ChinaJeep will build cars in China again, four years after walking away from the country. Stellantis and Dongfeng have registered a new company, Dongfeng Stellantis Automotive Technology, to develop and market four electrified models, with production at the Wuhan plant of the long-running Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen joint venture from 2027.
Two of the four are Jeeps, offered as battery-electric and plug-in hybrids; the other two are Peugeots. Stellantis says the Jeeps are for global markets as well as China, which is the part that makes this different from a normal China joint venture. Reuters reported in June that a large Jeep SUV built under the arrangement is planned for Europe before the end of the decade.
What has changed since May
The outline was announced in May, when Stellantis put the project at over 8 billion yuan (about 1 billion euros), of which it would contribute roughly 130 million euros. The company now exists on paper. It is registered with 8.2 billion yuan ($1.2 billion) of capital and six shareholders: the Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen venture holds 24.1%, two Wuhan municipal investment vehicles hold 19.5% each, Dongfeng Motor and Stellantis hold 13.5% each, and the Yangtze River Industry Group holds 9.8%. The two Wuhan municipal investors together hold 39%, more than Stellantis and Dongfeng Motor combined.
The GAC venture that ended in 2022
Jeep’s previous route into China was GAC Fiat Chrysler, which began building Jeeps in China in 2015. Sales peaked at 222,000 vehicles in 2017, fell to 20,100 by 2021, and Stellantis terminated the venture in July 2022 after writing off its stake; a Chinese court formally declared GAC-FCA bankrupt in July 2025.
The Wuhan plant needs the work. It is the last of three DPCA built in the city, rated at 300,000 cars a year, and the venture sold about 51,500 in all of 2025.
