Honda's cheapest model made in Thailand, Brio, began production this month after discontinued temporarily. Brio, which was launched in Bangkok International Motor Show, the end of March, the event has received 5000 orders.
Honda Brio start to be Manufactured This Month! your order will be soon completed
However, until recently, prospective buyers can not accept the car he bought. The reason, Honda Automobile Thailand was forced to stop production of Brio as the supply of components from Japan tergganggu during April and May. Because of that, the Honda could not take orders during the crisis.
Late last month, Honda Thailand announced, production in the country's white elephant returned to normal in September. Nevertheless, compared with competitors, the Toyota, Honda normalization is a bit late.
Also reported, the production of other Honda models, like City, Civic, Accord, and CR-V, less because of limited supply of components.
80 Percent
Reported, in July before the production of the Honda plant in Thailand Autthaya dipekirakan only 80 percent. Normal conditions is estimated to reach l September. Hence, Atsushi Fujimoto, president of Honda Automobile Thailand, said the new Brio production can be normal for the month. Brio which was originally targeted to sell 40,000 units, will be missed!
Japanese brand car production in various countries tergganggu because about 110 component suppliers located in areas that experienced the disaster. Hence, the production of Toyota's hybrid cars assembled in Thailand, namely n Camry and the Prius, also disrupted. In these countries, the second order hybrid cars reached 300-1000 units per month.
Currently, the Toyota factory in Thailand to start production with two shifts. Production crisis could be expected to have this month. In Thailand, through its three factories, Toyota produced 550,000 cars per year.
