Honda cutting Pilot production, shifting Accord, Ridgeline, adding fours
10-15-2008, 01:50 PM
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Honda cutting Pilot production, shifting Accord, Ridgeline, adding fours
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Just months after debuting its new second generation Pilot SUV, Honda is cutting production in line with shifting market demand. Honda is fortunate to have a very flexible manufacturing system along with a wide array of vehicles that use a very similar architecture. With that in mind, Honda is able to shift most production of V6 powered Accords from Marysville OH to Lincoln AL alongside the Odyssey and Pilot. The Alabama plant includes an engine plant that produces V6 engines. With the shifts, the Lincoln engine plant will also produce the V6s for the Accords built there. Next spring the Ridgeline pickup will also go to Lincoln.
While V6 Accord production goes south, the Ohio factory will increase production of four cylinder Accords and imports of those versions from Japan will be reduced accordingly. The nearby Anna OH, engine plant will shift its build mix from away from V6 to more four cylinder production. Overall production volumes at the North American plants will remain stable with new product mix thanks to those reduced imports.
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Just months after debuting its new second generation Pilot SUV, Honda is cutting production in line with shifting market demand. Honda is fortunate to have a very flexible manufacturing system along with a wide array of vehicles that use a very similar architecture. With that in mind, Honda is able to shift most production of V6 powered Accords from Marysville OH to Lincoln AL alongside the Odyssey and Pilot. The Alabama plant includes an engine plant that produces V6 engines. With the shifts, the Lincoln engine plant will also produce the V6s for the Accords built there. Next spring the Ridgeline pickup will also go to Lincoln.
While V6 Accord production goes south, the Ohio factory will increase production of four cylinder Accords and imports of those versions from Japan will be reduced accordingly. The nearby Anna OH, engine plant will shift its build mix from away from V6 to more four cylinder production. Overall production volumes at the North American plants will remain stable with new product mix thanks to those reduced imports.
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10-19-2008, 05:14 PM
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Better yet, just bring back the Accord Wagon
Can even be a four-cylinder
Also offer a hybrid
Maybe offer CR-V and Pilot hybrids
Civic wagon
also offer Si and Hybrid wagons
And to make sure that these succeed, they would ALL come with a sunroof STANDARD
Also offer a hybrid
Maybe offer CR-V and Pilot hybrids
Civic wagon
also offer Si and Hybrid wagons
And to make sure that these succeed, they would ALL come with a sunroof STANDARD