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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.
Sōichirō, Soichiro, Souichirou or Sohichiroh is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: Soichiro Fujitaka (藤髙 宗一郎, born 1991), Japanese basketball player; Soichiro Honda (本田 宗一郎, 1906 – 1991), founder of Honda Motor Company; Sōichirō Hoshi (保志 総一朗, born 1972), Japanese voice actor
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Soichiro Honda wanted a red car, but at the time in Japan, that was a crime. Here's the story about how he prevailed.
In 1949, the Honda Technical Research Institute was liquidated for ¥ 1,000,000, or about US$ 5,000 today; these funds were used to incorporate Honda Motor Co., Ltd. [13]: 21 At about the same time Honda hired engineer Kihachiro Kawashima, and Takeo Fujisawa who provided indispensable business and marketing expertise to complement Soichiro ...
Soichiro Honda ordered the 5,000 badges already produced to be destroyed, including prying off the emblems applied to 309 cars already (US-spec Integra, Legend, and NSX models). [26] Acura's current marketing slogan is "Precision Crafted Performance." [27] [28] Recent models include Technology, Advance, Type-S, SH-AWD and A-Spec trim levels.
The visionary Soichiro Honda started life as a mechanic in the 1920s, began making motorbikes after the Second World War and the first cars followed in the 1960s. They, following the motorbikes ...
Honda (Hondo) (written: 本田 literally "root ricefield" or "origin ricefield", 本多 lit. "root/origin many" or 誉田 lit. "honor ricefield") listen ⓘ is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: