Honda Stops Selling Gas Civic In Japan Market

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Tokyo July 15, 2010; 247 Wall Street.com reported that there hasn’t been an official announcement yet, but the news is that Honda Motor Co. will stop building its gasoline-powered Civic for the domestic Japanese market. A new Civic model will roll off the line in the fall of 2011, including a hybrid version that will be the only Civic available in the Japanese market.

Honda appears to be serious about going green. The company also plans to re-start construction of a factory it was building in 2008. The company halted construction of the plant, which would have been in production this year, due to the economic slow-down. As if to underscore the upbeat demand for cars, Toyota Motor Co. has announced that it will build a new plant in Brazil.

Honda’s original plan for its new plant was to build clean-diesel and other types of small green cars. That has now changed to a focus on hybrid systems that will improve fuel economy in the company’s larger vehicles, like the Civic (Ed. Note:. In Japan the minicar is king and the Civic KING SIZED). The company has not yet specified which models it will build at the new plant, which is expected to be in operation by 2013.

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