Welcome to the North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club Friday March 29, 2024
Home Forums Images WikiNASIOC Products Store Modifications Upgrade Garage
NASIOC
Go Back   NASIOC > NASIOC General > News & Rumors > Non-Subaru News & Rumors

Welcome to NASIOC - The world's largest online community for Subaru enthusiasts!
Welcome to the NASIOC.com Subaru forum.

You are currently viewing our forum as a guest, which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our community, free of charge, you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is free, fast and simple, so please join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.







* As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. 
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads. 
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 10-06-2009, 02:51 PM   #1
AVANTI R5
Scooby Guru
 
Member#: 73805
Join Date: Nov 2004
Vehicle:
24 TypeS ZO6
White

Default Honda to shutter European design opperations

Quote:
The downtrodden global economy has forced many automakers to close factories and offices, with Honda’s European design studio the latest to fall victim to the current financial climate. Honda’s European design studio – located just outside of Frankfurt, Germany – will shut its doors at the end of next month.

Honda will shutter its car and motorcycle design studios at its Offenbach R&D center by the end of November. Although the design studios will be closing, Honda will continue operating its R&D operations out of the facility.

“This is a regrettable structure change due to the current economic picture,” Honda spokesman Christophe Rust told Car Design News. “The German design activities will be discontinued with effect from the end of November”.

The move throws into question Honda’s entire European design plans. Motorcycle design will likely be moved to the company’s facility in Rome, but it remains unclear if Honda will establish another European car design studio.

Opened in 1992, the Offenbach facility has designed a number of concepts, including Honda’s OSM show car in 2008
http://www.leftlanenews.com/honda-to...perations.html
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads.
AVANTI R5 is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads.
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Sub-Prius 2011 Toyota Hybrid To Use European Auris Platform? AVANTI R5 Non-Subaru News & Rumors 3 03-23-2009 12:32 PM
Wild Ass Rumor of the Day: GM About to Shutter Saab AVANTI R5 Non-Subaru News & Rumors 0 02-04-2009 12:05 PM
Next-gen Ford Fiesta subcompact set for U.S. in 2009;vehicle to mirror European model NYCshopper Non-Subaru News & Rumors 29 08-06-2007 06:56 PM
Who has been to a European F1 race? JohnP555 Motorsports 2 10-09-2003 12:25 PM
You have to see this design scoobyruman New England Impreza Club Forum -- NESIC 9 01-09-2001 09:38 PM

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:51 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.0
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Powered by Searchlight © 2024 Axivo Inc.
Copyright ©1999 - 2019, North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club, Inc.

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission
Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.