Honda is juggling models and plants in North America to boost output of fuel efficient four-cylinder Civic models in early 2007 by up to 60,000 units a year.
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From February 2007, production of Pilot sport utility vehicles in Canada will be gradually shifted to Honda’s Lincoln, Alabama plant. This will return the Alabama plant’s production to a full annual capacity of 300,000 vehicles and engines and will make it the sole source for both Pilot and Odyssey models after the shift.
From April 2007, production of Civic sedan models will be added for the first time to Honda’s Plant 2 in Alliston, Ontario, Canada, which has produced only light truck models since opening in autumn 1998. Plant 1 in Canada already builds Civic sedans and coupes and the added Civic production will not impact the plant’s current capacity of 390,000 units.
US Civic sales were up 7.1% year on year to the end of September 2006, over 2005, while overall passenger car sales (up 3.9%) and light truck sales (up 8.2%) are leading American Honda toward a 10th consecutive annual sales record and a 13th straight year of increasing sales.
Honda this year added production of two light truck models at its Ohio auto plants. The East Liberty plant began production of the CR-V in September and the Marysville plant began producing the new Acura RDX in July, after building only passenger cars since opening in 1982.
East Liberty also builds the Civic.
