The assembly plant opened in 1979 as American Honda Motor Company's first production facility in the United States.
It was on the original U.S. Route 33, renamed Honda Parkway when the Route was moved, at the site of an abandoned Pure Oil gas station and a long since razed "lubritorium," and the former rail crossing of the abandoned Erie Lackawanna Marion-Springfield spur.
In June 2009, the Marysville Motorcycle Plant ceased production after almost 30 years, as Honda consolidated global production of specific large motorcycles at a new factory in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
[1][2] Some employees there were moved to the Marysville Auto Plant, located at the same facility, or took early retirement.
[4] This facility is now used to receive parts and sequence them for consumption at the line at the Marysville Auto Plant.