Central state-owned automaker headquartered in Wuhan, founded in 1969 as a truck maker. Builds combustion, hybrid, and electric vehicles under its core Dongfeng badge and export nameplates such as the Vigo, alongside sibling brands Voyah, Nammi, and Mengshi and joint ventures with Honda and Nissan.
The Dongfeng Vigo is a compact electric SUV built on Dongfeng's Quantum Architecture S3 platform, sold in China as the Nammi 06. A single front motor drives the front wheels with LFP batteries of 44.94 or 51.87 kWh, giving up to 471 km of CLTC range (about 340 km WLTP). It launched in China in May 2025 and has since reached export markets including Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and South Africa.
Dongfeng Motor Corporation is a central government-owned automaker headquartered in Wuhan, founded in 1969 as a truck manufacturer. It is one of China’s “Big Four” state-owned carmakers and has run joint ventures with Honda, Nissan, and Peugeot-Citroen for decades alongside its own-brand vehicle lineup.
The core Dongfeng badge covers combustion, hybrid, and electric SUVs, sedans, and MPVs, including export nameplates such as the Vigo compact electric SUV, sold domestically as the Nammi 06. Dongfeng’s newer-energy strategy also runs through sibling brands: Voyah, a premium EV line, and Nammi, a small-EV brand aimed at the domestic Chinese market.
