Honda to Close Its Car Manufacturing Line in Argentina

     After the previous successive announcements of closing its car manufacturing lines in the UK and Turkey this year, Honda once again made an announcement that it has planned to close its car manufacturing line in Argentina by 2020. Honda has launched the manufacturing line for cars and motorbikes in Campana, Argentina since 2006, but the car manufacturing line has now been planned to stop operation by 2020. According to Honda, this adjustment will not affect its car sales and aftersales service in South America. With this announcement being released, Honda will also officially stop manufacturing HR-V in Argentina.

     Although industry insiders conjectured that the announcement was relevant to the result of Argentinean presidential primary, Honda responded that it made the adjustment only due to the change in the global automotive industry and without any other consideration. In addition, the manufacturing plant in Campana will not be fully closed , as it is planned to focus on manufacturing motorbikes after May 31st, 2020.