Honda to cut ICE car production capacity in China, Nikkei reports
Adds details on production cut and background from paragraph 2 onwards
July 25 (Reuters) -Carmaker Honda Motor 7267.T is planning to cut down production capacity of internal combustion engine cars by one-third, Nikkei reported on Thursday, as increased competition from lower-priced local manufacturers has weighed on sales of Japanese automakers.
Honda will close three of its seven production lines in China, the world's largest auto market, reducing its annual ICE vehicle capacity to 1 million from 1.49 million, the report said.
Chinese car makers have ramped up production, flooding the world's largest auto market and other markets in Southeast Asia with low-priced vehicles, intensifying competition in a historically strong market for Japanese car markers.
Honda Motor did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Honda began manufacturing cars in the world's second largest economy in 1999 and a move to reduce production would be the biggest by any Japanese automaker in the past few years.
The Japanese business daily said that Honda Motor was in talks with its joint venture partners GAC Group and Dongfeng Motor Group0489.HK about the production cut and is expected to make an announcement later this year.
Reporting by Roshan Thomas in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid
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