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#11 (**permalink**) 19 Dec 2006, 07:26 am

I have a 2007 CR-V on order. According to our dealer, it was made in Japan
is currently on ship in the Pacific.

"Paul K" <anon@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> In article <nhxhh.118$sR.106@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>,
> Unquestionably Confused <puzzled2@ameritech.net> wrote:
>
>> zonie wrote:
>> > I did'nt mean that CRV's were made in all of those places. they were
>> > examples. Again the first character of your VIN will tell you were it
>> > was
>> > built. Scott
>>
>> That's a somewhat generic answer to the question though since, of late
>> anyways, there's been some discussion of parts content determining where
>> the car originates regardless of assembly point, i.e. if 60% of the
>> parts come from the USA and the vehicle's assembled in Canada, the car's
>> VIN would still begin with a "1."
>>
>> Better to run the entire VIN and look at the 11th digit/character in the
>> VIN which designates the assembly point.
>>
>>
>> http://www.analogx.com/contents/vinview.htm
>>
>> http://www.carcare.org/stats.shtml#
>
> OK, let me rephrase the question again.
> I do not currently own a 2007 CR-V.
> I live in Pennsylvania. All I want to know is
> if I bought a CR-V where would it have been assembled?
>
> Thanks
> --Paul

#12 (**permalink**) 22 Dec 2006, 03:06 am

It is my best understanding that the first "batch" all came from Japan.
There are rumors that they might start being made in USA, but who knows
right now. Why does it matter?

-- Nicholas

Paul K wrote:
> In article <nhxhh.118$sR.106@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>,
> Unquestionably Confused <puzzled2@ameritech.net> wrote:
>
>> zonie wrote:
>>> I did'nt mean that CRV's were made in all of those places. they were
>>> examples. Again the first character of your VIN will tell you were it was
>>> built. Scott
>> That's a somewhat generic answer to the question though since, of late
>> anyways, there's been some discussion of parts content determining where
>> the car originates regardless of assembly point, i.e. if 60% of the
>> parts come from the USA and the vehicle's assembled in Canada, the car's
>> VIN would still begin with a "1."
>>
>> Better to run the entire VIN and look at the 11th digit/character in the
>> VIN which designates the assembly point.
>>
>>
>> http://www.analogx.com/contents/vinview.htm
>>
>> http://www.carcare.org/stats.shtml#
>
> OK, let me rephrase the question again.
> I do not currently own a 2007 CR-V.
> I live in Pennsylvania. All I want to know is
> if I bought a CR-V where would it have been assembled?
>
> Thanks
> --Paul

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