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According to Visordown, the new plant Honda has built in Turkey is expected to be capable of producing up to 200,000 motorcycles a year. The 100,000-square-meter production facility is reported to have ambitions extending beyond simply selling new bikes.
Locating a 200,000-unit-per-year base in Turkey is very telling from a market perspective. Placing production at a node connecting Europe, the Middle East, and Asia reads as a move to shift the center of gravity of the supply chain. What the numbers show isn't just increased production, but a geopolitical repositioning of where things are made and where they flow.
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I wonder if there's a chance Turkish-made Hondas could make it to Japan too.
A factory of this scale probably has EV production in view down the road too.
Turkey's location is just too good as an export base to Europe and the Middle East.
What exactly the goal is beyond just sales stays pretty vague just going by the article.
The usual pattern is probably aiming to make it a hub for parts supply and exports to other regions.
An annual output of 200,000 units means this is a seriously committed production base.
If adding a production base lowers costs, I hope that benefit gets passed on to users too.
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