Honda India to roll out small car by 2009-end in competition to Maruti Swift and Hyundai Getz

Honda Motors will launch its small segment car in India by 2009-end, said company chairman Satoshi Aoki on the occasion of the foundation stone laying ceremony for its Indian subsidiary Honda Siel cars India’s (HSCI) second manufacturing facility located at Tapukara, Rajasthan.

The new 600 acre facility – made at an investment of Rs 1,000 crore - will have an initial annual capacity of 60,000 units, which will later be hiked to 2,00,000 units.

The car will contend with premium end hatchbacks like Maruti Suzuki Swift and Hyundai Getz.