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| Honda Houston his country was starved of money and fuel but still in need of basic transportation. Honda utilizing his manufacturing facilities attached an engine to a bicycle which created a cheap and efficient transport. |
| Honda Chicago He gave his company the name Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha which translates to Honda Research Institute Company Ltd. Honda Houston. 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 New York The official Japanese name for Honda Motor Company Ltd. remains the same in honor of Soichiro Hondas efforts. Honda Chicago. On 24 September 1948 the Honda Motor Co. was officially founded in Japan. |
| Honda Orange County Honda began to produce a range of scooters and motorcycles and Soichiro Honda quickly recovered from the losses incurred during the war. Hondas first motorcycle to be put on sale was the 1947 AType (one year before the company was officially founded). Honda New York. However Hondas first fullfledged motorcycle on the market was the 1949 Dream DType. |
| Honda Motorcycle It was equipped with a 98cc engine producing around 3 horsepower. Honda Houston. This was followed by a number of successful launches of highly popular scooters throughout the 1950s. |
| Honda Dallas 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. The Honda Cub holds the title of being the bestselling vehicle in history with around 50 million units sold around the world. Honda Houston. By the 1970s Honda was the largest producer of motorcycles in the world a title it has never relinquished. |
| Honda Washington Dc In the United States during the 1960s large motorcycles had the image of being ridden by tough hardened characters. Honda Houston. 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. |
| Riverside Honda 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 began developing prototypes for road cars in the early 1960s mostly intended for the Japanese market. Honda Houston. 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. |
| Honda San Diego This was followed two months later by Hondas first production automobile the S500. The S500 was a 2 door roadster featuring a 492cc engine capable of 44 hp with a high 9500 RPM redline. It was fitted to a 4speed transmission with the rear wheels being chain driven. Honda Houston. 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. |
| Honda Oakland, Honda Phoenix At the time nearly all of the Japanese automakers were associated with the former zaibatsu or keiretsuJapanese business conglomerates. Honda Houston. 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 New York. 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 Orange County. Though participating in international motorsport (see Racing) Honda was having difficulty selling its automobiles in the United States. Honda Houston. Built for Japanese buyers Hondas small cars had failed to gain the interest of American buyers. |
