Honda Cars India Ltd. (HCIL) is an automobile manufacturer in India owned by Honda Motor Co. Ltd. The company was established in 1995 as a joint venture called Honda Siel Cars India (HSCI). The company was renamed to HCIL in September 2012 following the sale of 3.16 percent stake owned by Usha International, making it a 100 percent subsidiary of Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

Facilities

HCIL's first manufacturing plant was built in

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and began production in 1997. The initial investment into the production plant was estimated to be 4.5 billion, the plant is spread over . The plants original production capacity was estimated to be able to produce 30,000 cars per year, this amount was later updated to 100,000 cars per year when with the addition of a second shift of workers, an expansion to the plant, and improvements in automation. This expansion led to an increase in the covered area in the plant from to over . Honda set up its second plant in India at Tapukara in

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, spread over . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a shrinking demand for automobiles Honda has cut back production and may close one of its plants.

Models

Current models

Discontinued models

Honda Accord The , also known as the in Japan and China for certain generations, is a series of cars manufactured by Honda since 1976, best known for its four-door sedan variant, which has been one of the best-selling cars in the United States since 1989. ...

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Honda CR-V The Honda CR-V (also sold as the Honda Breeze in China since 2019) is a compact crossover SUV manufactured by the Japanese automaker Honda since 1995. The early model was built using the same platform as the Civic. Honda began producing the CR ...

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Honda Civic The is a series of automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1972. Since 2000, the Civic has been categorized as a compact car, while previously it occupied the subcompact class. , the Civic is positioned between the Honda Fit/City and Honda Acc ...

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Honda Jazz The Honda Jazz nameplate has been used by the Japanese manufacturer Honda to denote several different motorized vehicles since 1982: * 1982–1986 — The first generation Honda City when marketed in Europe, as Opel owned the City name * ...

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Honda Brio The Honda Brio is an automobile produced by Honda since 2011. It is a city car/ subcompact car that is mainly sold in Southeast Asia and also in other regions, and positioned as an entry-level hatchback model slotted below the Fit/Jazz and the ...

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Honda Mobilio The is a seven-seat mini MPV produced by the Japanese automaker Honda. The first-generation Mobilio that was produced from 2001 to 2008 and sold exclusively in Japan, was the second model in Honda's "Small Max" series and also took Honda's Glo ...

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Honda BR-V The Honda BR-V is an automobile manufactured by Honda since 2016 and mainly sold for emerging markets. It is a subcompact crossover SUV which offers three-row seating as standard or as an option. While being dimensionally bigger, the BR-V is pos ...

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Honda WR-V The Honda WR-V is a subcompact crossover SUV manufactured by Honda since 2017 and mainly sold for emerging markets. It is positioned below the HR-V/ Vezel or the BR-V depending on the market where it is sold. For the first generation, it was a ...

(2017–2022)

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