Honda hits milestone in automaking
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Honda hits milestone in automaking
11/26/2003
DETROIT, Mich. (AP) -- Honda Motor Co.'s U.S. manufacturing arm made its 10-millionth vehicle yesterday, roughly two decades after it became the first Japanese automaker to start U.S. production.
Japan's No. 2 automaker said the specific model wasn't certain because the company had assembly lines running in Ohio at Marysville and East Liberty and in Alabama at Lincoln.
The milestone vehicle could have been an Odyssey minivan, Element crossover vehicle or Accord or Acura TL sedan.
''This milestone is based upon the achievement of the associates in our plants who challenge themselves every day to meet the high expectations of our customers,'' said Koki Hirashima, president of Honda of America Manufacturing Inc.
Honda of America began production near Marysville in 1982. The company has sold more than 20 million Honda and Acura vehicles in the United States.
Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's largest automaker, began U.S. production in 1986 in a joint venture with General Motors Corp. A Toyota spokesman said the company has produced roughly 9.8 million vehicles in the United States.
Last week, Ford Motor Co. said it produced its 300-millionth vehicle worldwide since beginning production 100 years ago.
Honda began building the Accord, one of America's top-selling vehicles, at Marysville on Nov. 1, 1982. Seven years later the company opened another plant in nearby East Liberty and followed those in 2001 with a manufacturing facility in Alabama.
Production capacity at the three plants is 830,000 vehicles a year. A second line will begin production in Alabama next spring, increasing capacity to 980,000.
Honda also builds more than 1.25 million auto engines a year at plants in Ohio and Alabama.
The automaker, which has 24,000 U.S. employees, says about 75 percent of its vehicles that are purchased in the United States are built at U.S., Canadian and Mexican plants.
In addition to Japan's Honda and Toyota, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan and Subaru produce vehicles in the United States. Hyundai, South Korea's largest automaker, is scheduled to open its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Montgomery, Ala., in March 2005.
Last month, Honda said brisk car and motorcycle sales outside Japan helped profits soar 58 percent in the second fiscal quarter. The automaker also lifted its full-year earnings forecast.
Through October, Honda's U.S. sales were up 9.8 percent from a year ago.
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Honda, http://www.honda.com
DETROIT, Mich. (AP) -- Honda Motor Co.'s U.S. manufacturing arm made its 10-millionth vehicle yesterday, roughly two decades after it became the first Japanese automaker to start U.S. production.
Japan's No. 2 automaker said the specific model wasn't certain because the company had assembly lines running in Ohio at Marysville and East Liberty and in Alabama at Lincoln.
The milestone vehicle could have been an Odyssey minivan, Element crossover vehicle or Accord or Acura TL sedan.
''This milestone is based upon the achievement of the associates in our plants who challenge themselves every day to meet the high expectations of our customers,'' said Koki Hirashima, president of Honda of America Manufacturing Inc.
Honda of America began production near Marysville in 1982. The company has sold more than 20 million Honda and Acura vehicles in the United States.
Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's largest automaker, began U.S. production in 1986 in a joint venture with General Motors Corp. A Toyota spokesman said the company has produced roughly 9.8 million vehicles in the United States.
Last week, Ford Motor Co. said it produced its 300-millionth vehicle worldwide since beginning production 100 years ago.
Honda began building the Accord, one of America's top-selling vehicles, at Marysville on Nov. 1, 1982. Seven years later the company opened another plant in nearby East Liberty and followed those in 2001 with a manufacturing facility in Alabama.
Production capacity at the three plants is 830,000 vehicles a year. A second line will begin production in Alabama next spring, increasing capacity to 980,000.
Honda also builds more than 1.25 million auto engines a year at plants in Ohio and Alabama.
The automaker, which has 24,000 U.S. employees, says about 75 percent of its vehicles that are purchased in the United States are built at U.S., Canadian and Mexican plants.
In addition to Japan's Honda and Toyota, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan and Subaru produce vehicles in the United States. Hyundai, South Korea's largest automaker, is scheduled to open its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Montgomery, Ala., in March 2005.
Last month, Honda said brisk car and motorcycle sales outside Japan helped profits soar 58 percent in the second fiscal quarter. The automaker also lifted its full-year earnings forecast.
Through October, Honda's U.S. sales were up 9.8 percent from a year ago.
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On the Net:
Honda, http://www.honda.com
....go honda!
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