RDX is made in.....?
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......John Mendel, the RDX will be built in the good old US of A, in Marysville, OH, alongside the TL and Accord .....compared to other auto manufacturers, the quality should be good, but don't expect the workmanship to be on par with models that are actually made in Japan!!
....and, besides, most of them are built here anyways
....The only remaining ones coming out of Japan are the TSX and the RL!!
....and, besides, most of them are built here anyways
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....The only remaining ones coming out of Japan are the TSX and the RL!!
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Originally Posted by Colin
....And the S2000, RSX, Insight, Hybrid Accords, Hybrid Civics and (formerly) NSX.
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Originally Posted by vicpai
MY uncle has an '03 Civic Hybrid and if you look carefully, you can see the slight difference over the ones made here, in "fit and finish" as well as the quality of the materials used!!!
I don't believe there are ANY examples of the exact same car being built in the US and Japan. (ie, Accord LX sedan). This makes it difficult to compare two cars that are intended to be the same side by side.
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Originally Posted by Colin
Hey, that's an urban legend that I'd care not to propagate. There might be differences in fit and finish due to production variances, but I can't imagine there's a difference between the materials?! Could you elaborate on this? I'm really curious.
I don't believe there are ANY examples of the exact same car being built in the US and Japan. (ie, Accord LX sedan). This makes it difficult to compare two cars that are intended to be the same side by side.
I don't believe there are ANY examples of the exact same car being built in the US and Japan. (ie, Accord LX sedan). This makes it difficult to compare two cars that are intended to be the same side by side.
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The whole Japan-built is superior is BS. I've owned Japan-built and USA built cars, neither shined over the other. And the materials are sourced from the same place.
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Originally Posted by 03CoupeV6
The whole Japan-built is superior is BS. I've owned Japan-built and USA built cars, neither shined over the other. And the materials are sourced from the same place.
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...As far as manufacturing the actual components such as the engine, transmission etc., that is self explanatory .......and I do believe the ones made in Japan are in fact, slightly superior in quality to the ones made here. For example, I was told (off the record) by someone who works for Toyota corporate, that they generally get less complaints on Japanese-made Camrys as opposed to the ones built here in Georgetown, Kentucky!!
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Originally Posted by Colin
Hey, that's an urban legend that I'd care not to propagate. There might be differences in fit and finish due to production variances, but I can't imagine there's a difference between the materials?! Could you elaborate on this? I'm really curious.
I don't believe there are ANY examples of the exact same car being built in the US and Japan. (ie, Accord LX sedan). This makes it difficult to compare two cars that are intended to be the same side by side.
I don't believe there are ANY examples of the exact same car being built in the US and Japan. (ie, Accord LX sedan). This makes it difficult to compare two cars that are intended to be the same side by side.
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.....regarding quality of materials, I was comparing my North American made MDX, which has cheaper looking "hard" materials, to the '03 Civic Hybrid, which has softer textures.....but I understand that this is an apples-to-oranges comparison as they are totally different vehicles, so I take back that statement .....but tolerances for fit and finish are universal to all vehicles, for a given manufacturer, so that is a valid comparison.
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Originally Posted by vicpai
.....regarding quality of materials, I was comparing my North American made MDX, which has cheaper looking "hard" materials, to the '03 Civic Hybrid, which has softer textures.....but I understand that this is an apples-to-oranges comparison as they are totally different vehicles, so I take back that statement .....but tolerances for fit and finish are universal to all vehicles, for a given manufacturer, so that is a valid comparison.
First generation CLs (1997) had terrible paint problems because they were trying to paint them in a 'retired' civic plan in east liberty. Again, old robots and civie quality are not up to the standards that we (Acura) were used to. I don't feel this was due to domestic production, if those machines had been in japan, the results would have been the same....
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Originally Posted by smak01
it will be made in the same plant as the TL in Ohio.
Because of so many recalls for the 04TL...
PS: it's better be a rattle free...
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Originally Posted by mio
PS: it's better be a rattle free...
Or what? You won't buy it? Or you'll buy it and complain about it later?
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