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Car Forum / Honda Cars / January 2006Looking for Honda made in Japan
I'm in the market for a new or used 2000-2006 Honda or Acura and would like to know which models are made in Japan. I realize that a VIN number starting with 'J' tells me a particular car is made in Japan. My preference is to buy a vehicle manufactured in Japan. I want to be able to shorten my search time and just look for those cars that apply. For e.g. If I know all 2002 Honda CR-V EX were made in the USA, then I can avoid looking for that model/year. Anyone know of such a list? Thanks, Mike all hondas are made in the USA or Canada. the Acuras are made in japan. > I'm in the market for a new or used 2000-2006 Honda or Acura and would > like to know which models are made in Japan. I realize that a VIN [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Mike : all hondas are made in the USA or Canada. : the Acuras are made in japan. Not true. As far as I could tell when shopping for one, some 2000 Accord SEs (only the red ones) were made in Japan. (I bought one and still have it.) The SE also came in gold and dark green, and all the ones I looked at (in the Atlanta area) were made in Ohio. I never did find out why they made the red ones in Japan. It's been a great car, by the way -- almost trouble-free and still a kick to drive. The SE is basically an LX 4-cylinder with an option package that includes air conditioning, alloy wheels, automatic transmission and antilock brakes, among other things. Paul have a 97 LX that was made in Japan - got it by luck only - probably won't be any I4 accords made in Japan when I replace this one. > all hondas are made in the USA or Canada. Most, not all. The CR-V, S2000 and Insight are made in Japan. Some Accords (including Hybrid) are also made in Mexico. > the Acuras are made in japan. Again, most, not all. The MDX is made in Canada, as is the Civic-based CSX that is sold in Canada only. The TL is made in the U.S. I live in suburban Buffalo, New York and my trusty ol' 1989 Honda Civic hatchback was manufactured in Canada. My father's former 1991 Honda Accord LX and my other 1997 Honda Civic HX were manufactured in Ohio. Finally, my current Honda CR-V SE was manufactured in the United Kingdom. Now, I'm not absolutely certain from where all of the various car parts come, but the cars were all assembled in locales other than Honda's homeland! ~~~~~~~~~Original Message~~~~~~~~~ Group: rec.autos.makers.honda Date: Mon, Jan 9, 2006, 10:15am (EST+5) From: bd13580@yahoo.com (J Oat) all hondas are made in the USA or Canada. the Acuras are made in japan. > I live in suburban Buffalo, New York and my trusty ol' 1989 Honda > Civic hatchback was manufactured in Canada. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > parts come, but the cars were all assembled in locales other than > Honda's homeland! and not just that. youd be surprised how many companies it takes to make a car, and how many parts arent made by the manufacturer. as i was looking stuff up, i came across this site: http://www.buddcompany.com/ and this pdf brochure of what they do: http://www.buddcompany.com/Files/ProdShow2005_Final.pdf course, now theyre owned by a german conglomerate, but i remember them back in the day for being known as wheel makers for tractor/trailers. > I'm in the market for a new or used 2000-2006 Honda or Acura and would > like to know which models are made in Japan. I realize that a VIN [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Anyone know of such a list? at least up to the early 90s, the "EX" versions of the accord and civic were japanese. the bigger profit margin/markup made it more worthwhile to ship them over from japan. >> I'm in the market for a new or used 2000-2006 Honda or Acura and would >> like to know which models are made in Japan. I realize that a VIN [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > were japanese. the bigger profit margin/markup made it more worthwhile > to ship them over from japan. nah, if it were "profit", they'd /all/ come from japan. the ONLY reason anything gets assembled here is the tax structure "encouraging" the practice. the japanese import models are either low volume or vehicles for which honda is especially sensitive about quality. > I'm in the market for a new or used 2000-2006 Honda or Acura and would > like to know which models are made in Japan. I realize that a VIN [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Mike About 1 out of 10 2005 Civic's our local Honda dealer received were made in Japan. And, their entire first delivery (six vehicles) of the new 2006 Civic sedan were made in Japan. Two years ago when I researched this question in purchasing an '04 Accord, I found that only the very low end Accords were imported from Japan. It seems they want to reduce the trade balance equation by lowering the dollar amount of imports. In other words, the only Japan-assembled Accords were DX models. Some of the engines or transmissions that find their way into US assembled Accords were from Japan, some were not. And I think the poster that said TL's are made in Japan are dead wrong. Hey, I got an EX V6 made in USA and bought an extended warranty (7yr/100,000) cheap from Bernardi in Massachusetts for $850. Don't try to fight Honda's strategy, you'll be wasting your time. Interesting.... I recently read that the Japs in Japan have a preference for Honda's assembled in North America! The Big 3 is doing brisk business in Japan, or so I've heard. If the VIN starts with: J = Japan 1 = USA 2 = Canada 3 = Mexico S = UK the 11th letter in the VIN will indicate the plant and city the vehicle was assembled. > I'm in the market for a new or used 2000-2006 Honda or Acura and would > like to know which models are made in Japan. I realize that a VIN [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Mike |
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