Honda After the closure of the Turkish factory, a new model for the Civic models produced for the Turkish market Autogas (LPG) news was announced.
Kocaeli, Kartepe LPG conversion center, which was put into operation last November with the partnership of BRC Turkey distributor 2A Mühendislik and Honda, ensured the continuity of the 11-year Honda-BRC cooperation. It has been announced that Honda Civics, which will be converted at the LPG conversion center with an annual capacity of 20 thousand vehicles, will be exported to the European market. As you can see, even if the factory is closed, the transformation will continue.
BRC Turkey Board Member Genci Prevazi, since 2011 130 thousand Emphasizing that they converted the Honda Civic to LPG, “The long-standing BRC-Honda partnership, which became operational last November, has taken it one step further with our LPG conversion center in Kartepe, Kocaeli. The converted Civics here will also find a place in the European market.
Honda wanted to produce an environmentally friendly and economical vehicle that would take place in the Turkish market. While we were negotiating, they wanted to visit our main factory in Italy. After visiting our R&D center located here, they preferred BRC for transformation. We forwarded our change requests, mostly located in the engine area, to the Honda team for the harmony of the transformation.
Modifications were made to the engine for LPG compatibility and thus the project began. The vehicle sales figures, which were 100-150 per month in the first year of its sale, exceeded 300 with the addition of the LPG option. Towards the end of the year, the sales figures reached 600. After seeing our success, we realized that there is a tendency towards alternative fuels in Turkey. The sales success of vehicles with fabricated LPG will increase even more. We wanted to take this one step further and started a development project.
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The development period of second generation LPG Civics took approximately 3.5 years. The Honda R&D center in Japan aimed to produce an engine that only works with LPG by making 28 changes to the engine and succeeded. In 2016, we started production by establishing a conversion line at the Honda Turkey factory.
Vehicles leaving this line with a daily conversion capacity of 100 vehicles 2016-2017 In 2018, it achieved a monthly sales success of 2 thousand, 2 thousand 500, which is beyond the expectations. While the production of the vehicles continues, the development of the new LPG Civic, which will be released in 2021, has begun.” Igave place to his words.