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| Honda Albany New York He gave his company the name Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha which translates to Honda Research Institute Company Ltd. Despite its grandiose name the first facility bearing that name was a simple wooden shack where Mr. Honda and his associates would fit the engines to bicycles. |
| Honda Goldwing The official Japanese name for Honda Motor Company Ltd. Honda Albany New York. remains the same in honor of Soichiro Hondas efforts. |
| Honda Rochester New York On 24 September 1948 the Honda Motor Co. was officially founded in Japan. Honda began to produce a range of scooters and motorcycles and Soichiro Honda quickly recovered from the losses incurred during the war. Honda Goldwing. Hondas first motorcycle to be put on sale was the 1947 AType (one year before the company was officially founded). |
| Honda Civic Coupe However Hondas first fullfledged motorcycle on the market was the 1949 Dream DType. It was equipped with a 98cc engine producing around 3 horsepower. Honda Rochester New York. This was followed by a number of successful launches of highly popular scooters throughout the 1950s. |
| Honda Providence Rhode Island Honda Cub In 1958 the American Honda Company was founded and only one year later Honda introduced its first model in the United States the 1959 Honda C100 Super Cub. Honda Albany New York. The Honda Cub holds the title of being the bestselling vehicle in history with around 50 million units sold around the world. |
| Tucson Honda By the 1970s Honda was the largest producer of motorcycles in the world a title it has never relinquished. In the United States during the 1960s large motorcycles had the image of being ridden by tough hardened characters. Honda Albany New York. It was an image fostered by owners of Harley Davidson motorcycles but Honda countered this public perception with their successful You meet the nicest people on a Honda advertising program. |
| Honda Fresno Honda introduced their new SOHC inline 4cylinder 750 in 1969 which was immediately successful and established this configuration as one of the most popular for performance motorcycles even to this day. Honda Albany New York. Honda began developing prototypes for road cars in the early 1960s mostly intended for the Japanese market. |
| Honda Greenville South Carolina The first production vehicle by Honda was the 1963 T360 a tiny pickup truck featuring 4 different body styles (including a traditional truck bed and a panel van) and a 360cc 30hp engine. This was followed two months later by Hondas first production automobile the S500. Honda Albany New York. The S500 was a 2 door roadster featuring a 492cc engine capable of 44 hp with a high 9500 RPM redline. |
| Honda Ventura California It was fitted to a 4speed transmission with the rear wheels being chain driven. Mr. Honda took his extensive knowledge of motorcycles and applied it to making his car of which the chain drive and high redline are evidence. At the time nearly all of the Japanese automakers were associated with the former zaibatsu or keiretsuJapanese business conglomerates. Honda Albany New York. These large companies had close ties with the government who urged them to absorb smaller carmakers into large brands that could be marketed internationally. |
| Honda Accessory, Honda Prelude Since the government had extensive control over the industry it was unheard of for a small independent company to mass produce vehicles thus making Hondas success historical in the Japanese economy. Honda Albany New York. Though participating in international motorsport (see Racing) Honda was having difficulty selling its automobiles in the United States. Honda Rochester New York. Built for Japanese buyers Hondas small cars had failed to gain the interest of American buyers. Honda Civic Coupe. Hondas first automobile imported to the United States was the N600 sold in Hawaii in 1969. Honda Albany New York. In 1970 the car was imported to California and beyond but its tiny 600 cc engine and minuscule dimensions made it very unpopular with the American public. |