Showing posts with label flood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flood. Show all posts

Tuesday, 27 December 2011

Honda starts scrapping flood-damaged cars

Via autoblog


Thailand's worst flood in 50 years claimed the lives of 610 people and caused billions in damage, but with the waters slowly receding, the extent of the damage is coming into focus.

Among the tens of thousands of businesses affected by the disaster, Honda hasn't been spared - its factory in the Ayutthaya province was hit hard, and in an effort to assure that damaged vehicles never make it to consumers, the Japanese automaker has begun to scrap over 1,000 vehicles damaged during the flood.

Honda workers have begun disposing of row upon row of Brio and City subcompacts submerged during the flooding using construction equipment and vehicle crushers to demolish the 1,055 vehicles. The tragic yet oddly beautiful gallery above chronicles the aftermath and resulting destruction.

Wednesday, 12 October 2011

Toyota production in Thailand unaffected by flood


While Toyota's manufacturing facilities at Samrong, Gateway and Ban Pho are not affected by the heavy flooding afflicting Thailand, some suppliers are facing difficulty delivering parts on time.

However this is not affecting Toyota productions in Thailand.

Read the full Press release after the jump



Thursday, 8 September 2011

VIDEO: Toyota 3 - Merc 0: SL stalls in flood while Toyotas drive past

Just as a Mercedes-Benz SL stalls in flood waters, three Toyotas waltzed past, followed by a Honda and a Nissan...