Honda Motor has started to manufacture the Spirior sports sedan at the Dongfeng Honda Automobile joint venture in Wuhan, Asia Pulse reported.
The 2.4-litre Spirior, known in other countries as the Accord, will be the third model to be produced at the plant after the CR-V sports utility vehicle and the Civic sedan. The company hopes to sell 15,000 Spiriors in 2009.

As a result of this expansion, the annual production capacity of the Wuhan factory has been increased from 120,000 to 200,000 units.