While Honda New Zealand is set to launch the fourth-generation CR-V soon, its Australian counterpart faces serious shortages and buyers won't get the popular compact SUV until the end of the year.
Honda Australia sources the CR-V from Thailand, where the main plant is still recovering from flood damage and won't be operational until April, and will be without run-out stocks of the current model until the all-new version comes on stream from the refurbished factory.
But Honda NZ has been largely unaffected by the flood as Japan supplies it with CR-Vs, says its head of marketing, Graeme Meyer.
"We have sold out of CR-V at the moment and are taking orders for the new model ... the arrival date isn't far off," he said.
"Due to the Japan earthquake, and component supply from Thailand ... its introduction was delayed slightly, but we're not as affected as Australia."