It looks like a lot of Fit production will stay in Japan after production run at Yorii (I believe 40,000 between September 2015 and March 2016). Seventy thousand Fits for U.S./Canada to be made at Suzuka starting in May. (For the 2017 model year as well?)

Are they making any 2016 Fits at Celaya, Mexico? At least the ones with manual transmission?

With a weak yen and strong U.S. dollar, making Fits for the U.S. market in Japan makes more financial sense.

Japanese auto industry: With capacity slack at home, Honda to ramp up exports- Nikkei Asian Review

 

I have read here that 2016 Honda Fit all manuals and EX-L CVTs are made at the Celaya, Mexico plant. The rest are made in Japan.

 

My Fit is a 2016 LX-CVT made in Yorii in November. Its production number is between 9000 and 9500 and was delivered to the dealership in NE Ohio around Dec. 23rd.

 

Sounds like Honda can't even decide where to build the Fit. Whew!

 

Because each production run of Fits is under 100,000 vehicles a year, I wouldn't be surprised if Honda finds it easier to move the production of that around to the plant that's under utilized. It's tougher to move the production of more vehicles around.

 

Maybe the Celeya plant has over production with the fit and the hrv? So they might be planning to use the under utilized plant. it is my guess. I do not know the numbers sales of hrv are but it might be part of the reason.

The mexican peso is in the lowest it has ever been thanks for the corrupt president, way to low now compared to the dollar. For instance a minimum wage is 3.5 dollars a day vs 7 dollars the hour in the usa. So they are not moving from mexico any time now.

 

Last I heard from the dealer, my 2016 EX in PBP, which I ordered in November, is being built in Mexico..

 

When I bought my LX I was able to look at it side-by-side with a Mexican EX-L that was being prepped for sale at the same time. Exterior panel alignment was markedly better on the Japanese LX. Inside, the two were similar. The Mexican car had a rather strong smell of preservative oil boiling off something hot that the Japanese car lacked.

I think that we're darned lucky that Honda has decided to supply us with Fits from the Mothership.