What's the news?
Production has begun on the tenth-generation Honda Civic, over the water at the company's European manufacturing facility.
Honda UK Manufacturing (HUM) is based in Swindon and will handle the global production of the phenomenally successful C-segment hatchback for 70 markets around the world. Indeed, the first units are already landing in the US as we type.
HUM employs 3,600 people and has been subjected to €2.57 billion of investment since 1989, the Japanese company shovelling in another €233.5m in preparation for the Civic MkX.
Anything else?
Katsushi Inoue, president and COO of Honda Motor Europe, said: "As we reveal this new Civic, we look forward with confidence as we expand the role of our manufacturing plant. Honda has made significant investments in this facility and this next step is an important endorsement of the skills and expertise of our workforce. We're also setting out a clear and sustainable future role for HUM, broadening our export markets beyond Europe."