I think the avoidance of paying punitive fines for exceeding fleet car average emissions targets is likely to be a consideration in Honda's European sales strategy, but at present (due to their pooling agreement with Tesla) they have significant head room.
That said, I'm not sure I buy the...
I'm also UK-based. In order to sort those merely interested from those with a real intent to purchase my local dealership started taking deposits earlier this month. When I placed my deposit I was told I was the second person to do so, and that the dealership only expects to get 2 or 3 cars...