East Liberty News

February 9, 2012: The U.S. Department of Transportation released results from an unprecedented ten-month study of potential electronic causes of unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles.

Honda said it will invest $98 million at its largest auto engine plant for the western Ohio facility to produce components for its new transmission technology.

Honda said today it will invest $98 million at its largest auto engine plant for the western Ohio facility to produce components for its new transmission technology.

A few days after word went out that Matthew Broderick would be resurrecting Ferris Bueller in a Super Bowl advertisement for the East Liberty-made CR-V, Honda said an ad for its Acura luxury arm will be playing for laughs too.

New-car sales jumped 17 percent in the Columbus area last year, significantly better than for the country as a whole.

With one announcement last week at the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Honda surprised auto industry observers in at least two ways.

Auto workers perform final tests on lights, turn signals and horns on brand new Accords rolling off one of two final assembly lines at Honda's Marysville auto plant on Thursday.

Honda may be keeping a veil of secrecy over where its NSX sports car will be assembled, but Marysville and Union County officials are considering all news good news.