Hey,

I was at an Acura dealership some time back and was 'toying' with the idea
of trading in my 2000 Civic for a 2004 Acura RSX. I had also looked at
the Honda Accord Coupe (Honda Factory Performance Edition) at the Honda
dealership right across the street. So the salesman gave me some reasons
why I should choose the RSX over the Accord Coupe:

1) RSX has the sporty look/feel I was looking but at a cheaper price than
the Accord Coupe.
2) Acura engines have the latest Honda technology whereas the Honda
engines have the older Acura technology. Make sense? LOL...
3) But most importantly (he somewhat stressed), the Honda's for sale were
manufactured in Ohio whereas the Acura's where still manufactured in Japan
(at least the RSX was). Thus, the Acura has a better build.

I'm no auto manufacturing expert, but i'm under the assumption that a
large portion of the cars built today are done by machines. So would
there be any real difference between the Acura & Honda in quality terms
given one is built in Ohio and the other Japan? Isn't engineering and
quality of parts used more important than "where" the car was built? My
apologizes if the question sounds ridiculous.

-AGS