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Honda said a 'strip-frame' is the key to the Civics new global architecture. The point of the 'strip-frame' is to allos for faster assembly and maximum parts sharing between Europe (swindon), NA (alliston) and Japan (suzuka), where the three facilities manufacturing Civic are located.
http://www.just-auto.com/news/new-p...eed&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_campaign=rss-feedWe have a different method of putting the new Civic together because we are standardising models across the world, said Jim Harris, purchasing boss at Honda UK Manufacturing.
"It’s the number of welds and the parts commonality," he added.