Diesel powered Honda cars by 2014

The CEO of Honda Japan, Takanobu Ito, has confirmed that diesel vehicles will be launched in India by 2014. The Japanese automaker will first introduce diesel mill in a new Brio based compact sedan, which will be launched in the here, in the next one year. This sedan is expected to compete with the Maruti Dzire, Toyota Etios and the upcoming Chevrolet Sail. 

Honda plans to keep costs down by sourcing components and manufacturing the engine locally; allowing Honda to price the model competitively. Putting to rest rumours of the launch of a diesel powered car during the current festive season, Honda has said that it will not introduce a diesel option for any of its existing models.

We were hoping to see Honda diesels sooner in the Indian market, making them more competitive in the current market conditions. For now, we will have to be content with the CNG variant of the City sedan, which was launched in Thailand some time back.