That's because they have the
Absolute trim level instead.
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And 4WD is available! Why don't we get a 4WD option in North America?
:rollingeyes:
One should note, the Japanese 'Odyssey' isn't the same thing we get here in North America at all. The Japanese 'Odyssey' is the size of the 1st generation US Odyssey. That being, significantly smaller than the current giant that is the 4th generation.
The North American Ody was refered to as 'LaGreat' in other markets. I think the StepWGN is the closestt thing to a US Odyssey now, but it's still a good 10 inches shorter and narrower, but 6" taller than what we get.
cedaralow (above) doesn't believe you (or the analyst with the Globe and Mail). He thinks thing swill just chug along. I'm waiting for teh Apple iPad 2 to be released in Canada. Some of teh parts (RAM and SSD) are manufactured in Japan and with the factories closed, once the parts stock is used up production will stop. That couldn't happen to Honda could it? Of Course it can! :huh:
It's not that I don't believe reports of factories dropping shifts or the earthquake having an impact on the companies.
My point is more to that fact that in particular, all Odyssey production and most of its parts are made in the US, and therefore the earthquake should not have a significant impact on current production. particularly since even though lean manufacturing works on 'just in time' production, most automotive companies (including Toyota) use a form of kanban to control part inventory.
As for impacting the production here in the form of dropped shifts... of course a company in Japan that has been affected by a large catostrophe and is on uncertain grounds of its administrative and office functions, is going to reduce things within its control to help alleviate potential issues. It makes logical sense that if you produce X vehicles in say... 1 weeks time using 3 shifts... you would then produce X vehicles in 1.5 weeks time using 2 shifts... or 3 weeks time using 1 shift. They're looking to make sure the impact of the potential parts strain is minimized.
If you were in the market for any of the vehicles I mentioned, which are primarily made in Japan, obviously the earthquake and it's effects will grossly impact production since all production is likely halted.