Dongfeng Peugeot Citroën Automobile (DPCA) has signed an agreement with the city of Chengdu for the construction of its fourth assembly plant in China. Work will start in this second half of 2014 with the first car scheduled off-line late in 2016.

Annual capacity will eventually reaching 300,000 vehicles a year. The factory will build Dongfeng Citroën and Dongfeng Peugeot and Fengshen- badged SUVs and MPVs. According to just-auto‘s Production Life Database, one model could be the redesigned 5008 line also expected to go into in production at PSA’s Rennes-la-Jannais plant in France in 2016.

Go deeper with GlobalData

Data Insights

The gold standard of business intelligence.

Find out more

Discover B2B Marketing That Performs

Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms.

Find out more

DPCA currently has three plants in Wuhan which run on two shifts and can build 750,000 units a year. The fourth plant will hike capacity to 1m units in 2016.

The company’s full-year target for 2014 is to sell over 650,000 vehicles in China.

On 28 March, Dongfeng and PSA Peugeot Citroën signed a global strategic partnership with the objective of selling 1.5m vehicles by 2020.

Peugeot eyes further growth in China

Just Auto Excellence Awards - Nominations Closed

Nominations are now closed for the Just Auto Technology Excellence Awards. A big thanks to all the organisations that entered – your response has been outstanding, showcasing exceptional innovation, leadership, and impact.

Excellence in Action
Continental has secured the Window Displays Innovation Award in the 2025 Just Auto Excellence Awards for its Window Projection solution, transforming side windows into dynamic, data-rich canvases. Discover how this compact projection technology and intelligent software are reshaping in-car UX and opening fresh revenue streams for OEMs and mobility providers.

Discover the Impact