Honda To Idle UK Plant

Honda?s Swindon plant, home of the infamous 2.2L iCDTi Civic 5-door produced its 2-millionth automobile in February of 2008. LONDON -- Some 4,200 auto workers at Honda's British plant worked their last shift on Friday before a four-month layoff as the Japanese carmaker seeks to cut costs. The company is stopping production at its plant in Swindon, in the south of England, because of falling sales due to a global recession and plans to resume work on June 1.