24Jan/110
Honda India to Launch CR-V and Accord Diesel Soon
Honda is going to launch diesel versions of its popular Accord and CR-V in the marketplace very soon. Many automobile industry experts feel that BMW X1 has hampered the sales of both cars in India. The news flash of Honda Accord diesel launch is in the market since the year now, when the Japanese based company decided to go against its policy of only petrol vehicles in India strategy. But, according to the latest information from many automobile dealers who claimed that the company ha trained some mechanics on maintaining the diesel engine cars.
The industry source says that the two models will get a diesel variant by mid-2011 in Indian Auto market which will accelerate fine demand for these car models in market. If the sources are to be believed the diesel engine would be the 2.2L i-Dtec producing about 180 Bhp. The engine to be used in the Honda CR-V and Accord Diesel is expected to carry a good localised content which will help the corporation keep a excellent control on input cost of the model. The increased localised content will help the company in maintaining a good price benefit and along with that Honda will also have to work on bigger selling strategies.