Honda Motor Europe Ltd. is to export the firm’s Civic Type R hot hatch to Japan from its manufacturing plant in Swindon, Auto Express reported on 6 July.
The Wiltshire facility is the only one in the world to produce the hot hatch, Honda’s flagship performance model in the Civic range.
The export news builds on the announcement that the plant is set to receive £200mn in investment to enable it to become the global production hub for the next generation Honda Civic 5-door.