January 18, 2006

Time frame from Start to Finish to Build a Honda Car/Vehicle:

I made a call to Honda Marysville Auto Plant in Ohio and ask Ron, how long does it take to Build One Honda from start to Finish. This is the answer he replied with today on my E-Mail.

We all speak of FE about Hybrids and Non-Hybrids daily and I just thought everyone would find it interesting to know this. I did.

Quote from Honda:

Terry,

We don't provide model- specific information on how long it takes to produce a vehicle, but I can tell you that at the Marysville Auto Plant in Ohio, it takes approximately two shifts -- or 16 hours -- to produce a vehicle. This is from the start of welding through the paint process (which includes curing time) and through assembly of the vehicle into a finished product. Unfortunately, I cannot specify how long it takes to produce a hybrid vehicle. Though production of hybrid vehicles involves some different processes, the production time would be similar to other vehicles.

Sorry I cannot be specific about the Civic Hybrid model.


Best Regards,
Ron