Honda Production History UK : 1989-2015

Honda cars have been made in the UK since 1989, but by Honda itself since 1992. The first car made was by Rover, the Concerto. Honda's first effort at its own plant in Swindon was the Accord. In all, five models have been made in Britain, as can be seen below:

Year	Civic	CRV	Jazz	Accord	Concerto	Total
1989	-	-	-	-	2,100	2,100
1990	-	-	-	-	26,500	26,500
1991	-	-	-	-	36,000	36,000
1992	-	-	-	1,000	32,400	33,400
1993	-	-	-	32,100	18,400	50,500
1994	6,500	-	-	36,300	8,700	51,500
1995	67,700	-	-	23,400	2,200	93,300
1996	64,200	-	-	41,600	-	105,800
1997	74,700	-	-	33,400	-	108,100
1998	81,400	-	-	30,700	-	112,100
1999	50,200	-	-	64,300	-	114,500
2000	39,600	9,600	-	25,500	-	74,700
2001	77,600	6,400	-	28,500	-	112,500
2002	91,300	77,000	-	8,700	-	177,000
2003	70,700	114,000	-	-	-	184,700
2004	86,900	106,600	-	-	-	193,500
2005	64,700	122,300	-	-	-	187,000
2006	104,300	80,000	-	-	-	184,300
2007	139,700	98,100	-	-	-	237,800
2008	110,300	120,100	-	-	-	230,400
2009	47,200	19,400	8,900	-	-	75,500
2010	54,650	51,225	33,400	-	-	139,275
2011	26,200	47,975	23,275	-	-	97,450
2012	77,500	62,875	25,250	-	-	165,625
2013	41,850	71,975	25,000	-	-	138,825
2014	43,825	54,025	23,950	-	-	121,800
2015	46,312	60,095	13,007	-	-	119,414
Tot	1,467,337	1,101,670	152,782	325,500	126,300	3,173,589

Honda best years were 2007 and 2008 but the downturn of 2009 knocked things back. They mothballed one of the two assembly lines which remains inactive. Any moderate increase in volume could be handled by the existing line.

The Jazz will soon be deleted and the new model sourced from Japan. The CR-V will also leave in a coupe of years as its model cycle ends. The new CR-V will come from Canada. This will leave just the 5-door hatch Civic but it will be the only plant in the world making it. It is estimated production will be about 120,000. I personally feel one model exposes a factory to cyclical volume fluctuation but I guess that has been weighed up by the accountants.

Last updated 13.06.16.