Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile Company (DPCA), a JV between Dongfeng and PSA, is in no hurry to get its planned third plant running.

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A SinoCast report said that the Wuhan-based venture’s second factory will start manufacturing cars in 2009.


DPCA’s two brands – Peugeot and Citroen – will launch more new cars from 2008.


The Peugeot 307 was launched on the market in February 2008 and the all-new Elysee will hit the market on April 8 this year, the report said. The two brands will launch five car models this year and twenty over the next five years.


The report added that a third model platform at the plant will be added in 2009 and also said that DPCA is feeling the effects of higher costs, including raw materials and wages.

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In these circumstances, capacity will be added as needed and the third plant will have to wait.