Following the discontinuation of production at its Greater Noida plant, Honda Cars India has discontinued the Civic and CR-V models in India. This is because the company cannot manufacture them at the Tapukara facility.
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Honda Cars India moves its entire production unit to the Tapukara plant in Rajasthan
Honda Cars India will discontinue its flagship models: the Civic sedan and the CR-V SUV in the country. This announcement follows the company’s decision to end vehicle production at its Greater Noida plant and move its entire production unit to the Honda Tapukara plant in Alwar district, Rajasthan. Commenting on the development, a Honda Cars India spokesperson told carandbike: “Due to the discontinuation of production at the Greater Noida unit, there will be no production of CR-V and Civic as both models cannot be manufactured at the plant. of Tapukara, which was conceived as a high-efficiency integrated plant for the production of small and medium-sized cars. “
Honda, which is moving its entire production unit to the Tapukara plant, says it cannot make the CR-V and Civic on site.
In addition to production-related issues, we must also consider the fact that both the Honda Civic and the CR-V have been two of the best-selling models in the company’s range. In the last six months alone, the company has only sold around 850 Civic units and just over 100 CR-V units in India. By comparison, the recently launched seventh-generation Honda City averages 4,000 units per month, while the WR-V is good for around 1,000 units per month. The Honda Amaze continued to be the company’s best-seller with around 5,000 units a month, while the Honda Jazz accounted for almost 700 units a month, on average.
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Honda Cars India stopped vehicle production at its Greater Noida plant from December 2020
The Honda Civic came with a 1.8-liter i-VTEC petrol engine that develops 139 bhp and 174 Nm of peak torque, while only paired with the CVT automatic transmission, and a 1.6-liter i-DTEC diesel engine generates 118 bhp. and 300 Nm peak. torque, while paired with just a 6-speed manual transmission. The CR-V has a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder SOHC i-VTEC gasoline engine that also powers the regular model. The gasoline mill is tuned to produce 152 hp at 6,500 rpm and 189 Nm at 4,300 rpm and is mated to a CVT unit.
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The Honda Civic was priced between ₹ 17.94 lakh and ₹ 22.35 lakh, while the CR-V was priced at ₹ 28.27 lakh to ₹ 29.50 lakh (all ex-showroom, Delhi ). Interestingly, in September 2020, Honda introduced the revamped CR-V globally, and it’s working on the next-gen Civic sedan as well. However, with the discontinuation of existing models here and Honda India shutting down the production unit of the Greater Noida plant, the chances of the cars making it to India are bleak.
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