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                    [Title] => Honda to focus on 1.3-liter car market segment
                    [Summary] => Just like Isuzu Motors, Honda Cars Philippines Inc. is not keen on taking up Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar V. Purisima’s suggestion for local automakers to bring in cars with an engine capacity of 1,000 cc or less.


Instead, according to HCPI president and general manager Mitsunari Takano, Honda plans to concentrate on the 1.3-liter car market segment.

In fact, Honda is upbeat about the demand for 1.3-liter engine cars that it has introduced its latest model, the Honda Jazz.
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This was disclosed yesterday by Mitsunari Takano, president and general manager of HCPI.

Honda decided to resume production of its City model after transferring production to Thailand last year to be able to concentrate producton on Honda’s then bestseller the CRV.

Honda thus was importing the City model, along with its mid-range car model the Accord, from Thailand.
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To achieve this goal, Honda launched Monday evening its 2004 2.0 liter Civic, which according to HCPI president and general manager Mitsunari Takano is a class by itself.

"HCPI is hoping to increase its total vehicles sales this year to 17,000 units compared to its actual sales last year of only 15,300 units," Takano said.
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                    [Title] => Honda to focus on 1.3-liter car market segment
                    [Summary] => Just like Isuzu Motors, Honda Cars Philippines Inc. is not keen on taking up Trade and Industry Secretary Cesar V. Purisima’s suggestion for local automakers to bring in cars with an engine capacity of 1,000 cc or less.


Instead, according to HCPI president and general manager Mitsunari Takano, Honda plans to concentrate on the 1.3-liter car market segment.

In fact, Honda is upbeat about the demand for 1.3-liter engine cars that it has introduced its latest model, the Honda Jazz.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 253145 [Title] => Honda invests P42M for local production of City [Summary] => Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. (HCPI) has invested an additional P42 million in its Sta. Rosa, Laguna plant to resume local production of its compact car the City.

This was disclosed yesterday by Mitsunari Takano, president and general manager of HCPI.

Honda decided to resume production of its City model after transferring production to Thailand last year to be able to concentrate producton on Honda’s then bestseller the CRV.

Honda thus was importing the City model, along with its mid-range car model the Accord, from Thailand.
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To achieve this goal, Honda launched Monday evening its 2004 2.0 liter Civic, which according to HCPI president and general manager Mitsunari Takano is a class by itself.

"HCPI is hoping to increase its total vehicles sales this year to 17,000 units compared to its actual sales last year of only 15,300 units," Takano said.
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[DatePublished] => 2003-02-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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