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I'm in the market for a new or used 2000-2006 Honda or Acura and would
like to know which models are made in Japan. I realize that a VIN
number starting with 'J' tells me a particular car is made in Japan.
My preference is to buy a vehicle manufactured in Japan. I want to be
able to shorten my search time and just look for those cars that apply.

For e.g. If I know all 2002 Honda CR-V EX were made in the USA, then I
can avoid looking for that model/year.

Anyone know of such a list?

Thanks,

Mike

all hondas are made in the USA or Canada.
the Acuras are made in japan.

<mikebrown49@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm in the market for a new or used 2000-2006 Honda or Acura and would
> like to know which models are made in Japan. I realize that a VIN
> number starting with 'J' tells me a particular car is made in Japan.
> My preference is to buy a vehicle manufactured in Japan. I want to be
> able to shorten my search time and just look for those cars that apply.
>
> For e.g. If I know all 2002 Honda CR-V EX were made in the USA, then I
> can avoid looking for that model/year.
>
> Anyone know of such a list?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>

mikebrown49@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm in the market for a new or used 2000-2006 Honda or Acura and would
> like to know which models are made in Japan. I realize that a VIN
> number starting with 'J' tells me a particular car is made in Japan.
> My preference is to buy a vehicle manufactured in Japan. I want to be
> able to shorten my search time and just look for those cars that apply.
>
> For e.g. If I know all 2002 Honda CR-V EX were made in the USA, then I
> can avoid looking for that model/year.
>
> Anyone know of such a list?

at least up to the early 90s, the "EX" versions of the accord and civic
were japanese. the bigger profit margin/markup made it more worthwhile
to ship them over from japan.

"J Oat" <bd13580@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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: all hondas are made in the USA or Canada.
: the Acuras are made in japan.
:
Not true. As far as I could tell when shopping for one, some 2000 Accord SEs
(only the red ones) were made in Japan. (I bought one and still have it.)
The SE also came in gold and dark green, and all the ones I looked at (in
the Atlanta area) were made in Ohio. I never did find out why they made the
red ones in Japan.

It's been a great car, by the way -- almost trouble-free and still a kick to
drive.

The SE is basically an LX 4-cylinder with an option package that includes
air conditioning, alloy wheels, automatic transmission and antilock brakes,
among other things.

Paul

SoCalMike wrote:
> mikebrown49@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> I'm in the market for a new or used 2000-2006 Honda or Acura and would
>> like to know which models are made in Japan. I realize that a VIN
>> number starting with 'J' tells me a particular car is made in Japan.
>> My preference is to buy a vehicle manufactured in Japan. I want to be
>> able to shorten my search time and just look for those cars that apply.
>>
>> For e.g. If I know all 2002 Honda CR-V EX were made in the USA, then I
>> can avoid looking for that model/year.
>>
>> Anyone know of such a list?
>
>
> at least up to the early 90s, the "EX" versions of the accord and civic
> were japanese. the bigger profit margin/markup made it more worthwhile
> to ship them over from japan.

nah, if it were "profit", they'd /all/ come from japan. the ONLY reason
anything gets assembled here is the tax structure "encouraging" the
practice. the japanese import models are either low volume or vehicles
for which honda is especially sensitive about quality.

J Oat wrote:

> all hondas are made in the USA or Canada.

Most, not all. The CR-V, S2000 and Insight are made in Japan. Some
Accords (including Hybrid) are also made in Mexico.


> the Acuras are made in japan.

Again, most, not all. The MDX is made in Canada, as is the Civic-based
CSX that is sold in Canada only. The TL is made in the U.S.

In article <1136687163.821795.178070@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>,
mikebrown49@gmail.com says...
> I'm in the market for a new or used 2000-2006 Honda or Acura and would
> like to know which models are made in Japan. I realize that a VIN
> number starting with 'J' tells me a particular car is made in Japan.
> My preference is to buy a vehicle manufactured in Japan. I want to be
> able to shorten my search time and just look for those cars that apply.
>
> For e.g. If I know all 2002 Honda CR-V EX were made in the USA, then I
> can avoid looking for that model/year.
>
> Anyone know of such a list?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
>

About 1 out of 10 2005 Civic's our local Honda dealer received were made
in Japan. And, their entire first delivery (six vehicles) of the new
2006 Civic sedan were made in Japan.

Two years ago when I researched this question in purchasing an '04
Accord, I found that only the very low end Accords were imported from
Japan. It seems they want to reduce the trade balance equation by
lowering the dollar amount of imports. In other words, the only
Japan-assembled Accords were DX models.

Some of the engines or transmissions that find their way into US
assembled Accords were from Japan, some were not. And I think the
poster that said TL's are made in Japan are dead wrong.

Hey, I got an EX V6 made in USA and bought an extended warranty
(7yr/100,000) cheap from Bernardi in Massachusetts for $850. Don't try
to fight Honda's strategy, you'll be wasting your time.

Interesting.... I recently read that the Japs in Japan have a
preference for Honda's assembled in North America!

The Big 3 is doing brisk business in Japan, or so I've heard.