The millionth Honda for export was a silver Accord built in the Marysville, Ohio factory. In 2014 Honda expects to export more cars built in North America than it imports from Japan.
Many foreign makers export a large amount of their cars made in America, but the trend was started by Honda. Since 1987 Honda has exported more than $22 billion worth of cars and components from America. Yes, they make components here and export them for production on their manufacturing lines abroad!
A post on Edmunds from 2006 details some important figures about Honda and the money generated stateside by the automaker:
In Ohio 2006, there were 160 suppliers for the Honda plants. In 2004 $6.8 billion was spent on Honda products.
North American suppliers totaled 600 putting $13.6 billion into the American economy.
PROPERTY TAXES PAID IN 2004: $23.6 million
United Way Contributions: $1.2 million from Associates
$ 900,000 Corporate Match
Capital investment since 1979 $5.5 billion.
EXPORTS of 2006; 22,586 cars shipped to 41 countries. (1,000,000 total as of Dec 3, 2012!)
11,000 motorcycles and ATVs to 52 countries
$1.5 billion of parts and components
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
$615,000 in "Dollars for Doers" grants have been paid to qualified non-profit organizations since 1995.
Honda associates, spouses and retirees have given more than 290,000 volunteer hours in support of local communities.
$1.3 million was donated to the Katrina fund.
American Honda Financial Services and American Honda Motor Corporation generate tax revenue for the American government and should not be excluded from your car purchasing decisions. Many American jobs have been created by Honda's dedication to American manufacturing
So when you make your next car buying decision, don't automatically exclude Honda for being foreign. They deserve a lot of kudos for the American job creation and revenue creation. The residual value and dependability on Honda's are so high that this will leave you with more money to spend on other... AMERICAN PRODUCTS!
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