-By Oriade Ayomide
Honda North America’s executive vice president Rick Schostek called it a milestone that was “30 years in the making”. He said the value of the US-made export vehicles was $2.65bn (£1.6bn). The average value of each vehicle was $24,377 (£14,680).
Honda’s 2013 output was a major shift from a year earlier, when imports to the US stood at around 136,000, against exports of about 74,000. Honda made 1.78 million vehicles in total in North America last year, including a record 1.3 million in the US. According to the company, 95% of Hondas sold in the US last year were made domestically.