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Gary Evert says that he feels like he's gone full-circle.
One of his early jobs with Honda, following obtaining a mechanical engineering
degree from the University of Washington, was in Japan, working on the Civic. He
says that he "designed a little bracket on the suspension."
Now Evert is the North American Development Leader for the 10th generation Civic.
And there's an interesting aspect of the development of this Civic.
Historically, Honda and other companies that were once referred to as "trans-
plants" in the U.S. worked hard to develop their own local design and engineering
capabilities. Sure, they built plants in places like Marysville, Georgetown and
The 10th-generation 2016
Honda Civic is based on an
all-new platform that was
developed in North America and
which will be the basis of all
Civics the world over. This is the
frst North American-led global
product development for Honda.
Gary Evert, long-time Honda
engineer, led the North
American development
activities for the 2016 Civic.
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