Swindon Powertrain Mini Classic EV Conversion Announced, e-Motor Costs GBP 8,850
5 Nov 2020, 09:16 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Swindon Powertrain is yet another company that offers an EV conversion for the Mini Classic, and it's hugely expensive to boot
Spyshots: All-New 2015 Honda Jazz Testing in Europe for the First Time
12 Jul 2014, 10:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / After the European-specification Honda HR-V small crossover's first sighting, yet another new Honda model is getting ready to launch on the old continent. This is the new Jazz, the smallest car...
Honda Cuts Jobs in Britain as European Demand Fails to Meet Expectations
26 Mar 2014, 10:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Faced with production overcapacity at its Swindon facilities in Britain, carmaker Honda has announced it will cut 500 jobs. Car plant two will be shut down, costing 340 full-time jobs plus another 1...
2012 Honda CR-V Starts in the Swindon
6 Sep 2012, 08:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Production of the European-spec 2012 Honda CR-V has started at the Japanese carmaker’s plant in Swindon, United Kingdom. This is part of a £267 million investment programme into new mode...
Honda Opens Hydrogen Refueling Station in Swindon
21 Sep 2011, 11:40 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A decade ago, it seemed that alternative fuel sources would be the way of the future, and few automakers were really concerned with electric vehicles. Sure GM and a couple of other automakers had a ...
No More Speed Cameras!
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Dragos Rusu / This is the first victory in the war against speed cameras that goes on all over the world. So let's spread the word about this great achievement and join our hands in prayer hoping that it wil...
Corporate Customers Visit the Honda Swindon Factory
5 May 2010, 13:15 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After Honda Racing Team drivers Matt Neal and Gordon Shedden got the chance to look behind the manufacturing process of the Civic, more than 300 customers from leasing companies and fleets visited t...
British-Built Civic Type R, Exported to Japan
6 Nov 2009, 10:17 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Sales of the British-produced 3-door Civic Type R have already begun in Japan, after the first cars were shipped from Southampton last month. Swindon is, in fact, the only Honda production facility ...
Honda Jazz Production Starts in the UK
8 Oct 2009, 08:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Honda's factory in Swindon, UK rolled off the assembly lines the first British-built Jazz yesterday and the Japanese manufacturer plans to build 20,000 units of in the fiscal year to end March,...