America’s Third Largest Domestic Automaker: Honda?

The third-largest domestic producer of automobiles in the U.S. is Honda.
The automaker beat out Toyota and Chrysler, which builds nearly all of its
cars in North America. Kicking Tires reports that this year, Honda has
built 555,734 vehicles in the U.S. and a total of 756,788 vehicles in North
America. That bests the 468,440 vehicles that Chrysler produced in the U.S.
and Toyota’s 430,535. Ford and General Motors still far surpass Honda in
terms of U.S. production. According to The Detroit News, Honda built more
vehicles in the United States than in its home country of Japan through the
second quarter. Honda has more than 10 factories in the U.S., with two new
plants under construction, and 14 R&D facilities. Honda employs more than
27,000 people in the U.S.; Toyota has 28,700 American employees. Honda was
also the first Japanese automaker to build cars in the U.S., starting with
the Accord back in 1982. Click here for Kicking Tires’ coverage of Honda’s
role in the U.S. auto industry. Click here to read more at The Detroit News
on the number of vehicles Honda built in the U.S. during the second
quarter. Click here to check out Cars.com’s American Made Index to see the
lineup of the most American-built vehicles.

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