Honda Assembly USA : 2006-15

The Honda Pilot

In 2006, 974,000 cars were made by Honda/Acura and the million mark was passed in 2007. It fell to just less than 725,000 in 2009 with the poor economy at that time. It then jumped to over 1.2 million in 2012 and has kept above that since. Now for the plants:

Marysville remains the biggest plant in the USA, as it always has been. Marysville took on making the compact crossover Acura RDX from 2006 to 2009 and ILX small sedan in 2015. It is now sharing the assembly line with the Honda Accord and Acura TL/TLX.

East Liberty got the CR-V assembly in 2006, making it three Honda models. Then in 2009 came the 'what were they thinking?' Crosstour full sized crossover in a 5-door fastback guise. It bombed and was discontinued early 2015, not to be replaced. The Element SUV ended in 2011, replaced by the Acura RDX compact crossover.

Lincoln had just the Honda Odyssey and Pilot models until 2009, when it also started making the Honda Ridgeline truck. Then in 2013 Acura returned to the plant with the third generation Acura MDX mid-sized crossover. Then the Ridgeline ended in 2014, due to poor sales (a 2016 model is now out).

The fourth US assembly facility was opened in late 2008 in Greensburg, Indiana for the Civic model. It also made the Acura ILX between 2012 to 2014, before it moved to Marysville.

Summary: The Honda production operations in the US are impressive in size. It's reflective of how well respected the brand is in that nation. I find Honda too conservative but in the the US of A that's just fine it seems.

Data below is in thousands. Simply add three zeros.

Pl	Marysville				Lincoln					Greensbg
Br	Hon	Acura			Honda				Acu	Hon	Acu
Yr	Acc	TL	ILX	RDX	Ody	Pil	Rid	Acc	MDX	Civ	ILX
06	350	79	-	19	202	86	-	-	-	-	-
07	367	67	-	25	196	118	-	-	-	-	-
08	382	52	-	21	161	122	-	-	-	7	-
09	263	29	-	10	84	65	16	16	-	78	-
10	285	35	-	21	120	121	20	11	-	95	-
11	229	36	-	19	130	118	13	-	-	85	-
12	400	39	-	-	159	157	21	-	-	169	30
13	467	26	-	-	136	127	20	-	51	224	17
14	401	41	-	-	145	134	10	-	74	224	18
15	379	53	28	-	151	133	-	-	66	218	-

Pl	East Liberty					Total
Br	Honda				Acu	Production
Yr	CRV	CrT	Ele	Civ	RDX	Hon	Acu	Com
06	7	-	54	177	-	876	98	974
07	47	-	39	156	-	923	92	1015
08	111	-	20	107	-	909	73	982
09	133	9	14	5	-	685	39	723
10	197	33	17	-	-	899	56	955
11	166	19	8	-	-	768	55	824
12	180	26	-	-	38	1112	107	1219
13	168	17	-	-	57	1159	151	1310
14	148	13	-	-	60	1076	193	1269
15	176	5	-	-	60	1062	207	1270

Data source: Honda.