Honda Dominates Cars.com 2019 American-Made Index

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Contrary to intuition, American automakers don’t make the most American cars — at least not with respect to where they’re built. According to Cars.com 2019 American-Made Index, that honor goes to Honda, which makes six of the top 10 most American-made models sold in the United States:

2019 Honda Odyssey (2^nd place)
2019 Honda Ridgeline (3^rd place)
2019 Honda Passport (4^th place)
2019 Acura MDX (6^th place)
2019 Honda Pilot (7^th place)
2019 Acura RDX (10^th place)

This is an improvement over the 2018 results, in which Honda was also the most represented automaker, but with “only” four models.

Cars.com uses several factors to assess the degree to which a vehicle is “American-made,” including the location of assembly, the origin of the engine and transmission, the domestic-parts content, and U.S. factory employment (adjusted by sales). Curb weight is used as a tie breaker.

Related: Honda Odyssey model overview

Every Honda-built vehicle that appears on the list was designed and developed at Honda’s R&D centers in Ohio and California. All of the Honda models were produced exclusively at Honda Manufacturing of Alabama in Lincoln, while all of the Acura models were produced at the company’s East Liberty Auto Plant in Ohio.

Also notable is that the Accord sedan, ranked 14^th, was one of only three passenger cars in the top 15, and that nearly two-thirds of Honda and 99 percent of Acura vehicles the company sells in the US are also made there — in Ohio, Indiana, and Alabama.

“In a year in which Honda is marking our 40th year of building products in America, we’re proud to have six Honda and Acura vehicles among the top ten in the Cars.com Made in America Index,” said Rick Schostek, Honda North America executive vice president. “Honda is committed to building products close to our customers and this recognition really puts the spotlight on the more than 31,000 associates and over 600 suppliers in America who make that happen every day.”

News Source: Cars.com

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