Honda is set to stop assembling its Civic sedan in the Philippines. The move, it is reported, is being made to improve efficiency and centralise production in Thailand, where the company’s Asean hub is located.
The automaker has a plant located in the Philippine province of Laguna, and the facility makes the Civic – in its eight-generation form – as well as the City sedan. Parts shortages caused by the flooding in Thailand last year brought production to a halt in the Philippines, and it wasn’t until January 26 that City production resumed.
Civic production hasn’t; currently, vehicles are being imported from Japan, but once Thai production resumes sometime towards the end of March, Honda is set to switch to Civic imports from Thailand.
The Philippine plant can build 15,000 vehicles annually; in 2010, it produced 9,000 Citys and nearly 3,000 Civics, but in 2011, flood-induced parts shortages caused production to dip to 6,300 Citys and 1,500 Civics.
Honda took the decision to move Civic production to Thailand and produce only the City in the Philippines because significant demand growth isn’t expected for the more expensive Civic. In addition, the tariffs abolished in the region as a result of AFTA means profitability can be maintained while exporting from Thailand, the report adds.
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when 9th gen jdm civic is gonna be around?
Does this apply to Malaysia? As in the Civic got shortage of parts so directly import the Civic from Japan? I know that M’sia Civic is Melaka assembled with CKD parts from Thailand while Phillipines takes it directly CBU from Thailand (corret me if Im wrong) but does the import of Civic from Japan apply here? Or maybe if no parts, then source from local vendors. Im curious. Cuz if import from Japan with no change in price is really worth it.
civic will gone in malaysia also..
will gone????? :)
not your fault anyway, everyone knows whose….
Pity Honda. This model has been in the market for too long. Totally outdated!
The production of this model was stopped in Japan sometime ago.
The new generation of Civic is……….. even poor look and pity……….
Honda stopped producing Civic in Japan because ppl in japan prefer smaller cars like Brio or Jazz. So it didnt make economic sense to mass produce it in Japan when it can be built in other markets that have more demand.
But yeah I do agree the upcoming 9th gen civic looks more like an uncle’s car compared to the 8th gen aggressive and young look
The current Civic has the looks that attracted people. Pity it will go away soon. The new Civic is horrible, pity Honda. But it will still sell, since it’s a Honda
Current Civic still selling, and the looks is still relevant. Why must honda create a new breed?