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Business News › Industry › Auto › Cars & UVs › Honda Cars to discontinue production & sale of Jazz, WR-V, and 4th Gen City in India

Honda Cars to discontinue production & sale of

Jazz, WR-V, and 4th Gen City in India
By Nabeel A Khan, ET Bureau Last Updated: Jul 28, 2022, 05:01 PM IST
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The company will stop producing Jazz after October 2022 while the crossover WR-V will

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not be produced beyond March 2023. The carmaker will also stop the production and
sale of the 4th Generation Honda City by December 2022 in the country. However, the

Bajaj
5th generation of the sedan will continue to be available in the market, a source in the
know of things told ETAuto.

The local unit of the Japanese carmaker

Honda Cars India (HCIL) will
discontinue the production and sale of Finance
Fixed
its premium hatchback Jazz and WR-V
in the Indian market, two sources
aware of the matter told ETAuto. With

Honda Jazz (top right), Honda WR-V (midlle left)
and Honda 4th Gen City (bottom right)
Deposit
this, the carmaker will have only three
models on sale and a very meagre part
of the market.

According to the first source, the company will stop producing Jazz after Bajaj Finance
October 2022 while the crossover WR-V will not be produced beyond March
2023. The carmaker will also stop the production and sale of the 4th
Generation Honda City by December 2022 in the country. However, the 5th
generation of the sedan will continue to be available in the market.

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As these three models go off the shelf in India, Honda Cars will have only
three models on offer: Honda City, Honda Amaze, and Hybrid City. WR-V and Popular in Auto
Jazz have been among the best-selling cars for Honda in. Discontinuing them
1. Retail auto sales for July fall
by 8% to 14.7 lakh units: FADA
will create a vacuum for a larger share of the Indian car market.

2. Govt vigilant about EVs

safety, experts on the job:
Minister

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