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Honda was an original strategic partner in the launch of XM, and introduced its first factory-installed XM vehicles in 2003. Honda produced more than 200,000 vehicles with XM in 2004; over 400,000 in 2005; over 550,000 in 2006; and is projecting production of more than 650,000 factory-installed XM units for 2007 model vehicles.
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Honda and Toyota were a close first and second in UCS's ranking of the 2005 model year. Scores were based on the vehicles' average per-mile emissions of smog-forming pollutants and climate-changing gases, including carbon dioxide, said Dan MacKenzie, a UCS vehicles engineer and the report's author.
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In 1989 Honda launched their VTEC variable valve timing system in its production car engines, which gave improved efficiency and performance across a broader range of engine speeds. One of the first of its kind in passenger vehicles. It operates on the premise of using different camshaft profiles (including duration, enganging a third rocker arm) depending on a number of sensors: throttle position, water/oil temperature, RPM. Low-load driving would result in VTEC not being engaged, the camshaft using an efficient-for-low-speed profile. When all sensors permit, the ECU engages the third lobe is engaged, using a different rocker arm, effectively changing the camshaft profile for an efficient-for-high-rpm profile.
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Honda's U.S. plants topped the one-million unit mark for the first time in 2007 -- in the same year that Honda celebrated the 25th anniversary of U.S. auto production. The 1,015,462 vehicles produced at Honda's three U.S. auto plants in 2007, was an increase of 4.2 percent from the previous year's record of 974,380 units.
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GREENSBURG, Ind., June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Honda today announced plans to build a $550 million automobile plant on a 1,700-acre tract in Decatur County, Indiana, near Greensburg, 50 miles southeast of Indianapolis. The plant will begin mass production of fuel efficient 4-cylinder vehicles in fall 2008, with an annual production capacity of 200,000 vehicles and employment of 2,000 associates.
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The HON-SC1 SiriusConnect Interface opens up the other half of the satellite radio market for Honda and Acura owners who previously only had access to XM. It allows the Honda / Acura factory radio with its proprietary databus to communicate with the SCC1 SiriusConnect Vehicle Tuner (sold separately) for a permanently installed solution using the existing OEM radio controls. The HON-SC1 ... enables a portable solution, substituting a SC-VDOC1 vehicle dock in place of the SCC1, allowing the user to then interface a dock-and-play radio (such as the Innovations Award-winning Sportster 5 or Stiletto 2) with the factory head unit, creating a portable solution that can be used outside the vehicle. (Vehicle dock and dock-and-play radios sold separately.)
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