Check out Forbes about the Ohio factory. Maybe this explains some
reports about apparent inconsistencies with this year's Accords.

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....Launching a new car is a logistical nightmare for any automaker.
Transforming a plant is an engineering headache. Mass-producing
extremely high-quality cars takes sustained organizational
concentration. Honda
<http://www.forbes.com/markets/company_news.jhtml?ticker=HMC> decided to
do all three at once. The company compares what they've done to running
a marathon while undergoing open-heart surgery. Observers agree. "It's
stupendous," says Merrill Lynch analyst John Casesa. "No other company
would even attempt it."...

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http://www.forbes.com/2002/11/14/cz_jf_1114honda.html