Campana will occur in January and goes on sale in the second quarter. It was presented in the Hall of San Pablo and from there you have all the details.
The HR-V will be positioned below the CR-V in the supply of Honda.
Honda announced it will manufacture in Argentina a compact SUV, called HR-V,which goes on sale in the local market in the second quarter of 2015. This is a model that will mark the entry of the Japanese segment that today dominates Ford EcoSport and expected large growth-in sales and number of models in deal- for years.
The news that the HR-V is manufactured in Argentina, in the plant that Honda owns in Campana, Buenos Aires, gave the president of the company, Hideki Kamiyama, from the Hall of San Pablo 2014, where automotiveglance.blogspot.com It is conducting a special coverage. Kamiyama gave a press conference for Argentine journalists accredited in Sao Paulo shows, where the first details of the brand new model is provided. With him also spoke Federico Vahle, Senior Manager Commercial Division of the company.
Production of the HR-V in campaign will begin in the first quarter of 2015, taking the place it has today in the assembly line the City, which will be discontinued in the country and continue to build only in Brazil for the region. The HR-V will be the first SUV manufactured in Argentina and will, in a first stage, with a 20% national integration parts. In addition, the development will involve 60 pieces of local suppliers.
Honda describes the HR-V as a combination of SUV and minivan coupe.
To produce the new model, Honda Motor Argentina allocated an investment of 250 million pesos to adapt existing infrastructure in Campana, already partially prepared for the production of HR-V.
This new compact Honda SUV, positioned below the CR-V is a global product of Japanese brand, which will also be manufactured in Brazil, Sumaré plant; in Japan for the Asian and European markets;Mexico and North America.
Production of the HR-V in campaign will start at a rate of 15,000 units annually, of which 65% will be exported to Brazil to complement the production of Sumaré. The rest will go to the local market (about 5,250 units per year). In this way, Honda will double its level of local production of 7000 units currently the City. The Campana works in one shift and employs a total of 800 people.
Naftera will have 140 hp 1.8 engine with manual or automatic transmission.
In an interview with the Argentine media present in San Pablo, Honda executives provided additional details on the general settings that will have the HR-V.
For starters, the engine will be naftera 1.8 liters and 140 horses, the same that equips the Civic. It is a drive 4-cylinder, 16-valve i-VTEC technology of electronically controlled variable valve timing and valve opening. He associated with two transmission choices - 6-speed manual or continuously variable automatic (CTV) - provide "high levels of performance (...) with an excellent efficiency in fuel consumption," according anticipate from Honda.
Because public preference for compact SUV is largely in versions 4 × 2 (90% of the segment), the HR-V will occur only with simple traction. It is not excluded, in the future, which is also manufactured in versions 4 × 4 "if there is a justified demand", they said from the Japanese automaker.
The HR-V is it based on a platform that partly matches that use the Fit and the City, "but showing differences, so it's not exactly the same," they said from Honda.
Honda does not describe the HR-V as an SUV, but uses the term crossover, as it claims, the new model combines "the dynamics of an SUV, the elegance of a coupé and the versatility of a minivan," and in consequence "will create a new segment." Definitions of marketing aside, the HR-V will be a future opponent for the Ford EcoSport, theChevrolet Tracker and the Renault Duster, today, three compact SUVs sold in Argentina.
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