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Honda was the first Japanese automobile manufacturer to release a dedicated luxury brand, Acura, on 27 March 1986. Aside from their core automobile and motorcycle businesses, Honda also manufactures garden equipment, marine engines, personal watercraft, power generators, and other products.
Honda realized Japan’s first automobile equipped with the Franz System, supporting drivers with leg of arm disabilities. 1982: Honda becomes the first Japanese manufacturer to produce vehicles in North America
Honda was the first Japanese automobile manufacturer to release a dedicated luxury brand, Acura, in 1986. Aside from their core automobile and motorcycle businesses, Honda also manufactures garden equipment, marine engines, personal watercraft and power generators, amongst others.
Soichiro Honda (本田 宗一郎, Honda Sōichirō, 17 November 1906 – 5 August 1991) was a Japanese engineer and industrialist. [1] In 1948, he established Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and oversaw its expansion from a wooden shack manufacturing bicycle motors to a multinational automobile and motorcycle manufacturer.
16 maj 2021 · By 1955 Honda was the largest motorcycle manufacturer in Japan. The company’s first cars arrived in 1963. First came the T360, a little pick-up truck so named for its mid-mounted 356cc motorcycle engine that made just 30hp at an astonishing 8,500rpm.
10 sie 2023 · According to Premier Honda, the Honda company was founded by Japanese engineer and industrialist Solchiro Honda. Honda started as a mechanic working out of a garage. He tuned cars and entered them in local races. After acquiring some financing, Honda began manufacturing pistons.
1946: Honda number 1. Post-war Japan needs to get mobile – quickly and cheaply. Soichiro hits upon the idea to retro-fit surplus generator motors to bicycles. In doing so he creates the first ‘Honda’. His challenge is now to meet the demand for them.
