Acura: TSX News
06-04-2013, 09:45 PM
#3242
The point is Honda plant in Japan RLX is flopped. It does not have diesel for rest of the world. ILX does not have diesel either. This low production ILX simply don't have any place in this world as Euro Civic diesel is now exported to Australlia. once ILX falls below a 1000. it is pretty much end of it just like ZDX.
01-24-2015, 03:27 AM
#3243
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http://www.autonews.com/article/2015...cord-in-europe
BARCELONA -- Honda will end sales of the Accord midsize sedan in Europe after the car failed to make headway against German rivals.
“We are running out the Accord and we will not return to the segment,” Leon Brannan, Honda’s UK car division’s boss, told Automotive News Europe at a press event here.
Honda has strugged to sell the Accord in a segment where even the most popular mass-market models such as the Volkswagen Passat and Ford Mondeo are losing sales to premium rivals such as the BMW 3 series and Mercedes C class.
Brannan said the midsize segment is dominated by corporate sales to German premium brands. “The cost to compete is eye-watering,” he said.
Honda launched the Accord in Europe in 1977 and began building the car at its factory in Swindon, England, in 1992. The Accord attracted buyers with its reliability and affordable technology.
However after a production shift from the UK to Japan in 2000, Honda was unable to match discounts offered by European automakers after the yen strengthened against local currencies.
The Accord’s European sales fell 19 percent to 3,453 last year, according to JATO Dynamics market researchers.
“We are running out the Accord and we will not return to the segment,” Leon Brannan, Honda’s UK car division’s boss, told Automotive News Europe at a press event here.
Honda has strugged to sell the Accord in a segment where even the most popular mass-market models such as the Volkswagen Passat and Ford Mondeo are losing sales to premium rivals such as the BMW 3 series and Mercedes C class.
Brannan said the midsize segment is dominated by corporate sales to German premium brands. “The cost to compete is eye-watering,” he said.
Honda launched the Accord in Europe in 1977 and began building the car at its factory in Swindon, England, in 1992. The Accord attracted buyers with its reliability and affordable technology.
However after a production shift from the UK to Japan in 2000, Honda was unable to match discounts offered by European automakers after the yen strengthened against local currencies.
The Accord’s European sales fell 19 percent to 3,453 last year, according to JATO Dynamics market researchers.
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