Dongfeng to debut own brand BF sedan at Beijing auto show

Shanghai, April 11 (Gasgoo.com) China's third largest auto group Dongfeng Motor Co plans to debut a hatchback version of its self-developed compact model, Dongfeng BF, at the Beijing auto show on April 20.

The automaker has already announced to produce its first self-developed sedan and its off-shoot versions by the end of this year, the state media Xinhua News Agency reported yesterday.

The report said these new models were being developed under the program designated BF. The first BF hatchback will be equipped with a 1.6 liter engine and priced at 100,000 ($14,300) yuan.

Last September, Dongfeng Motor started to invest 7.6 billion yuan in a passenger vehicle production base in Wuhan where the new BF series will be manufactured. After the first phase of construction is completed this year, the facility will have an annual production capacity of 160,000 vehicles.

Dongfeng remains China's largest player in the heavy-duty and medium-duty truck segments. Last year the company sold 311,513 commercial vehicles, up 21.6% from a year earlier.

Dongfeng BF to be showcased at the Beijing auto show on April 20