Honda Motor plans to build a new car plant in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, to increase production in China’s growing auto market, according to sources quoted by Kyodo News.

The new plant is scheduled to start operations in 2011 at the earliest and will have an annual output capacity of more than 100,000 cars.

The plant will be the Honda’s fifth in China to produce four-wheeled vehicles and will boost its overall capacity in the country to more than 700,000 units, or 20 per cent higher than the current level.