Forthing: Dongfeng Liuzhou's Passenger Car Marque at a Glance

Forthing, known domestically as Dongfeng Fengxing, is the passenger vehicle marque operated by Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor, a subsidiary of the Dongfeng Motor Group. The name traces back to 2001, when the range launched under the Fengxing name; Forthing was later adopted as the international identity while the Chinese branding stayed unchanged. Like most marques across the Dongfeng family, its vehicles have consistently carried the parent company's emblem.

A branding reset began in November 2020, when the T5 EVO crossover premiered as the first model to display a newly designed lion badge. A renewal event in Shanghai in June 2021 confirmed the switch, revealed the company's first concept car dedicated to family mobility, and introduced the tagline “Confidence, Fearlessness, and Bravery Forward.”

Today's catalog runs from the long-lived Lingzhi van family and the Jingyi crossover line — exported as Joyear — to the newer Xinghai series, which anchors the electrification push: the full-size plug-in hybrid V9 MPV arrived in 2024, the battery-electric S7 mid-size sedan followed in 2025, the BEV Xinghai T5 (Leiting) dates to 2023, and a V6 plug-in hybrid is still to come. Beyond China, the brand reaches Europe, the Middle East and South America, with some models in markets such as Chile and Peru sold under the Dongfeng, DFM or DFLZ names.