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Honda Odyssey Story Detailed at SAE December Meeting

3 December 1998

Honda Odyssey Story Detailed at SAE December Meeting - New Minivan Hits a Homer

    DETROIT, Dec. 2 -- The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
Detroit Section delivers the inside story on the 1999 Honda Odyssey minivan.
The dinner meeting presentation kicks off with a vehicle overview by Kunimichi
Odagaki, Honda's Large Project Leader, who will also detail the Odyssey's
development story.  Charles Chadwick, Senior Vice President of Honda of Canada
Manufacturing, will discuss Odyssey's innovative manufacturing process which
enabled Honda to achieve their shortest production ramp-up ever -- from zero
to full production on one shift in just 87 days!
    Join SAE as they explore the making of the Odyssey, Tuesday, December 8 at
the Burton Manor, 27777 Schoolcraft, in Livonia.  A social hour, sponsored by
Honda, begins at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m.; the presentation
starts promptly at 7:30 p.m.  Reservations are required and can be obtained by
calling the SAE Detroit Section at 248-357-3340.  Tickets are priced at $29
each, $14.50 for SAE student members.  The meeting is open to SAE members and
non-members.