based in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.[2]
Co-owned by Honda and GAC Group (Guangqi),[3] GAC Honda operates two plants that, as of 2011[update], produces Honda-branded models and one car sold under the China-only Everus brand.[1] GAC Honda's products incorporate Japanese-made parts.[4] According to statistics from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, Guangqi Honda's car sales in 2005 were 203,200 units, ranking fifth in mainland China.
Originally named Guangzhou Honda, this was changed to GAC Honda in 2009.[5] As of 2011[update], the company boasts a per year production capacity of 480,000.[6]