ACURA / HONDA - Made in US

[Stitch]

The new Acura RDX small sport utility to be built this summer in Marysville will feature all-wheel drive and a 240 HP, turbocharged, 2.3-liter four-cylinder.

The RDX is aimed at competitors such as the BMW X3 but will also attempt to attract car owners who want a sport utility but don't want to give up sporty performance and handling, according to Acura.

The engine will be built in Anna, Ohio. It is the first time Honda has used a turbocharged (or supercharged) engine in a car in the United States.

The RDX is the second Acura model to be built in Ohio. The Marysville plant also builds the Acura TL, as well as the Honda Accord.

Source: Cleverland

Plant is close to Ohio Tech College - one of the finest private automotive-technology college, which also offers one of the few BMW training programs in the country, and last year added the PowerSport Institute, the third motorcycle-technician training facility in the nation.

 

[Big Daddy]

Interesting , so is this for the 07 models?

 

[mjbst111]

I have a friend that works there. He takes us on thier test track every year. It is an incredible place.

 

[codex57]

But that's not the first Honda to be built in the US. Accords, Civics, Oddysseys (I think) already are, and those things sell in some really large numbers.

The turbo thing is cool if that engine gets in the smaller cars.

 

[mclarensmps]

I thought the North American supply of Civics came from Canada? (Alliston plant) [???1]

 

[selavia]

Odysseys (some 2001s at least) came from Canada. My Mom's 2001 says it's built / assembled in Canada.

 

[topazblue]

The civics are made in the Ana plant in Ohio and the accords are made in the Marysville plant in Ohio (just 30 miles NW of Columbus)

 

[mrferg]

Also the Element is made there, one of my relatives works in one of the plants. I feel bad because I don't remember which plant at the moment. [slap]