Honda opened its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Ohio in 1979. While initially, the Ohio plant only produced Honda motorcycles, within three years, Honda expanded the facility into a one-million-square-foot plant to build Accords and Civics, cars that would become icons of the Honda brand. The automaker continued to grow in Ohio, quickly developing new transmission and engine manufacturing plants, enabling Honda to export U.S.-built cars and other components to foreign markets, including its home country, Japan.
Nowadays, Honda operates manufacturing facilities in several U.S. states, and in 2014, Honda celebrated the production of its 10-millionth U.S.-built Honda Accord. If you’re wondering where individual Honda cars are built here in the States, many of the most popular Honda models are produced in Ohio. The Honda Accord, Honda Accord Hybrid, Acura TLX, Acura TLX Type S, Acura Integra, and Acura Integra Type S are all built in the Marysville plant, while the Honda CRV, Honda CRV Hybrid, Acura MDX, and Acura RDX are manufactured in the East Liberty facility. The remaining U.S.-built cars come from facilities in Alabama and Indiana. Honda Odysseys, Passports, Pilots, Ridgelines, and Trailsport models are built in Lincoln, Alabama. The Greensburg, Indiana plant produces Honda Civics, Honda CRVs, and Honda CRV Hybrids.
While 66% of the Honda cars sold in the U.S. are produced right here in the States, the remaining Hondas built for the U.S. market come from plants in Mexico and Japan.
