Honda previously announced that it plans to have some form of electrification across its entire European model line-up by 2025, with diesel engines set to be phased out by 2021.
According to Auto Express, this has already started in the United Kingdom, as the diesel-powered version of the HR-V has been removed from sale, so the country’s entire line-up is now made of up petrol, hybrid and fully-electric powertrains only.
“Honda has accelerated its plans for all its European mainstream car models to be electrified from 2025 to 2022 and our motor petrol hybrid technology will play a key role in achieving this goal. As such, we plan for European production of diesel powertrains to cease by the end of 2022. However, on a local level in the UK, we have now stopped selling diesel cars,” said a Honda spokesperson.
Customers in the country who still want an oil-burning HR-V will still be able to order one from dealers for a short period of time, as there’s still residual stock available. After that has been accounted for, it’s either a 1.5 litre i-VTEC four-cylinder engine with 130 PS and 155 Nm, or a 1.5 litre turbo rated at 182 PS and 240 Nm – both are petrol units and can be paired with a six-speed manual or CVT.
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UK along with rest of Europe are still heavily diesel driven so by dropping diesel powerplant, Honda is sure going down the drain. Habeslah Honda!
It was already announced in 2018 that Honda will drop diesels. As diesels have to fulfill “EURO 6d-temp” in Europe soon, it’s simply too expensive to bring their engine on that level. Honda does not sell enough cars in Europe to justify the costs for a new engine.