• From February 2007, production of Pilot sport utility vehicles in Canada will be gradually shifted to Honda’s Lincoln, Alabama plant. This will return the Alabama plant’s production to a full annual capacity of 300,000 vehicles and engines and will make it the sole source for both Pilot and Odyssey models after the shift.

• From April 2007, production of Civic Sedan models will be added for the first time to Honda’s Plant 2 in Alliston, Ontario, Canada, which has produced only light truck models since opening in fall 1998. Plant 1 in Canada already builds Civic Sedans and Coupes. The added Civic production will not impact the plant’s current production capacity of 390,000 units.

US sales of the Civic lineup are up 7.1% through September 2006 compared to 2005. Overall, Honda is heading toward a 13th straight year of increasing sales, with passenger car sales are up 3.9% and light truck sales up 8.2% compared to 2005.

Honda earlier added production this year of two light truck models at its Ohio auto plants. Honda’s East Liberty Plant in Ohio began production of the all-new 2007 Honda CR-V in September, and the Marysville Auto Plant began producing the all-new Acura RDX in July, after building only passenger cars since opening in 1982.

Currently, Honda builds Civic models at two North American plants—the East Liberty Plant and the Alliston Plant. Over the past few months, both plants have added overtime production in an effort to meet customer demand.

On June 28, Honda announced plans to increase its North American capacity to by an additional 200,000 units with the construction of an auto plant near Greensburg, Indiana for the production of 4-cylinder vehicles and a 200,000-unit engine plant in Canada to build 4-cylinder engines. These plants are scheduled to begin operation in 2008.