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When did production move from Takanezawa NSX plant

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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 11:29 AM
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Default When did production move from Takanezawa NSX plant

Thanks. David Dicks
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 12:07 PM
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Believe that the 2003 model year was the last year produced at the Takanezawa, Tochigi plant. MY 2004 onwards are produced at the Suzuka, Mie plant.

You can tell where a Honda is built from the 11th position of the VIN number (the last alpha character before the 6 digit serial number)

S = Suzuka, Mie, Japan
T = Tochigi, Tochigi, Japan
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 12:56 PM
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hmmm, I thought it was sometime in between the my04 year as I remember there being a stop in production for a mt or 2 which coincided with a train derailment that had a few s2ks on board.

btw, I'm #108 and my last letter on the vin is a T
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by acuraintegraman,Jan 28 2006, 09:56 PM
btw, I'm #108 and my last letter on the vin is a T
I stand corrected!

So sometime during MY04 production!
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 02:26 PM
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I believe it was in May/June of 04
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 02:28 PM
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Hmm, I thought that all '04s were Tochigi, and only with the 05s did they come from Suzuka.
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 03:22 PM
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I believe it was sometime during 04. Mine was from April 04 and was built in Tochigi.
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 09:08 PM
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Move was mid 04.
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 11:14 PM
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I have MY04 #3888 and it has a T.....got the car in April '04.
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 11:37 PM
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I have a March build date and a T.
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