Like Nissan’s Sunderland plant in north-east England, Honda’s European car plant in Swindon, Wiltshire, achieved record production in 2003.

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Output of 184,702 cars last year was up 4.5% on 2002.


As part of Honda’s so-called global supply network, the factory shipped 86,412 cars outside Europe – 77,532 CRV SUVs to the USA, 8,482 sporty Civic 3 door sports hatchbacks to North America, and 398 more to Japan.

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