据报道，被誉为“PSA集团全球样板工厂”的神龙汽车武汉第二工厂将于近日完成转让手续，而接收方恰好正是此前一度遭遇产能瓶颈的东风本田。双方将在近日正式敲定相关的转让细节，至于是租用还是直接买下还有待最终确认。一位内部人士透露，目前神龙一厂即将进行一次大的升级改造，内容包括引入二厂所生产车型的生产线，因此东风本田直接买下的可能性更大。神龙第二工的产能为15万辆，主要负责生产C5、C6、508等中高端车型，同时它还是PSA集团“全球新一代精益化样板工厂”。但最新数据显示，截至10月8日，神龙汽车累计销量约为24.8万辆左右，远低于年初制定的目标是全年70万辆。而与之形成鲜明对比的是，东风本田今年良好的市场表现让其产能愈发“吃紧”。根据东风本田最新公布的产销数据显示，前九个月累计售出51.7万辆，同比增长27.3%。实际上，从2月底开始，陆续有上千名工人被调往东风集团旗下的东风本田，为期一年。东风本田在武汉的第三工厂去年12月8日开始建设，预计将于2019年上半年开始投产，最初年产量12万辆，总投资人民币30亿元。
Dongfeng Honda will take over Shenlong's second factory
It’s reported that Shenlong’s second factory, known as “PSA Group Global Sample Factory”, will accomplish its transfer procedure recently. Dongfeng Honda may be the factory’s new owner.
But details show that whether the transfer will be fulfilled by renting or buying still waits to be confirmed. But one insider revealed that Shenlong’s first factory will undergo a large upgrade, which will introduce the production line for models previously produced by its second factory. Therefore, chances are that Dongfeng Honda will buy the factory directly.
Shenlong’s second factory has an annual capacity exceeding 150,000 units, mainly producing middle-and-high-end models including C5, C6 and 508. In the meantime, it is also the global model factory for PSA Group. But latest data shows that Shenlong factory only sells 248,000 units till October 8th, still lagging far behind its annual sales target of 700,000 units. In sharp contrast, Dongfeng Honda has a total sales volume of 517,000 units in the previous three quarters with a year-on-year growth of 27.3%.
In fact, as early as the beginning of this year, Shenlong transferred nearly 1,000 employees to support Dongfeng Honda’s production for one-year period. Dongfeng Honda’s third factory started construction in Wuhan on December 8th last year, and is expected to be put into production in the first half of 2019 with an initial annual capacity of 120,000 units and a total investment of RMB 3b.