Professor

As the RL's are made in Japan, does anyone know the status of the Honda/Acura plant and will it impact parts or production of new models?

VQPower37

i've heard due to the electricity issues, toyota is having issues with some 40k cars or so ... havent heard nething about honda yet, except unfortunately one worker was killed by a falling wall

oo7spy

I don't know the status if the factory, but it is in Saitama just northwest of Tokyo. I think the majority if damage was done way up the northeast coast. Like VQ said, their biggest problem is probably electricity b/c of the power production shortages.

This is all just speculation on my part though.

robarsan

Honda_Statement

SSjTrunks112O

Could've sworn that the RL's are now built in the US as of '09..

Ken1997TL

Nope, not true. All Legends/RLs have been built in Japan and continue to be.

Ballinger

Excerpt:

Honda operations
Considering the current situation of the nationwide recovery efforts in Japan, Honda has decided the following:

As of March 14, all production activities are suspended at the following Honda plants: Sayama Plant at Saitama Factory (Sayama, Saitama), Ogawa Plant (Ogawa-machi, Hiki-gun Saitama), Tochigi Factory (Moka, Tochigi), Hamamatsu Factory (Hamamatsu, Shizuoka) and Suzuka Factory (Suzuka, Mie)
From March 15 through 20, Honda will suspend all production activities at its plants listed above as well as at Kumamoto Factory (Ozu-machi, Kikuchi-gun, Kumamoto)
From March 14 through 20, Honda will suspend regular operations at all Honda facilities in the Tochigi area, where damage was more serious, (including Tochigi Factory, Honda R&D Co., Ltd. R&D Center (Tochigi) , Honda Engineering Co., Ltd., etc.), and focus on the recovery of each operation. Honda associates will not come to work during this time. Aid for the victims of the earthquake
With the hope to contribute to the earliest possible relief and recovery of affected areas, Honda will provide the following aid:

300 million yen toward the relief and recovery effort
A total of 1,000 generators (gasoline-powered and home-use gas canister-powered), along with 5,000 gas canisters. Honda also will dispatch its staff to explain how to use the donated generators


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However, as this disaster unfolds, I don't think anyone can figure the final impact and effects from the temblor(s), tsunami and reactor meltdowns.

wstr75

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/31/h...panese-plants/