Honda Cars India is certainly doing extremely well with the massive success of its two latest cars, Amaze and new City. The Japanese car major’s high success in the last one year has made it attain new position in the Indian car market. However, the Japanese car maker has been seemingly concentrating more on the entry level cars such as the Amaze and the upcoming Mobilio. This made the speculations rife that Honda might not think about launching its high-end performance centric cars in India given their high pricing and low sales in the Indian market.
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However, as per the latest reports, Honda India is contemplating to launch the new CR-V as well as the Accord braced with the 1.6 liter diesel motor in the next year.
Owing to poor market performance, Honda Cars India discontinued its patent luxury vehicle Accord in 2013, as the company did with the premium hatch Jazz also due to low sales. Honda however, never stated the exact reason for discontinuing the Accord in India though the declining sales rates were apparent. The drop in the Accord’s sales in India was primarily due to heavy competition, along with the lack of a diesel variant. As the luxury behemoths also began offering hatchback models in the same price range as the Honda Accord, more customers were diverted from the capable car. Finally, the production constraint that Honda faced post the launch of Amaze and its amazing demands marked the end of the Accord in India. However, now there is high chance that the Accord will be resurrected in India along with its diesel counterpart.
The Indian car market is getting matured rapidly and its luxury segment is growing incredibly, thus being a reputed luxury car maker Honda would not like to miss out on this highly lucrative segment in India. Moreover, the Japanese car major also has massive expansion plants both in terms of product range and production capacity. While the company has started a new production plant in Rajasthan recently, it is also planning to set up a third plant in Gujarat. Thus, Honda seems to be all prepared to re-launch the Accord in 2015 in India.
The new Honda Accord would be powered by a new 2.4 liter petrol mill producing 177bhp of power. This new petrol motor will be more responsive and fuel efficient as against to the previous one. The new 2015 Accord will come with an electric power steering, bigger body with increased space, redesigned interiors as well as a sturdier chassis.
The Accord’s diesel variant will be launched later. The diesel version will pack in a new 1.6 liter diesel mill. This engine is expected to be introduced first in the CR-V in India next year. This new powerful diesel mill generating 118hp of power and 300Nm of torque will be perfect for bigger vehicles such as the Civic, CR-V and Accord.
Honda is yet to confirm the Indian launches of the 2015 CR-V and Accord diesel.
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