1959
Honda racing team takes part in the Isle of Man TT Motorcycle
race,
placing 6th in the 125cc class.
1961
Honda racing team wins the 125cc and 250cc classes at the Isle
of Man
TT.
1962
Construction of the Honda-owned Suzuka Circu...
Honda of South Carolina Mfg., Inc. (HSC)
today dedicated the new second plant for the assembly of Honda
AquaTrax personal watercraft (PWC). South Carolina Governor
Mark
Sanford and other state and local officials joined the event at
Hon...
His left wrist wrapped in a cast, Tony Kanaan was surrounded by
reporters who peppered him with questions. For anyone else,
this
might have been an uncomfortable situation.
For Tony Kanaan, it was a dream come true.
On Sunday, May 11,...
INTRODUCTION
So that cars will continue to be the stuff of dreams
With the development of the CVCC engine in 1972, Honda was the world's first automaker to clear the difficult hurdle of the U.S. Clean Air Act without the need for a...
"Safety for Everyone"
Remarks by Tomiji Sugimoto
Senior Chief Engineer, Honda R&D Co., Ltd.
Management Briefing Seminars - August 7, 2003
Thank you, Dave. And good morning ladies and gentlemen.
It is a
real honor for me to be he...
Safety is a top priority for Honda
in the development of all products. Based on its commitment to
offering "Safety for Everyone" through technology and innovation,
Honda is improving safety for drivers and passengers of small
cars
and l...
The Rune is such a radically different kind of motorcycle;
where
did it all begin?
MARTIN MANCHESTER: You probably remember the
concept bikes that
Honda developed. (T1 was first shown in 1999, and T1, T2 and
T3 all
appeared together ...
As Large Project Leader (LPL) on the Valkyrie Rune,
Masanori Aoki
was challenged to make a personal and professional odyssey of
sorts.
Originally a specialist in Honda sport bikes, Aoki brought to bear
those high-performance tricks of ...
No manufacturer, including Honda, has ever constructed a
motorcycle like the Valkyrie Rune. The conceptual forces driving
the
shape and face of the Rune were pure flights of imagination, a
designer's dream come true. Unfettered by budge...
Unit Pro-Link
Question: How can an innovative rear suspension system
make its
way from the world-beating Honda RC211V MotoGP bike to the
most
impressive street rod ever conceived?
Answer: Brilliant engineering is its own reward.
Hon...
In August of 1949, the Honda Motor Company had
completed the first
prototype of a very important motorcycle. Technologically
advanced
for its day, it featured such Honda firsts as a kickstarter and
chain
final drive, as well as such r...
During the 1950s, the Honda Motor Company emerged from
obscurity,
having survived and won the battle with hundreds of competing
postwar
motor-bicycle companies. The company had found a first key to
financial strength in the successful ...
Soichiro Honda created a motor vehicle industry when it
should
have been impossible. The time for that was the turn of the
century,
when Ford, Peugeot, and Daimler were created. Shipbuilding
magnate
Henry J. Kaiser tried to break into...
At Honda, racing is much more than a platform for marketing
products, or a venue for research and development. To Honda,
racing
is the very soul of the company, a touchstone reaching back to
our
founder and the very foundations of the ...
As newcomers to the personal watercraft industry in 2002,
Honda's
product engineers set out to forge innovations that would
advance the
state of the art for the entire sport. In order to create a
trend-setting PWC, Honda brought t...
The 2004 Dream 50R commemorates Honda's early racing
history and
the dream Mr. Honda had for international competition.
Model History
In 1962, Honda stunned the racing world by displaying its
first
50cc-class works machine, the RC110...
2003
Honda's Civic Hybrid becomes the first-ever hybrid vehicle
to
be certified as an Advanced Technology Partial Zero Emission
Vehicle (AT-PZEV) by the California's Air Resources Board
(CARB).
Every 2003 Honda mode...
Corporate Office
American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
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310/783-3170
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Established
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. established in 1959. The first
products
marketed included the Super Cub,...
2003
Honda's Civic Hybrid becomes the first-ever hybrid vehicle
to
be certified as an AT-PZEV by the California's Air Resources
Board
(CARB).Every 2003 Honda model achieves Low Emission
Vehicle (LEV)
status or better. Ho...
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the lineup of vehicles to be displayed at the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc.-sponsored 37th Tokyo Motor Show which runs from Saturday October 25th to Wednesday, November 5, 2003 at ...
Honda Product Development:
A History of Innovation
At Honda, dreams are what drive us. Since manufacturing
our first
auxiliary engine-equipped bicycle in 1948, we have continued to
deliver innovative products that contribute to the mob...
The enhancement of those characteristics that are distinctive
of
Honda has been one of my main focuses since assuming the
role of CEO.
In other words, to further strengthen our Technology, Quality, and
the Motivation of Honda associate...
Good morning ladies and gentlemen. And thank you for joining
Honda
again.
This was the first opportunity for most of you to see ASIMO.
But
probably all of you are wondering why we brought this advanced
humanoid robot to one of the wor...
Super Aguri Fernandez Racing
today announced that 24-year-old Kosuke Matsuura of Aichi,
Japan,
will pilot its #55 Panasonic ARTA Honda-powered Panoz G
Force/Firestone entry in the 2004 IRL IndyCar Series.
Matsuura, a long-time me...