Fuel Efficiency: Top Priority For Honda Civic

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