Ciimo

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Ciimo
Owner / user Dongfeng Honda Automobile

owner Dongfeng Honda Automobile
Introductory year 2011
Products Automobiles
Markets People's Republic of China
Ciimo
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Ciimo (Chinese Si Ming) was a car brand from the People's Republic of China for the Chinese market.

Brand history

Dongfeng Honda Automobile from Wuhan presented an automobile with the brand name Ciimo for the first time in 2011 . Series production began in April 2012. In the year 14,089 vehicles were sold. In 2013 there were 12,563 vehicles and 11,014 in the following year. Production ended in April 2015. In 2015 2354 vehicles were sold and in 2016 only 1176.

vehicles

The only model was the 1.8 . It was based on the eighth generation Honda Civic (2005-2011) . The four-door sedan was 4530 mm long, 1755 mm wide and 1460 mm high with a wheelbase of 2700 mm. The curb weight was given as 1180 kg. The vehicles were powered by a four-cylinder in - line engine with 1799 cm³ displacement and 140 hp .

Sub-brand or brand?

Some sources see Ciimo only as a sub-brand below the Dongfeng or Dongfeng-Honda brand .

Internet information avoids the term sub brand , but writes Dongfeng Honda Ciimo.

Other sources refer to Ciimo as a brand. Sales in China were in Ciimo, not Dongfeng Ciimo.

literature

  • Bernd Ostmann (Editor-in-Chief): Auto Katalog 2014. Motor Presse Stuttgart, Stuttgart 2013, p. 50 and p. 190–191.
  • Ralph Alex, Jens Katemann (editors-in-chief): Auto Katalog 2016. Motor Presse Stuttgart, Stuttgart 2015, p. 159 and p. 197.

Web links

Commons : Ciimo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Bart Demandt: Ciimo Sales Data & Trends for the Chinese Automotive Market (English, accessed on May 3, 2020)
  2. ↑ a b c Yang Jing: JV independent brands pushed out of market In: Global Times of July 10, 2015. (English, accessed on January 16, 2016)
  3. ↑ a b Dongfeng Honda Ciimo (English, accessed on January 16, 2016)
  4. ↑ a b c d Ralph Alex, Jens Katemann (editors-in-chief): Auto Katalog 2016. Motor Presse Stuttgart, Stuttgart 2015, p. 159 and p. 197.
  5. ↑ a b Bernd Ostmann (editor-in-chief): Auto Katalog 2014. Motor Presse Stuttgart, Stuttgart 2013, p. 50 and p. 190–191.
  6. ↑ Tycho de Feijter: Spy Shot: old Honda CR-V to become a Ciimo in China from March 2, 2012. (English, accessed May 9, 2020)
  7. ↑ Tycho de Feijter: Dongfeng-Honda Ciimo debuts at the Beijing Auto Show on April 25, 2012. (English, accessed on May 9, 2020)
  8. ↑ Tycho fe Feijter: Dongfeng-Honda sub-brand will be called Ciimo from September 28, 2011 (English, accessed May 9, 2020)
  9. ↑ WE Ning: Dongfeng-Honda Ciimo sub-brands into the Chinese car market from May 2, 2012 (English, accessed May 9, 2020)
  10. ^ D'Auto (Dutch, accessed January 16, 2016)