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In 1937, Honda founded Tōkai Seiki to produce piston rings for Toyota. During World War II, a US B-29 bomber attack destroyed Tōkai Seiki's Yamashita plant in 1944 and the Iwata plant collapsed in the 1945 Mikawa earthquake. After the war, Honda sold the salvageable remains of the company to Toyota for ¥450,000 and used the proceeds to found ...
Founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda, Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, [3] [4] reaching a production of 400 million by 19 December 2019. [5] It is also the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than 14 million internal combustion engines each ...
This is a chronological index for the start year for motor vehicle brands (up to 1969). For manufacturers that went on to produce many models, it represents the start date of the whole brand; for the others, it usually represents the date of appearance of the main (perhaps only) model that was produced.
The company was founded in a garage, and within two years, it produced its first hit: the Uke-a-Doodle, a kid-sized instrument. Barbie, perhaps Mattel's most iconic toy line, didn't join the party ...
Takeo Fujisawa (藤沢 武夫, Fujisawa Takeo, November 10, 1910 – December 30, 1988) was a Japanese businessman who co-founded Honda Motor Co., Ltd. alongside Soichiro Honda. Fujisawa oversaw the financial side of the company while Honda handled the engineering and product development.
Year Notes Honda 3R-C: 2010: Honda AC-X: 2011: Honda Argento Vivo: 1995: Honda ASM: 2003: Honda Civic Type R: 2014: Honda Concept B: 2014: Honda Concept C: 2012: Honda Concept D: 2015: entered production in 2016 as the UR-V Honda Concept M: 2013: Honda Concept S: 2012: Honda CR-Z: 2007: entered production in 2010 Honda Dualnote: 2001: also ...
The American Honda Motor Company, Inc. (sometimes abbreviated as AHM) is the North American subsidiary of Japanese Honda Motor Company.Founded in 1959, the company combines product sales, service and coordinating functions of Honda in North America, and is responsible for distribution, marketing and sales of Honda and Acura brand automobiles, Honda Powersports products (motorcycles, scooters ...
The World's Work: A History of Our Time. Vol. XIII. pp. 8163– 8178 Includes photos of many c. 1906 special purpose automobiles. "New England in Motor History; 1890 to 1916". The Automobile Journal. 41: 9. 25 February 1916. Norman, Henry (April 1902). "The Coming of the Automobile". The World's Work: A History of Our Time. Vol.