| The demand for more fuel efficient vehicles | | | | the Honda Pilot would then be transferring |
| has surely gone up. Compared to previous | | | | its share of load to the Alabama plant. Such |
| years, the demand is much higher these days | | | | a mode would actually make the Alabama plant |
| perhaps because of the high fuel prices. And | | | | create more vehicles. Then come April next |
| it looks like the Honda Motor Corporation is | | | | year, the Honda Civic sedan models would then |
| set out on providing the market with the | | | | be produced in the plant in Alliston, |
| right vehicle that would fill in the void. | | | | Ontario, Canada. Since 1998, the plant has |
| What Honda will be doing would be actually to | | | | only been creating light truck vehicles. |
| make sure that their factories, plants, and | | | | However, this time, the company has decided |
| other facilities would be able to fill up the | | | | that this plant would be the best facility |
| demand. The company would be making sure that | | | | wherein they would be able to produce more |
| their facilities would have an increase in | | | | units of the popular vehicle. As per these |
| production so much so that the production of | | | | plans, the company's executive vice president |
| those plants in North America could now start | | | | for their American arm, does say, "We have |
| producing up to 60,000 units of Honda Civic | | | | been challenged to keep up with record |
| models per year. These Honda Civic units | | | | customer demand for our lineup of fuel |
| would be those that are fuel efficient and | | | | efficient cars and trucks. Our flexible |
| would hold engines with four cylinders to | | | | production system is a wonderful tool that |
| better facilitate fuel efficiency. However, | | | | enables Honda to better meet the demand of |
| it is also important to note that these | | | | our customers and dealers in an efficient and |
| plants would still be producing other Honda | | | | timely way." At present, the Honda Civic |
| vehicles and other parts Honda with that. The | | | | units are built in two plants in North |
| key parts of this plan of Honda would include | | | | America. One is the East Liberty plant while |
| that by the February 2007, the company's | | | | the other one is the Alliston Plant. |
| production facility in Canada that produces | | | | |