Honda President at Accord Launch
During the start of production ceremony of the all-new 2013 Accord on Monday at Honda's auto plant in Marysville, Ohio, Hide Iwata, president and CEO of Honda of America Mfg., said the new Accord will remain the industry benchmark. Generations of the Accord have been produced at the plant for nearly 30 years, since Nov. 1, 1982, when it opened as the first Japanese auto plant in America.