Honda Invests More than $425 Million in the UK for Current and Future Product

Honda Invests More than $425 Million in the UK for Current and Future Product: ^WG

New 1.6L iDTEC turbo diesel is the next new product from Honda’s Swindon, UK plant. Wayne Gerdes - CleanMPG - Sept. 8, 2012 The 2013 European Honda Civic with the all-new “Earth Dreams” 1.6L iDTEC turbo diesel: Pricing TBA and FE figures of 66 mpgUS combined on the NEDC (approximately 53 mpgUS on our own EPA) that we will probably never see the US unfortunately Honda is prepping to launch its all-new 1.6L iDTEC along with the current Civic and CR-V with a total investment of over $427 million this year alone, the single largest investment into Honda‘s UK manufacturing facilities in over a decade. Last April, Honda introduced a second shift within their Car Plant 2 facility at as the 500 new employees began their new roles within the Plant. That brings the total number of employees at HUM to 3,500, with the production volume forecast to double to 180,000 units in 2012. The ...

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