Japanese automaker Honda yesterday began destroying more than 1,000 cars in Thailand to reassure customers that no vehicles damaged in the country’s recent flood crisis will ever be sold.
The scrapping process at Honda’s plant in the central province of Ayutthaya was expected to take one month, the company said in a statement.
The plant is located in the Rojana Industrial Park, where heavy flooding in early October brought production to a halt and aerial pictures showed hundreds of new cars submerged in muddy water.
“While we were able to relocate many new cars that were awaiting shipment to a safe area, 1,055 vehicles that remained in the plant were finally damaged by the flood,” said Pitak Pruittisarikorn, executive vice president of Honda Automobile Thailand.
“We will not sell any of the damaged cars to customers, or sell or reuse any of the parts,” he added.
Most of the cars to be scrapped are mid-sized City sedans and Brio and Jazz hatchbacks. Production has yet to resume at the factory. (...)
The scrapping process at Honda’s plant in the central province of Ayutthaya was expected to take one month, the company said in a statement.
The plant is located in the Rojana Industrial Park, where heavy flooding in early October brought production to a halt and aerial pictures showed hundreds of new cars submerged in muddy water.
“While we were able to relocate many new cars that were awaiting shipment to a safe area, 1,055 vehicles that remained in the plant were finally damaged by the flood,” said Pitak Pruittisarikorn, executive vice president of Honda Automobile Thailand.
“We will not sell any of the damaged cars to customers, or sell or reuse any of the parts,” he added.
Most of the cars to be scrapped are mid-sized City sedans and Brio and Jazz hatchbacks. Production has yet to resume at the factory. (...)
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1055 carros novinhos já para abate. O mercado obriga....
Podiam ter aproveitado ao menos os faróis e outros adereços. Ou recuperar e doar a instituições de caridade.... mas devia ser quase mais caro que fazer um na linha de produção carro e doar.... digo eu. Mas secalhar teve mesmo que ser...
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