Aeolus (marque)

Aeolus
Product type	Automobile brand
Owner	Dongfeng Motor Group
Country	China
Introduced	July 2009
Markets	China; South America
Website	dfpv.com.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	东风风神
Traditional Chinese	東風風神
Literal meaning	Easterly wind, wind god
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dōngfēng Fēngshén

Aeolus (Dongfeng Fengshen) is an automobile brand owned by the Chinese automaker Dongfeng Passenger Vehicle Company, a division of Dongfeng Motor Group. The brand was launched in July 2009 using the Fengshen name,^[1] and was later renamed to Aeolus as the English name, while the Chinese name remained the same (Chinese: 风神; pinyin: Fēngshén).

Some of its products are based on those of PSA Peugeot Citroën, such as Fengshen L60, launched by Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën in 2015.^[2]

History

The Fengshen name was first used as a vehicle model name by Yunbao Automobile, a joint-venture set up by the Taiwanese Yulon Motor. During the late 1990s, Nissan of Japan was formally added as a partner in the Yunbao joint-venture which resulted in the first Fengshen, the Yunbao Fengshen 7200, a rebadged model line based on the Nissan Bluebird U13 that was launched in the Chinese market in 1998. Later in 2003, Nissan bought Yulon's share in the joint-venture which became Dongfeng-Nissan, and later the Fengshen name was chosen to become the name of the new sub-brand.^[3]

The first Fengshen production model, an A-class four-door sedan called the Fengshen S30, was unveiled at the Auto Shanghai motor show in April 2009^[4] and went on sale in China in July 2009.^[1]

In June 2010, Dongfeng began the construction of an engine plant in Hebei province for the manufacture of self-developed engines for Fengshen vehicles.^[6]

The Fengshen H30, a mid-sized five-door hatchback, was officially launched in January 2011.^{[citation needed]} The Fengshen H30 Cross, a compact five-door SUV, made its debut at the Auto Shanghai motor show in April 2011^[7] and went on sale in China in the same month.^[8] The Fengshen A60, a compact sedan based on the Nissan Sylphy, made its debut at the Auto Guangzhou motor show in November 2011^[9] and went on sale in China in March 2012.^[10]

In April 2012, Dongfeng announced that it would establish a multi-brand dealership network across China selling Fengshen, Dongfeng Fengxing and Zhengzhou Nissan vehicles.^[11]

Fengshen vehicles went on sale outside China for the first time in August 2012, when the brand was launched in Venezuela.^[12]

In August 2023, Dongfeng motor announced restructure of its subsidiary brands Aeolus (Dongfeng Fengshen), Dongfeng Nammi and Dongfeng eπ. The three brands were consolidated into one "Dongfeng" brand, which unified in marketing and production management. The three brands became sub-brands and remained using independent brands. ^[13]

Products

Current model

Aeolus Yixuan (2019-present), compact sedan
- Aeolus Yixuan GS (2020-present), SUV variant of Yixuan
Aeolus Yixuan Max (2021-present), mid-size sedan^[14]
Aeolus A60 (2011-present), compact sedan^[15]
- Aeolus A60 EV/ E70 (2015-present), EV variant of A60
Aeolus AX7 (2014-present), compact SUV^[16]
Aeolus Haoji (2022-present), compact SUV
Aeolus Haohan (2023-present), compact SUV
- Aeolus Sky EV01 (2023-present), EV variant of Haohan
- Aeolus L7 (2024-present), PHEV varinat of Haohan

Discontinued models

Car

Aeolus E30/E30L (2015-2016), city car

Aeolus EX1 (2020-2022), city car
Aeolus S30 (2009-2017), subcompact sedan
- Aeolus H30 (2009-2017), hatchback variant of S30
- Aeolus H30 Cross (2011-2017), SUV variant of S30
Aeolus A30 (2014-2019), subcompact sedan
Aeolus L60 (2015-2019), compact sedan
Dongfeng A9 (2016-2019), executive sedan

SUV

Aeolus AX3 (2015-2019), subcompact SUV
Aeolus AX4 (2017-2021), subcompact SUV
Aeolus AX5 (2016-2020), compact SUV

Sales

Fengshen products are currently sold in China and Venezuela.

Global sales data of Aeolus(Fengshen)^[17]
Year	Total
2009	22,000^[1]
2010	28,188^[18]
2011	28,000
2012	60,200^[19]
2013	80,077^[20]^{[note 1]}
2014	80,107
2015	100,417
2016	150,077
2017	125,018
2018	95,641
2019	78,107
2020	70,519
2021	121,570
2022	190,587^[21]