Swindon made - in a class of its own! 

Honda Civic: Yet another Swindon manufacturing success Calyx Multimedia

That's the news from British car buyers, who will take delivery of some 35,000 Swindon-built Honda Civics this year.

And that's in the UK's most competitive market sector - the lower-medium hatchback class - to boot? In fact, the Swindon-built hatch reigns supreme, ranking it well above compatriots like the Nissan Almera, Rover 45/MG ZS, Toyota Corolla and Vauxhall Astra, only a small number of which are now built in Britain.

Even ignoring the country of origin, the Civic fares well. The Type-R has become the most prolific genuine high performance hot hatch of all, while the mainstream Civic 3 door is runner up only to the (German and Spanish-built) Ford Focus.

In the 5-door category, the Civic emerges 6th, ahead of the (French-built) Renault Megane and (Spanish-built) SEAT Leon as well as ahead of all other Japanese brands.

Petrol Head: Swindon-built CRV's named as most popular petrol SUV in the UK

Civic isn't the only British Honda success story this year. The Swindon-built CR-V has been dominating the UK's petrol SUV sector with an 11% year-on-year sales rise and is the best selling 5dr petrol in class - though it is just outsold by combined petrol and diesel sales of the Land Rover Freelander.