Thailand Flooded Delays Launch New Honda Civic in Europe

“We see the situation getting spare parts supply chain is critical. Now we fear the introduction of the new Civic will be delayed three to four weeks,” said Honda’s European Corporate Affairs Manager, John Kingston, as reported by Automotive News Europe, Friday (4 / 11).

Honda Civic, including best-selling model in Europe. Although some recent time the sale will be overtaken by the Honda Civic Jazz at the end of the year. Honda Civic assembly plant in Europe was in Swidon, southern England.

Earlier this week, sources from the European Honda said it would reduce production in Swindon, due to some component suppliers from Thailand are not able to maintain its production due to flooding.

Consequently, cessation of production of components in Thailand is an impact on the operational flow of production in Europe and other regions.

Honda plans to begin launching the ninth generation European Civic in the UK and Germany at the end of January 2012. And at the end of February 2012 is expected shipments to many European countries have already started.

Within nine months in 2011, Civic sales in Western Europe recorded fell 29 percent to 27,882 units. Similarly, sales of the Jazz slipped 15 percent to 38,422 in the same period.