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Year Noteworthy Events Major Products and Technologies
1946 Soichiro Honda establishes Honda Technical Research Institute
1947 Honda’s first product, the A-type bicycle engine, produced
1948 Honda Motor Co., Ltd. incorporated (capital: ¥1 million, employees: 34)
1949 Dream D-type, Honda’s first motorcycle, produced
1953 H-type engine, Honda’s first power product, produced
1957 Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
1958 Super Cub motorcycle released
1959 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. established (Honda’s first overseas subsidiary)
1960 Motorcycle production begins at Suzuka Factory
Honda R&D Co., Ltd. established
1961 Honda racing team sweeps first 5 places in Isle of Man TT Race (125cc, 250cc)
1962 American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) issued at market price. Adopts consolidated accounting
using U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) standards
Construction of Suzuka Circuit completed
1963 Honda Benelux N.V. (Belgium) begins production of motorcycles (Honda’s first overseas
production. The first Japanese company to open a manufacturing facility in the EEC)
Honda’s first sports car (S500) and light truck (T360) released
1964 Asian Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Thailand) established
Automobile production begins at Sayama Factory (presently Saitama Factory)
1965 Thai Honda Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Bangkok) established
Honda (U.K.) Limited established in London
Honda wins its first F1 victory, in Mexico
1967 Automobile production begins at Suzuka Factory
Motorcycle production begins in Thailand
1969 Canadian Honda Motor Ltd. established in Toronto (presently Honda Canada Inc.)
Automobile and motorcycle production begins in Malaysia (N360)
1971 Honda Motor do Brazil Ltda. established in Sao Paulo (presently Honda South America Ltda.)
Knockdown motorcycle production begins in Mexico
1972 CVCC engine, world’s first to comply with the U.S. Clean Air Act of 1975, released
1973 Motorcycle production begins in the Philippines
Civic CVCC introduced
1974 Motorcycle production begins in Indonesia
1975 Automobile production begins in Indonesia (TN Truck, Life, Civic)
1976 Kumamoto Factory begins operation
Motorcycle production begins at Honda Italia Industriale S.p.A.
Accord introduced
1977 ADRs listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
Consolidated financial disclosure begins
1979 Quarterly financial disclosure begins
Honda of America Mfg., Inc. begins motorcycle production (The first Japanese automaker to
open a manufacturing facility in the U.S.)
1981 Listed on the London Stock Exchange
1982 Honda of America Mfg., Inc. begins automobile production
1983 Listed on the Zurich, Geneva and Basel stock exchanges
1984 Automobile production begins in Thailand (Accord)
1985 Listed on the Paris Stock Exchange
Motorcycle engine production begins in the U.S.
Motorcycle production begins in India
Motorcycle engine production begins in Malaysia
1986 Automobile production begins at Honda Canada Inc. (Accord)
Motorcycle production begins in Spain
Power product production begins in France
1987 Cumulative motorcycle production reaches 50 million units, a world first
1988 Automobile production begins in Mexico
High-performance VTEC engine announced
Honda’s History
Dream D-type (1949)
Super Cub (1958)
T360 (1963)
S500 (1963)
Dream CB750FOUR (1969)
Civic CVCC (1973)
Accord (1976)