Where are Honda passports manufactured?
The modern Honda Passport is built in Lincoln, Alabama, at Honda Manufacturing of Alabama. The original Passport from the 1990s was produced in Lafayette, Indiana, by American Isuzu as a badge-engineered Isuzu Rodeo.
The Honda Passport has two distinct production chapters. The current model, reintroduced in 2019, is manufactured in the United States at Honda’s Alabama facility and shares its underpinnings with the Honda Pilot. The earlier generation, sold in the mid-to-late 1990s, was produced by Isuzu’s factory in Lafayette, Indiana, as part of a badge-engineering arrangement with Honda. Below, we outline each chapter with clear production details.
Current production in Lincoln, Alabama
Details about where today’s Passport is assembled and how it fits into Honda’s U.S. manufacturing footprint.
- Plant: Honda Manufacturing of Alabama (HMA)
- Location: Lincoln, Alabama
- Relation to Pilot: Built on the same platform and in the same facility as the Honda Pilot
- Model year continuity: Modern Passport reintroduced for the North American market in 2019
The Passport produced today is part of Honda’s North American manufacturing strategy, leveraging Alabama’s established SUV production lines and supply chains.
Platform and context
The modern Passport shares engineering and assembly ecosystems with the Pilot, reflecting Honda’s approach of using common platforms for related two-row and three-row SUVs. This arrangement helps streamline parts sourcing, tooling, and labor within the Lincoln plant.
Original Passport generation (1993–1998)
Background on the first-generation Passport, including its production site and relationship to another brand’s vehicle.
- Factory: American Isuzu Motors (Lafayette, Indiana)
- Product: Badge-engineered version of the Isuzu Rodeo sold as Honda Passport
- Market: North America
- Production span: 1993–1998
That generation represented a mid-1990s collaboration where Honda distributed a Rodeo-based SUV under its own name, produced at Isuzu’s Lafayette facility, before the model was retired from Honda’s lineup.
Historical production notes
This chapter highlights how Honda experimented with badge engineering in the U.S. market during the 1990s, resulting in a distinct Passport that was not aligned with the Alabama-built modern model.
Summary
Today’s Honda Passport is manufactured in Lincoln, Alabama, at Honda Manufacturing of Alabama and is built alongside the Pilot. The original Passport from the 1990s was produced in Lafayette, Indiana, by American Isuzu as a badge-engineered Isuzu Rodeo. The two production stories reflect different eras of Honda’s manufacturing footprint in North America.
