How Detroit Helped Give Its Market Away
30 years ago, Detroit makers dared Japan to build cars in the U.S. It was the worst thing the Big Three could ask for.
View ArticleMazda Set to Build Last Car in the U.S.
Sometime today, the very last Mazda6 sedan will roll off the AutoAlliance International assembly line in Flat Rock, Michigan. It will mark the latest step in the break-up of Mazda's long-running ties...
View ArticleHonda, Toyota Reach U.S. Production Milestones
It’s a milestone month for two of the largest Japanese automakers – or as they increasingly tend to bill themselves, two of the largest foreign-owned American automakers. TheDetroitBureau.com reports...
View ArticleHonda Will Build Accord Hybrid in U.S.
Honda’s oldest U.S. assembly plant will take on production of the maker’s newest gas-electric model when the Accord Hybrid goes into production in Marysville, Ohio later this year. The $23 million...
View ArticleHonda Moving US Corp. HQ to Ohio
Honda is moving its US corp. HQ to Ohio near the assembly plant it first opened in 1982. Even more significant is the promotion of Tetsuo Iwamura to Honda's global COO of automotive operations. He'll...
View Article10 Millionth American-Made Honda Accord Rolls Out
There have always been skeptics - including those who said the Japanese couldn't build cars in the US. But Honda is reminding them they were wrong as it rolls the 10 millionth American-made Accord off...
View ArticleHonda Slashing Production of Accord, Civic as Passenger Car Sales Keep Tumbling
With passenger car sales plummeting in a light truck market Honda will drop one of two shifts at its Marysville plant on a line producing the Accord and three other models. TheDetroitBureau.com has the...
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