Dongfeng Automobile sell 170,000 CVs in '08

Shanghai, February 3 (Gasgoo.com) Dongfeng Automobile Co., Ltd., is a subsidiary of Dongfeng Motors, said it sold 170,000 commercial vehicles in 2008, representing total value of 17 billion yuan($2.48 billion) , Hubei News said today.

Dongfeng Automobile has seen its light vehicles sales increase from 100,000 in 2005 to 170,000 in 2008.

In 2009, the automaker will start developing Dongfeng-brand small engines to improve the core competitiveness of light commercial vehicles produced by Dongfeng Nissan, the automaker's joint venture with Japanese Nissan Motor.

This year, Dongfeng Automobile aims to increase vehicle sales by 5% to 183,700 units and to produce and sell 139,500 engines for achieving sales revenue of 17.5 billion yuan.