Shanghai, June 25 (Gasgoo.com) Dong Feng Motor Corporation Passenger Vehicle Company (DFPV) is to set up an engine plant with an annual production capacity of 300,000 units on June 26th, media reported.

The plant is expecting to be completed in the second half of 2011 and put DFMA 16 series engine into production in order to assemble into its own-brand cars. This move signifies that Dongfeng's own-brand vehicles are making a breakthrough from car manufacturing to critical core technology.

DEPV's engine plant will progressively put 1.6L series engine (DFMA16-40, DFMA14-40, DFMA14T-40) and 2.0L series engine (DFMB20-50, DFMB20T-50, DFMB24-50) into production. The newly developed engines will also be put into production gradually.

A reporter learned from DFPV that its engine plant is located in its passenger vehicles' factory in Wuhan. After DFMA 16-40 started its mass production, they will be equipped to Dongfeng Fengshen passenger cars.

A source from DEPV said that as early as three years ago, when Dongfeng Motor Corporation planned the DEPV project, they left some development scope for the engine plant.