Honda makes a statement at the auto show

Honda clearly is stressing a "Made in Ohio" image at its display at the Cleveland Auto Show, which opens to the public Saturday.

Its display contains several boards that talk about the Japanese company's extensive presence in Ohio. "Ohio's largest automaker and only motorcycle maker," one sign reads.

Honda says 2,800 cars and trucks come off its Ohio assembly lines each day. Honda's plant in Marysville, Ohio, produces the Honda Accord, Acura TL and Acura RD-X Turbo. Its plant in East Liberty, Ohio, produces the Honda Civic, Honda Element and Honda CR-V. Honda also has transmission, engine and motorcycle plants in central Ohio.

In all, Honda employs 15,000 in the Buckeye State.