It's been 32 shorts years since Honda opened their first U.S. automotive plant in Marysville, Ohio, and produced the very first Honda Accord. That initial plant opened up a gateway for three additional American plants to be built over the course of 26 years, and now, in 2014, Honda is celebrating their 20 millionth car built in the U.S.
A milestone, Honda is attributing their recent success to their Marysville and East Liberty plants, along with their Alabama and Indiana manufacturing plants. Altogether, these plants produced 1,309,917 cars in 2013 alone and are responsible for the creation of 11 different Honda models. The automaker has invested nearly $1.6 billion in their plants over the past three years, and it has proved a beneficial investment: close to 95-percent of Honda models sold in the U.S. in 2013 were created in America.
"We are deeply aware that our ability to reach this milestone results from the trust that 20 million customers have placed in our products, and we appreciate their support over the past three decades," said Hidenobu Iwata, president and CEO of Honda of America Mfg. and head of Honda's North American manufacturing. "We also value the commitment made by tens of thousands of associates at Honda and our hundreds of suppliers in the U.S. who build products of the highest quality for our customers."
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