Honda India announced that it will stop production at one of its two plants in India. The Greater Noida plant focused on the production of larger Honda vehicles, while the second Tapukara plant in Rajasthan focused on the high-speed production of smaller vehicles.
Honda Civic and CR-V were the company’s biggest offerings. The Greater Noida plant focused on the production of these two cars and Honda City. While production of the popular Honda City will move to the Tapukara plant, the larger Honda Civic and Honda CR-V will no longer be produced in India.
The company will have to stop production of the two models as the Tapukara plant in Rajasthan is built for the smaller cars and the introduction of production cars like the City and CR-V will require a heavy investment in the facility. Instead, the company has decided to discontinue the two cars. The cars are still listed on the company’s official website. However, that may change once stocks are depleted.
Announcing the end of the road for two popular Honda Civic and Honda CR-V cars, HCIL Senior Vice President and Director (Sales and Marketing) Rajesh Goel said: “It is a difficult decision for us to stop CR-V production. and Both the Civic are popular models worldwide. It has been done because the Tapukara plant was conceived as a high-efficiency facility for small and medium-sized cars. Cars over a certain size cannot be made there unless they are made certain investments there, “he said.
The executive said that making these investments will ultimately lead to an increase in the prices of the two cars, which, in turn, will further remove them from the reach of potential buyers. However, the company will continue to support existing owners of the two cars for the next 15 years.
With the two cars out of Honda’s portfolio, the company will only have the Amaze compact sedan, the Honda City midsize sedan, the sub-4m WR-V SUV and the Jazz premium hatchback.
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