Honda - Made in America

I'm always not sure where cars are made or from which countries most of the parts come from even if a particular brand or model is "made" in a particular country.

I just got a Google Alert that says that 84% of Honda and Acura cars sold in the United States were produced in North America. That's an impressive statistic. But what does it really mean?

There was an asterisk by the word "produced". I'm still looking for the explanation of this little symbol.

Can you find it:

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/news/press-release/hmc_honda-builds-record-84-of-2009-u-s-auto-sales-in-north-america-690401.html


Anyway the article goes on to say that Honda has 7 plants in North America. Four in the USA, 2 in Canada, and one in Mexico. These plants produce 15 different models of Honda, including the Civic sedan, coupe and GX, Accord sedan, coupe and Crosstour, Odyssy, Piolt, Ridgeline, CR-V and Element, as well as the Acura, TL ZDX, RDX ad MDX models.

I knew about some of these, but the entire list surprised me. Most of these cars get outstanding quality ratings, so it appears the USA, Canada and Mexico can build quality automobiles. Now why do American brands struggle so hard to be quality?

Can't be the location, or the base workers. Must be something else. Management perhaps? Labor Unions? Stockholders? Take your pick.

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