Sky-high gasoline prices have left Honda (HMC) short of vehicles with four-cylinder engines, a problem that it hopes a new Midwest assembly plant announced Wednesday will help relieve.The $550 million, 2,000-employee facility outside Greensburg, Ind., will build Honda cars or trucks with four-cylinder engines to "meet increasing customer demand for our fuel-efficient vehicles," said Koichi Kondo, president of American Honda Motor. The company didn't say which models it will make there. The focus on building cars with small engines is an indicator of how the auto industry is retooling to meet growing consumer demand for gas-saving technology. The national average price of a gallon of regular gas was $2.86 a gallon Wednesday, virtually unchanged in the past month but up 29% from $2.21 a year ago, according to AAA. ...
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