LONDON — Honda will unveil a new Civic Type S three-door hatchback for the European market at the British International Motor Show in July.

Gov. Mitch Daniels got more this week than the 2,000 jobs his new Honda plant will bring. And he got more than the $3.8 billion that came flooding into the state's bank account, courtesy of the Indiana Toll Road lease.

June 30, 2006 -- Honda's announcement on June 28 that it will build a $ $550 million plant in Decatur County, Indiana, near Greensburg, 50 miles southeast of Indianapolis included a goal to have the "smallest environmental footprint of any Honda plant in North America."

VAN WERT, Ohio (AP) The mayor of a northwest Ohio city in the running for a new Honda car plant says he's disappointed that the company has decided to build in Indiana. But, as Van Wert Mayor Don Farmer puts it, his team is keeping its head up and enjoyed the opportunity to play in the ball game.

(AP) Ohio Governor Bob Taft says Honda Motor Company's decision to build its new $550-million auto-assembly plant in Indiana instead of Ohio was partly because the Japanese automaker didn't want to draw workers away from its suppliers in Ohio. And Taft says Honda has estimated that about 1,000 new jobs at its Ohio suppliers will be created to meet demand for cars manufactured at the Greensburg,

GREENSBURG, Indiana (AP-WANE) Honda officials have announced that the company will build an auto assembly plant near Greensburg, Indiana. The Japanese car maker announced in May that it planned to build the new plant in the Midwest. Ohio and three other states also offered up sites.

LOS ANGELES, June 29 -- American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced today the one-year anniversary of the world's first lease of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle to an individual retail customer.

Ohio’s bid for the Honda Motor Co.’s new $550 million assembly plant may have been doomed by its strong history with an automaker that built its first North American assembly plant in the state, government officials and automotive experts say.

The prize: A $550M plant and 2,000 jobs The assembly plant costing $550 million that Honda Motor Co. plans to build in Greensburg, Ind., will help the Japanese automaker meet a growing North American hunger for its cars and help invigorate a state hit hard by manufacturing job losses, officials and analysts said. Related stories:

Republican gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos criticized Gov. Jennifer Granholm for failing to meet with Honda Motor Co. officials on her recent economic mission to Japan.