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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.
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.
In 1972, the company's legal form was changed from Kommanditgesellschaft (KG), or limited partnership, to Aktiengesellschaft (AG), or public limited company, because Ferry Porsche came to believe the scale of the company outgrew a "family operation", after learning about Soichiro Honda's "no family members in the company" policy at Honda. This ...
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 design of both the frame and engine was heavily influenced by bikes built by NSU Motorenwerke AG, which Soichiro Honda had seen on his visit to Europe in 1955, including the Isle of Man TT races. The C71 and C76 were later developments, from 1957 or 1958 onwards. The C71 was the 250cc bike, while the C76 was 305cc.