Honda Cars India

Indian subsidiary of Honda Cars

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Honda Cars India

Formerly| Honda Siel Cars India Ltd
Company type| Subsidiary
Industry| Automotive
Founded| 1995; 30 years ago (1995)[1]
Headquarters| Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Key people

| Takuya Tsumura
(President & CEO)[2]
Products| Automobiles
Revenue| ₹14,439 crore (US$1.7 billion) (2024)

Net income

| ₹1,430 crore (US$160 million) (2024)
Parent| Honda
Website| hondacarindia.com

Honda Cars India Ltd., abbreviated as 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.[3][4]

## Facilities

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HCIL's first manufacturing plant was built in Greater Noida and began production in 1997.[5] The initial investment into the production plant was estimated to be ₹ 4.5 billion, the plant is spread over 150 acres (0.61 km2). 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.[6][7] This expansion led to an increase in the covered area in the plant from 107,000 square metres (1,150,000 sq ft) to over 130,000 m2 (1,400,000 sq ft).[8]

Honda set up its second plant in India at Tapukara in Alwar District of Rajasthan,[9] spread over 450 acres (1.8 km2).[10]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a shrinking demand for automobiles Honda has cut back production and may close one of its plants.[11]

## Models

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### Current models

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Model  | Indian introduction  | Current model

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Introduction  | Update (facelift)
Sedan
| Amaze | 2013  | 2024  |
| City | 1998  | 2020  | 2023
SUV/crossover
| Elevate | 2023  | 2023  |

### Discontinued models

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Model  | Released  | Discontinued  | Image

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Accord | 2001  | 2020  |
CR-V | 2003  | 2020  |
Civic | 2006  | 2020  |
Jazz | 2009  | 2023  |
Brio | 2011  | 2019  |
Mobilio | 2014  | 2017  |
BR-V | 2016  | 2020  |
WR-V | 2017  | 2023  |

## Awards

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Model Name  | Award[12] | Year

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Honda Jazz  | Car India Award – Hatchback of the Year  | 2016
Car India Awards – Reader's Choice Awards  | 2016
Zeegnition Auto Awards – Design of the Year  | 2016
Model Name  | Award[12] | Year

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Honda Amaze  | CNBC Tv18 Overdrive Awards – Sedan of the Year  | 2014
CNBC Tv18 Overdrive Awards – Car of the Year  | 2014
Bloomberg TV Autocar Awards – Salon Car of the Year  | 2013
NDTV Car and Bike Awards – Sub Compact Sedan of the Year  | 2014
Car India Awards – Entry Level Sedan of the Year

Reader's Choice Award

| 2014
Auto Bild Golden Steering Wheel Award – Viewers' Choice Award  | 2014
Motor Vikatan – Car of the Year  | 2014
Motor Vikatan – Best Mid-Size Sedan  | 2014
Topgear India Awards – Value Car of the Year  | 2014
Kenwood God's Own Car & Bike Awards (Topgear Malayalam)  | 2014
AutoPortal 'Best Upgrade'  | 2014
Model Name  | Award[12] | Year

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Honda City  | Autoportal – Sedan of the Year | 2021
Autox – Best Cars of 2021  | 2021
Bloomberg TV Autocar Awards – Salon Car of the Year  | 2021
Car India – Sedan of the Year  | 2021
Car and Bike Awards – Compact Sedan of the Year  | 2021
Car and Bike Awards – the Viewer's Choice Car of the Year  | 2021
Motor Scribes – Sedan of the Year  | 2020
Motor Vikatan – Mid Size Sedan of the Year  | 2020
Quarter Mile – Sedan of the Year  | 2021
High Tech Awards – Sedan of the Year  | 2020
The Highest Ranked 'Midsize Car' – JD Power Asia Pacific 2012 India Initial Quality Study (IQS)  | 2012
Autobild & Carwale Golden Steering Awards – Consumer Favourite Owner Driven Car  | 2010
JD Power Asia Pacific 2010 India IQS – Best Car in Midsize Segment  | 2010
JD Power Asia Pacific 2009 India IQS – Honda City No.1  | 2009
Indian Car of the Year 2009 (Icoty 2009) – New Honda City  | 2009
Carwale.com Awards – India's Favourite Car for Self-driven Executives  | 2009
Carwale.com Awards -the Coveted 'new Car of the Year  | 2009
NDTV Profit – Car India & Bike India Awards – Car of the Year  | 2009
NDTV Profit – Car India & Bike India Awards – Mid-Size Car of the Year  | 2009
NDTV Profit – Car India & Bike India Awards – Viewer's Choice Car of the Year  | 2009
CNBC TV – 18 Overdrive Awards – Viewers' Choice Car of the Year  | 2009
BS Motoring Award – Car of the Year  | 2009
UTVI Autocar Awards – Viewers' Choice Car of the Year  | 2009
UTVI Autocar Awards – Best Design Award  | 2009
Zigwheels Awards – Car of the Year – Honda City  | 2008
Zigwheels Awards – Sedan of the Year – Honda City  | 2008

## See also

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* Hero Honda
* Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India, Private Limited
* Automotive industry in India

## References

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1. ^ Company Profile, Honda Cars India, 2015
2. ^ HCIL Website – Honda Executives Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ "Honda Siel buys out Usha International Ltd from India JV". The Economic Times. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
4. ^ "HSCI changes name to Honda Cars India Ltd". The Hindu. PTI. 10 September 2012. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
5. ^ Nayak, Manmath (18 December 2020). "Honda Cars India Plans to Shift Production Unit From Greater Noida to Alwar: Report". www.india.com. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
6. ^ Hanada, Ryosuke (21 December 2020). "Honda to close India plant, denting country's manufacturing push". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
7. ^ Srinivasan, Sriram; Vijayakumar, Sanjay; Phlip, Li Jee (26 January 2012). "Carmakers Hyundai, Maruti Suzuki, Honda and others deploy more robots as job loss fears gain ground". The Economic Times. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
8. ^ "Honda Global | February 25, 2008 Honda Siel Cars India Enhances Capacity to 100k at Greater Noida Plant". global.honda. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
9. ^ "Honda Car India-Company Profile". Honda Car India. Archived from the original on 29 November 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
10. ^ "Honda India rolls out its first car from Tapukara Plant in Rajasthan completed in 2014 South of Delhi". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
11. ^ "Honda may close an Indian plant - report". Just Auto. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
12. ^ a b c "Award Achievements by Honda India | Honda Cars India". Honda Car India. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

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Honda Motor Company

Divisions and
subsidiaries|

* Acura
* American Honda
* Honda Aero
* Honda Marine
* Honda Australia
* Honda Canada
* Canada Manufacturing
* Honda Aircraft
* Honda Mobilityland
* Suzuka Circuit
* Mobility Resort Motegi
* Honda Performance Development
* Honda India
* Motorcycles
* Honda Mexico
* Honda Racing
* Honda Racing F1
* Honda Taiwan
* Honda UK

Joint ventures
and shareholdings|

* Astra Honda Motor (50%)
* Dongfeng Honda (50%)
* Lingxi
* GE Honda Aero Engines (50%)
* GAC Honda (50%)
* Everus
* Hitachi Astemo (33.4%)
* Keihin
* Nissin
* Showa
* Honda China (65%)
* Honda Prospect Motor (51%)
* Sony Honda Mobility (50%)

Automobiles|

| Cars|

* Accord/Inspire
* Amaze
* Brio
* City/Ballade
* Civic
* Civic Type R
* Integra
* Crider/Envix
* Fit/Jazz/Life
* Prelude

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Pickup trucks|

* Ridgeline

Crossovers/SUVs|

* Avancier/UR-V
* BR-V
* CR-V/Breeze
* e:NP2/e:NS2
* Elevate/WR-V
* HR-V/Vezel/XR-V
* e:NS1/e:NP1/e:Ny1
* Passport
* Pilot
* Prologue
* WR-V
* Ye P7/Ye S7
* ZR-V/HR-V

Vans|

* Freed
* Mobilio
* Odyssey/Elysion
* Odyssey (North America)
* Stepwgn

Kei cars|

* N-Box
* N-One
* N-Van
* N-WGN

Historic and
discontinued|

* 1300
* Airwave
* Ascot
* Ballade
* Beat
* Capa
* City/Jazz (AA)
* Clarity
* CR-X
* CR-X del Sol
* CR-Z
* Crossroad
* Crosstour
* Concerto
* Domani
* e
* Element
* EV Plus
* Fit Aria
* Fit Shuttle/Shuttle
* FR-V/Edix
* Gienia
* Grace
* Greiz
* Horizon
* Insight
* Integra
* Jade
* LaGreat
* Legend
* Life
* Life Dunk
* Logo
* Mobilio Spike
* N360/N600
* NSX
* Orthia
* Partner
* Quint
* Rafaga
* S500
* S600
* S660
* S800
* S2000
* S-MX
* Spirior
* Stream
* T360/T500
* That's
* Today
* Torneo
* Tourmaster
* Vamos/Vamos Hobio
* Z
* Zest

Racing|

* Curtiss Special
* R800
* R1300
* RA270
* RA271
* RA272
* RA273
* RA300
* RA301
* RA302
* RC100
* RA099
* RA106
* RA107
* RA108
* Spirit 201
* 201C
* Williams FW09
* FW09B
* FW10
* FW11
* FW11B
* Lotus 99T
* 100T
* McLaren MP4/4
* MP4/5
* MP4/5B
* MP4/6
* MP4/6B
* MP4/7A
* MP4-30
* MP4-31
* MCL32
* Tyrrell 020
* BAR 002
* 003
* 004
* 005
* 006
* 007
* Jordan EJ11
* EJ12
* Super Aguri SA05
* SA06
* SA07
* SA08
* Toro Rosso STR13
* STR14
* Red Bull Racing RB15
* RB16
* RB16B
* AlphaTauri AT01
* AT02
* NSX GT2
* NSX GT500
* HSV-010 GT
* NSX Concept-GT
* NSX-GT
* NSX-GT "Type S"
* Civic Type R-GT
* NSX GT3
* Acura ARX-01
* Acura ARX-02a
* HPD ARX-03
* HPD ARX-04b
* Acura ARX-05
* Acura ARX-06

Concept|

* Project 2&4
* Argento Vivo
* CR-Z Concept
* CR-Z Concept 2009
* Dualnote
* EV-N
* FC Sport
* FCEV Concept
* 1999 FCX Concepts
* 2006 FCX concept
* HP-X
* HSC
* J-VX
* N7X
* New Small Concept
* OSM
* Quilt
* Remix
* Small RS
* Spocket
* Sports EV
* SUT Concept
* SUV e: Prototype
* SUV RS
* U-3X
* Urban EV
* WIC
* WOW
* Zero

Bikes|

| Motorcycles|

* CB series
* CBF series
* CBR series
* CG125
* CJ series
* CL series
* CM/CMX series
* CR series
* CRF series
* CTX series
* CX series
* DN-01
* Fury
* GL series
* NC700 series
* NR series
* NSR series
* RC series
* ST series
* VF/VFR series
* VT series
* VTX series
* XR/XL series
* XRE300
* Transalp
* Africa Twin
* Deauville
* Bros/HawkGT
* NX250
* Pacific Coast
* TL Series (Reflex)
* Valkyrie
* X4

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Scooters|

* Activa
* Aero
* Big Ruckus
* Dio
* Elite
* EM1
* Express
* Helix
* Juno
* CHF50
* Motocompo
* NH series
* PCX
* Reflex
* Ruckus
* Sparta
* Spree
* Ruckus/Zoomer
* Silver Wing
* Vision

Other|

* Ape
* CT series
* Cub F
* Cub series
* Gyro
* Integra
* NM4
* Motra
* P50
* PA50
* PC50
* ST series/Dax
* Z series

Engines|

* A-series
* B-series
* B20A
* C-series
* CVCC
* D-series
* E-series
* E07A
* F-series
* F20C
* G-series
* H-series
* J-series
* K-series
* L-series
* Circle L Diesel
* N-series Diesel
* P-engine
* R-series
* VTEC
* I-DSi
* HI3R
* HI4R
* HI5R
* HI6R
* HI7R
* HI8R
* HI9R
* HI10R
* HI11R
* HI12RT
* HI13RT
* HI14TT
* HI15TT
* HI16TT
* HI17TT
* HI18TT
* HR09E
* HR10EG
* HR-414E
* HR-417E
* HR-420E
* HR28TT

Robots|

* Honda E series
* Honda P series
* ASIMO

People|

* Soichiro Honda
* Takeo Fujisawa
* Tadashi Kume
* Shoichiro Irimajiri
* Nobuhiko Kawamoto
* Takeo Fukui
* Tadao Baba
* Takahiro Hachigo
* Kenichi Nagahiro

Other|

* List of Honda vehicles
* automobiles
* motorcycles
* Honda Type R
* Honda Collection Hall
* Honda FC
* Mugen Motorsports
* Internavi
* Super Aguri F1 Team
* Takuma Sato
* Gil de Ferran
* Jenson Button
* Geier v. American Honda Motor Co.
* Honda Motor Co. v. Oberg
* Honda Malaysia Racing Team

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* Economy of India
* Transport in India

Indian
manufacturers|

| Active|

* Ajanta Group
* Ashok Leyland
* Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited
* Heavy Vehicles Factory
* Vehicle Factory Jabalpur
* Ordnance Factory Medak
* Ather Energy
* Atul Auto
* Bajaj Auto
* KTM
* Husqvarna Motorcycles
* Triumph Motorcycles Ltd*
* Eicher
* Royal Enfield
* Escorts
* Force
* Hero
* Hradyesh
* ICML
* KAL
* Mahindra Group
* Mahindra Reva
* Mahindra & Mahindra
* Mahindra Two Wheelers
* JAWA*
* Mahindra Tractors
* Mahindra Truck and Bus
* Okinawa Autotech
* Ola Electric
* Omega Seiki Mobility
* Pravaig
* TAFE
* Tara International
* Tata Motors
* Cars
* TVS
* Norton Motorcycles
* BMW Motorrad*
* Ultraviolette Automotive

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Defunct|

* Asia Motor Works
* Chinkara
* Hero Motors
* Hindustan
* LML
* Premier
* Rajah
* Sipani
* Standard
* Swaraj Mazda

Foreign JV
manufacturers|

| Active|

* SML Isuzu
* Tata Daewoo
* Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery
* Tata Marcopolo

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Defunct|

* Ford India
* General Motors India
* Hero Honda
* Mahindra Navistar
* Mahindra Renault

Components|

* Anand Group
* Mahindra Accelo Limited
* Apollo Tyres
* CEAT
* JAI
* JK Tyre
* Motherson Sumi Systems
* MRF
* Pricol
* Rane
* Rane Engine Valve

Subsidiaries
of foreign
companies|

* BMW India
* BharatBenz
* Mercedes-Benz India
* Citroën India
* Fiat Chrysler/Jeep India
* Honda India
* Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India
* Honda Cars India
* Hyundai India
* Kia India
* India Yamaha Motor
* Isuzu Motors India
* MG Motor India
* Škoda Auto Volkswagen India
* Audi India
* Porsche India
* Škoda India
* Volkswagen India
* Renault Nissan India
* Nissan India
* Renault India
* Suzuki Motorcycle India
* Maruti Suzuki
* Toyota India

Design studios|

* TACO Faurecia Design Center

Other|

* ACMA of India
* Auto Expo
* Automechanika
* Global NCAP
* NHA of India
* SUN Mobility

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Indian brands|

* Force
* Hindustan
* Mahindra
* Maruti Suzuki
* Premier (PAL)
* Tata

Joint ventures|

* Citroën
* Multix
* Mahindra Renault (Renault sold to M&M)

Foreign brands|

* BMW
* Mini
* Rolls-Royce
* Fiat & Jeep
* Honda
* Hyundai Motor Group
* Hyundai
* Kia
* Jaguar Land Rover
* Jaguar
* Land Rover
* Mercedes Benz
* MG Motor
* Renault-Nissan
* Renault
* Nissan
* Toyota
* Volkswagen-Škoda
* Volkswagen
* Škoda
* Audi
* Bentley
* Lamborghini
* Porsche
* Volvo

Former brands|

* Daewoo
* Ford
* General Motors
* Chevrolet
* Opel
* Mitsubishi
* Peugeot

See also|

* Transport in India
* Indian Automobile Industry
* Registration plates

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