KUALA LUMPUR (July 12): Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd, which currently produces vehicles at its plant in Pegoh, Melaka to meet domestic market demand, said it has no plans to export them for now.
Its group vice-president of marketing, dealer development and East Malaysia regional office Akkbar Danial said the plant has a production capacity of 100,000 units per year and is only sufficient to cater to the local market.
"We have yet to export any finished products to the overseas markets. Our sales target is 100,000 units this year and it is just enough for the Malaysian market," he told reporters, after the launch of the all-new Honda CR-V here today.
Asked if the company would consider shipping out vehicles overseas in the future, Akkbar said: "Well, it's tough to say."
The Pegoh facility runs on two production lines and produces seven models, namely the Jazz, City, BR-V, Civic, Accord, HR-V and CR-V.
Honda Malaysia today unveiled the latest and locally-assembled CR-V sport utility vehicle (SUV) and is targeting to sell 700 units of this model per month.
There are four variants available for sell, namely the 1.5L Turbocharged 2WD (RM155,700), the 1.5L Turbocharged 4WD (RM161,600), the 1.5L Turbocharged Premium 2WD (RM167,700) and the 2.0L 2WD (RM142,400). All prices exclude insurance.