Where Are Honda Cars Made?

You've seen them in magazine ads, on televisionThe Honda Hamamatsu Factory in Hamamatsu, Japan
commercials and on the road. Honda is one of themanufactures cars, motorcycles and engines from the
world's best known and respected automotive brands.car manufacturers complete lineup.
The company behind the cars is Honda MotorThere is another Japanese production facility located in
Company, Ltd., a multinational corporation based inSuzuka, Mie, Japan. Currently, this facility only produces
Minami-Aoyama Nichome, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.one model - the Honda Fit.
Honda designs, develops, manufactures and sellsChina
popular vehicles such as the Accord, the Civic, theThe Dongfeng Honda Automobile Company, based in
CRV and many others. Honda cars are driven in manyWuhan, China opened in 2003. This assembly plant
different parts of the world.currently manufactures only the Honda CRV, but has
Not Everything is Done in Japanplans to produce Honda Civics in the near future.
Many people incorrectly assume that Japanese carsIndonesia
are manufactured in Japan. The truth is, the world is aHonda Indonesia is the name of the factory located in
much different place today than it was in the late '40'sKarawang, Indonesia. Currently, this manufacturing
when Honda first started. Globalization has made itfacility only produces the Honda Fit.
possible for multinational corporations to distribute theirThailand
production facilities around the world for maximumIn Thailand, Honda manufactures the Honda Fit in their
efficiency. For example, even though the companies'factory located in Ayutthaya, Thailand.
world headquarters are in Japan, American HondaTurkey
Motor Co. is based in Torrance, California. Honda hasHonda has a factory in Turkey where it has
also created joint ventures around the world tomanufactured cars of different styles since 1992.
facilitate operations in places such as China and India.New Zealand
In terms of where the cars are actually made, theHonda New Zealand manufactured cars from 1965
answer is - it depends. Honda has several assemblythrough 1998. The models that were produced in this
plants distributed around the world, each producingfacility include the Honda City, the Civic and the
anywhere from only one to five different styles ofAccord.
automobiles. Depending on where in the world you live,Belgium
and what type of vehicle you are wondering about,The production facility in Belgium makes only
the actual geographical origin will vary. Below is a list ofmotorcycles.
their manufacturing and assembly plants with detailsEngland
about what type of vehicles are made there. It is safeIn the UK, Honda has manufactured the Civic and the
to assume that if you live closer to China than the U.S.,CRV in Swindon, England since 1992.
the assembly plant closest to (or in) China thatBrazil
manufactures any given model is the one where thatHonda Amazonas Motorcycle is a Brazilian production
car came from.facility that only manufactures motorcycles. The plant
Honda Manufacturing and Production Facilitiesis located in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil and has made
Japanmotorcycles since 1976.
As of 2009, there were only two main manufacturingHonda Brazil Automobile, a facility located in Indaiatuba,
plants located in Japan.Sao Paolo, Brazil manufactures the Civic and the Fit.