Honda sees 2008 India launch for Civic hybrid

NEW DELHI, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co Ltd (7267.T) will launch its Civic hybrid car in India in 2008, its head of India operations said on Thursday.

The Japanese automaker has about 4 percent of the Indian car market, seling 42,365 cars in the nine months to December. Over two-thirds of its sales were of the mid-sized City, the remainder made up by the Civic and the Accord.

"We have decided to launch the Civic hybrid this year," M. Takedagawa, president and chief executive of Honda Siel Cars India Ltd said at an auto show in the Indian capital.

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