And the race continues.Honda has recently overtaken Nissan to regain second place among Japan's automakers. The Detroit News reported that the automaker built 1.79 million cars and light trucks worldwide in the first half of the Japanese fiscal year, up 6 percent from year-earlier levels, while Nissan's output fell by 12 percent to 1.52 million vehicles.
Both automakers, however, are far behind Number One Toyota, which produced 3.94 million vehicles in the first six months of the fiscal year, more than Nissan and Honda combined.
Still on Honda, the automaker has also announced that it will increase North American production of its fuel-efficient four-cylinder Civic models in early 2007 by as many as 60,000 units annually.
Honda will reportedly shuffle production of cars and trucks among its North American plants to keep up with demand for the hot-selling Civic.
The company is also set to move production of the Honda Pilot from Canada to Alabama in February. The move will make the Lincoln, Alabama, plant the sole source for the Pilot and the Odyssey minivan. In April, the automaker will add Civic sedan production to its Alliston, Ontario, Plant 2 for the first time. Plant 1 in Alliston already builds the Civic.
Honda has reported that Civic sales rose 7.1 percent through September over 2005.
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