Honda announced the closure of its Turkish plant in Gebze in 2021
- The restructuring of the Honda group in Europe will not only affect its British plant in Swindon but also its Turkish plant in Gebze. Honda has just announced the permanent closure of this plant in 2021, at the same time as the closure of its Swindon plant.
- The Gebze plant, opened in 1992, traditionally produced Honda brand models for the local market, such as City sedans. But in 2017, this plant started manufacturing the new Civic, in its Sedan version (4-door sedan) while the Swindon plant produced the new Civic in its Hatchback version (5-door sedan). The Gebze plant then began to export part of its production to Europe, following the manufacturer's new organisation, which had just defined the new allocation for each of its two plants located in Europe. These plants were therefore supposed to focus on producing the Honda Civic, in its two forms, the 4-door sedan and the 5-door sedan. From the moment when the uncertainties associated with Brexit no longer allowed the Swindon plant to continue its normal activity, it was obvious that the Gebze plant was also directly threatened, especially since at the same time, the manufacturer planned to repatriate the Civic's production to Japan. After the closure of Swindon and Gebze, Honda will no longer have assembly plants on the European continent.
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