| You've seen them in magazine ads, on television | | | | The Honda Hamamatsu Factory in Hamamatsu, Japan |
| commercials and on the road. Honda is one of the | | | | manufactures 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 Motor | | | | There is another Japanese production facility located in |
| Company, Ltd., a multinational corporation based in | | | | Suzuka, Mie, Japan. Currently, this facility only produces |
| Minami-Aoyama Nichome, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. | | | | one model - the Honda Fit. |
| Honda designs, develops, manufactures and sells | | | | China |
| popular vehicles such as the Accord, the Civic, the | | | | The Dongfeng Honda Automobile Company, based in |
| CRV and many others. Honda cars are driven in many | | | | Wuhan, 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 Japan | | | | plans to produce Honda Civics in the near future. |
| Many people incorrectly assume that Japanese cars | | | | Indonesia |
| are manufactured in Japan. The truth is, the world is a | | | | Honda Indonesia is the name of the factory located in |
| much different place today than it was in the late '40's | | | | Karawang, Indonesia. Currently, this manufacturing |
| when Honda first started. Globalization has made it | | | | facility only produces the Honda Fit. |
| possible for multinational corporations to distribute their | | | | Thailand |
| production facilities around the world for maximum | | | | In 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 Honda | | | | Turkey |
| Motor Co. is based in Torrance, California. Honda has | | | | Honda has a factory in Turkey where it has |
| also created joint ventures around the world to | | | | manufactured 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, the | | | | Honda New Zealand manufactured cars from 1965 |
| answer is - it depends. Honda has several assembly | | | | through 1998. The models that were produced in this |
| plants distributed around the world, each producing | | | | facility include the Honda City, the Civic and the |
| anywhere from only one to five different styles of | | | | Accord. |
| 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 of | | | | motorcycles. |
| their manufacturing and assembly plants with details | | | | England |
| about what type of vehicles are made there. It is safe | | | | In 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 that | | | | Brazil |
| manufactures any given model is the one where that | | | | Honda Amazonas Motorcycle is a Brazilian production |
| car came from. | | | | facility that only manufactures motorcycles. The plant |
| Honda Manufacturing and Production Facilities | | | | is located in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil and has made |
| Japan | | | | motorcycles since 1976. |
| As of 2009, there were only two main manufacturing | | | | Honda Brazil Automobile, a facility located in Indaiatuba, |
| plants located in Japan. | | | | Sao Paolo, Brazil manufactures the Civic and the Fit. |